Spanglish (2004)

I almost gave this movie four and a half stars, but it wasn’t concise enough to be that good. But it was pretty darn close.

I like Adam Sandler. To date I have seen pretty much everything he has been in. And like most comedic actors, lately he has had the serious urge. Punch Drunk Love was a little too quirky for me, so this is a nice midway for me.

This movie is about Adam

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Batman: Bruce Wayne Murderer?

Show of hands – who wants a Batman Review? You DO? Hmmm…you may want check out another blog. How many reviewers do you know who always get off track & criminally abuse the words: Like, Totally, Actually, So, Okay & Well?

I DO actually (see there I go!) have a minor in “Comp Lit” from IU. That’s where they hid the film studies program back in the day when I went there. I got a certificate & everything. *giggle* I guess that makes me a certified critic – of movies at …

The Incredibles (2004)

I saw the previews for this last year, and I remember thinking, “The previews for these Pixar films haven’t been good for a couple of movies now.”

The humor in the preview was more situational, and I wasn’t laughing out loud.

But when it came to the movie, that all changed. As you can see, I gave this my highest rating. This movie was hilarious. Situational and traditional humor. I love it’s subtle commentary

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Blade Runner (1982)

Oy, this movie. Jeeze. How stupid.

The only reason I didn’t give it a half star, was that Christine said that this movie was enormously popular when it came out, and it was cool too.

I can imagine, and that is about all I can do.

A Ridley Scott film, starring Harrison Ford, this movie is about Harrison, who is this cop guy, set in the future that kills these things called “Replicants” or fake humans. The Replicants were …

Wil Eisner (1917-2005)

Considered by most to be the father of comics, Wil Eisner invented the graphic novel, and has been the most influential artist to the medium of visual storytelling with only Stan Lee appropriate to mention in the same breath.

Wil Eisner gave a job to Jack Kirby and a number of other great artists, and created the Spirit, which ran in circulation of up to five million for over 11 years.

Wil’s work was most influential to me via his “Comics and Sequential

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Spongebob Squarepants (2004)

I wasn’t sure about this movie. Whether it was even going to be worth the drive to the cheap theaters some Tuesday night. But Christine and her girls love Spongebob, so they bought the movie and we got to watch it.

I liked it. I wouldn’t watch it over and over again, but I liked it. There is this peculiar feel to this type of animation. It isn’t classic at

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Ocean’s Twelve (2004)

I loved this movie. I don’t barely even remember the first movie when it was redone in 2001, but I remember liking that one too.

It was hilarious. Perfect off the wall dry humor. Perfect cast to deliver it. What a growing cast it was. Bruce Willis and Catherine Zeta Jones joined in this time around, as well as many other notable stars. It seems to be kind

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