Saw the new movie, Star Trek. It was very entertaining. While there were a few hat tips to the TV series, the movie didn’t over do it.
I was prepared to suspend belief and to go along for the ride. I give it two thumbs up. I really appreciated the closing music. It was a nice [...]

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I’ve been fascinated with the Batman character since I was a kid in the ’60s reading every issue of Batman and Detective Comics.
Batman is a special kind of super hero, one without magical powers or alien physiology. He relies on his own intelligence, athletic skill, and technology. Batman is man at his peak achievement. [...]

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I went to see the Al Gore movie, An Inconvenient Truth. It’s a very interesting movie and I hope lots of folks will go to see it. I could do with a little less footage of Al Gore riding in cars and walking through airports and more science, but it’s still important to see.
But this [...]

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If you’re read the book, skip the movie. The Da Vinci Code is at its heart a mystery  suspense thriller. If you already know how it all turns out, then there isn’t any mystery and hardly any suspense. The book had a wonderful pace to it. The movie seemed to jump from situation to situation [...]

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I’m a Harry Potter fan, and I was mortified to learn that the latest HP movie came out without my knowing (I’m in love and have missed several things lately). But on with the review.
What we have with the Goblet of Fire is another Harry Potter movie, grimmer than what came before, but cut from [...]

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