Review: Avatar ****()

Title: Avatar - The Last Airbender
Production: Nickelodeon
Rating: not rated. Probably PG
Why I Saw This: We liked the first episodes we saw at Quark. So, we watched all three seasons through Netflix.
Short Summary: Aang, a 12 year old boy who is born with the ability to master all four elements of “magic” must find a way to stop a 100 year war.
Website: [...]

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Review: Heroes ****()

Title: Heroes - Season One
Production: NBC
Rating: PG-13
Why I Saw This: The premise was cool, and I heard it was good. So, we got it from Netflix
Short Summary: A bunch of people with super powers must combine to stop a serial killer and a nuclear bomb.
Website: http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/
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Since we don’t watch TV, we were a bit [...]

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Netflix vs Blockbuster

A year ago, Daniel and I subscribed to the Blockbuster mail-in movie program. We liked the free game rentals we got with it, as well as the immediate gratification of getting a free movie when returning a mailed movie to the store. We quit it last month, and now are subscribed to Netflix. Here’s the reasons [...]

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Reflections on “Avatar”

Title: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Production: Nickelodeon
Rating: not rated. Probably PG.
Why I Saw This: Quark showed it at a film forum, and it looked interesting.
Short Summary: Aang, a 12 year old boy who is born with the ability to master all four elements of “magic” must find a way to stop a 100 year war.
Website: http://www.nick.com/all_nick/tv_supersites/avatar2/
Yesterday, [...]

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The Problem With My Bubble

I’ll admit it- I like living in a bubble. When I read or view something with even a hint of bad language or sexuality, I get uncomfortable. This is one of the reasons why in my reviews I always post how much language, sexuality, and violence was in a book/movie.
Recently, when I said that I [...]

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Review: Memoirs of a Geisha ****()

Title: Memoirs of a Geisha
Production: Sony Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Why I Saw This: I’d heard that this was a good movie, so we rented it.
Short Summary: When Chiyo is nine, she is sold as a slave to a geisha house. Eventually, she is trained as a geisha, and Chiyo must overcome the effects of rivalries and World [...]

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Review: New York Doll ***()()

Title: New York Doll
Production: One Potato Production
Rating: PG-13
Why I Saw This: Daniel and I had heard that this movie was good, so we put it on our Blockbuster DVD mailing queue.
Short Summary: This documentary follows the life of Arthur “Killer” Kane after his band the New York Dolls broke up, how he hit rock bottom, [...]

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Review: Secondhand Lions ****()

Title: Secondhand Lions
Production: New Line Productions
Rating: PG
Why I Saw This: My friends wanted to watch the movie, but they didn’t have a big TV, so they came over to my apartment to watch it.
Short Summary: A boy stays with his old, crazy, rich uncles in Texas for the summer.
Website: http://www.secondhandlions.com/
This movie sounds kinda cliche, but [...]

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Review: Fairy Tale ****()

Title: Fairy Tale: A True Story
Production: Paramount Pictures
Rating: PG
Why I Saw This: I saw it at the library, and was intrigued
Short Summary: Two girls take photographs of fairies in a backyard stream, and everyone soon gets caught up in the excitement
Website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119095/
This movie is based on the legend of the Cottingley Fairies where two cousins take [...]

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Review: Pirates of the Caribbean 2 ****(/)

Title: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Production: Disney
Rating: PG-13
Why I saw this: Daniel and I liked the original, and the trailers looked cool.
Short summary: Captain Jack Sparrow, William Turner, and Elizabeth Swan join together again in search of Davy Jones’ heart, before he kills them.
Website: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/pirates/
More double crosses, more intrigue, more action, and more [...]

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