Movie Review: IT (2017)

I guess by now I am an expert on It, I even read It way before It was cool. The book creeped me out thoroughly over 20 years ago, helped by me reading it at a remote vacation spot, away from the safety of crowds.… Read the rest

Movie Review: Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Blade Runner (1982) was a movie that did not really need a sequel, even if the tech noir future  it set up was a great framework for more stories. It inspired others to tell tales in similar-feeling settings and there were official continuations in novels and a video game, but Blade Runner didn’t get a full movie sequel until this year, 35 years after the original.… Read the rest

Movie Review – Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Someone has spliced Guardians of the Galaxy DNA into the Thor franchise. Where in previous movies there was some comic relief, the self-serious main man – well, main God – Thor usually was the clueless butt of the joke. In this movie, hanging out with sardonic Tony Stark and trickster Loki finally seems to have rubbed off on him and he has grown a sense of humor.… Read the rest

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