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My Improved Version of ‘Uninvited’ from City of Angels
Uninvited has a hauntingly beautiful melody and terribly lame lyrics. So I rewrote them to make them mean much more than unrequited love. Continue reading
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Tagged angel, city of angels, films, movies, music, pop songs, romance, songs, soundtrack, uninvited
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Let’s Explore the Symmetry of Escape from New York
This is getting scary. In the Tron Cinematic Chiasmus, I noted that it wasn’t my idea to analyze that movie. But once I did, I couldn’t deny it worked perfectly as a chiasmus. I have to give all the credit … Continue reading
Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus
Tagged 1980s, action movies, chiasmus, escape from new york, films, john carpenter, kurt russell, movie review, movies
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Get with the Program! Tron Is a Symmetrical Film
Cinematic Chiasmus is no longer my sole domain. I’ve had help from my wonderful readers to complete my Spider-Man chiasmus and to see the chiasmus of Alien and Alien3. In those cases, I had abandoned my Spider-Man chiasmus, and I … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, action movies, chiasmus, films, movie review, movies, science fiction, tron
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Do Rotten Sequels Spoil Great Previous Films?
I recently rewatched 2006’s Casino Royale. I hadn’t seen it in many years, and I really liked returning to it. It feels so simple and quaint in some ways. And yet something was nagging at my mind the whole time … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, alien, aliens, films, movie review, movies, science fiction, sequels, spiderman, star trek, star wars, superman, terminator
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Who Was The Road to El Dorado Made for?
I remember hearing about The Road to El Dorado in 2000 during my senior year of high school. It looked too juvenile for me. However, I did hear that it had some adult stuff in it, like characters getting naked … Continue reading
Movie Matchups: Watchmen vs. 2010: The Year We Make Contact
Watchmen and 2010: The Year We Make Contact have quite a bit in common. I didn’t realize that until my eldest brother pointed out some of the connections to me. And then it dawned on me. They both tell the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, action movies, comic books, films, movie review, movies, movies based on books, science fiction, sequels, soviet union, space exploration, superhero, war, watchmen
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I Think I Found James Horner’s Inspiration for ‘Willow’s Theme’
Have you ever listened to a piece of classical music and thought to yourself, “This sounds awfully familiar?” Plenty of people have dissected the main Star Wars theme to discover its classical roots, for example. But I recently found something … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, classical music, fantasy, films, james horner, movies, music, soundtrack, willow
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Everything I Wanted to Say About Red Notice in One Video
A few months ago, I forced myself to sit through a Netflix movie called Red Notice. I had heard it was great fun from one of my brothers, so I wanted to give it a fair chance. Unfortunately, I had … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, comedy, films, movie review, movies, netflix, videos
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If Holidays Were Superheroes
Holidays are meant to be special. Under other circumstances, they might be considered regular days. Like when Rocky Balboa tells Adrien, “To you, it’s Thanksgiving. But to me, it’s Thursday.” However, what gives holidays a touch of magic is the … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, animated films, batman, captain america, comic books, films, holiday, incredibles, iron man, miraculous, movies, shazam, spiderman, superhero, superman, thor, wolverine, x-men
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