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Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Today I finally got to see the long anticipated (at least for me) Guy Ritchie release of Sherlock Holmes.  As many know Sherlock Holmes is a classic series of stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  The film starred Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law as his trusty associate / babysitter Dr. Watson.
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The Spanish “Lon Chaney”

A legend of Spanish horror cinema passed away.  Often called the “Spanish Lon Chaney”, today Paul Naschy (1934 to 2009) lost his battle with cancer.
Paul was my favorite foreign horror film star.  Danielle and I waited in line to meet him at Fangoria for hours in 2006.  He spoke very little English but you could …

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Inglourious Basterds (2009)

“You probably heard we ain’t in the prisoner-takin’ business; we in the killin’ Nazi business. And cousin, business is a-boomin’.” ~ Lt. Aldo Raine
That line is one of the many great one liners from Brad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine, the Commanding Officer of the “Basterds” a group of soldiers with one mission, deploy dressed …

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Plan 9 From Outer Space ON THE BIG SCREEN!

As some of you may know I’m a big Horror and Science Fiction movie fan, specifically B Movies (Budget movies).  In 1994 I saw the Tim Burton movie titled Ed Wood which cataloged the life of B Movie, writer – director – producer, Edward D. Wood Jr., while he was making films such as Glen …

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District 9 (2009)

Today we went and saw District 9, a movie I have been long anticipating seeing since I saw the first preview before summer.  The funny thing about going to see this movie is that I got carded when buying tickets.  I’ve been carded a trillion times for beer, but for a movie ticket? Come on!!
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