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Movie 3 — Whip It

Posted on July 23, 2011 by epthnation

Ellen Page is quickly becoming the female Michael Cera — someone the audience can identify with no matter what’s swirling around her.  Just like Cera, she grounds every movie she stars in and gives it enough soul to be good.  … Continue reading →

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Movie 2 — The Social Network

Posted on July 23, 2011 by epthnation

  Cue the ominous music, it’s the Zuckerberg! I have Mark Zuckerberg to thank for lots in this world.  He posts pictures of funny things on my wall.  He comes up with funny and/or poignant status messages that interest and … Continue reading →

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Movie 1 – Easy A

Posted on June 11, 2011 by epthnation

Let’s go through the possible ways in which a teen movie can suck, and see if any of them apply to Easy A: Most of the characters are even-more-exaggerated-than-usual versions of typical false Hollywood teen-movie archetypes?  Check. Authority figures are … Continue reading →

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Discarded Fragments Never Posted Anywhere, Part I

Posted on November 7, 2010 by epthnation

The first paragraph of my never-finished review of the movie Juno: Juno is notable for its ending, which gives vision and words to the geeky sensitive male high school fantasy better than any film before or since. It’s like the … Continue reading →

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Sita Sings the Blues

Posted on September 11, 2010 by epthnation

I’ve got a standing rule:  If a piece of entertainment features a monkey army, I’m in.  So when I saw this clip on the Onion’s AV club: Naturally, I needed to see the whole movie, because that is some crazy … Continue reading →

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Netflix Diary: The King of Kong

Posted on April 24, 2010 by epthnation

First of all, I don’t believe this movie accurately portrays much of anything outside of Steve Wiebe’s home life, which should probably be considered a problem for a documentary.  There’s probably a lot of truth in Steve and his family’s … Continue reading →

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Netflix Diary: Drag Me To Heckbuckets

Posted on April 20, 2010 by epthnation

Ok, so Sam Raimi made another horror movie — finally!  He’s the only Leprechaun out there who can turn standard horror B.S. into a magically hillarious gore-tacular.  We remember the deliciously over-the-top Evil Dead, and its evil rubber chicken of … Continue reading →

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Movies Ahoy: Kick-buttocks

Posted on April 18, 2010 by epthnation

I know that’s not the movie’s name, but my mom reads this.  Hi, mom. Well, that was interesting.  I’m one of the people who saw this movie on its opening weekend, which is weird because I a) never see things … Continue reading →

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A Real Resolution

Posted on April 14, 2010 by epthnation

WHEREAS, It has been well-established that watching movies makes me healthy, happy, and empathetic toward other humans, which makes me a better person and follower of Jesus; and WHEREAS, I have set as my goal the quite daunting 500 as … Continue reading →

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Netflix Diary: The Fall

Posted on April 11, 2010 by epthnation

WARNING:  This Netflix Diary contains spoilers that will spoil you like sour cream that’s been sitting in the sun.  Only read if you don’t care about this. The Fall is so unique and crazy that it defies normal movie reviews.  … Continue reading →

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