Revenge of the Planet of the Review

Another film review today.  I'm slowly catching up on all the piled up notes I've had, but am also trying to push forward reviews of films or books I've seen/read recently.  So they don't go too stale while we wade through all the stuff I let sit in the back of the freezer for a couple years, so to speak.

Movie Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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If they gave Academy Awards for doing motion-capture performances, old Serkis would probably be high up in the running.  Do they give awards for that yet?

It's kind of a record for recent times

That is, getting a book done one day and turning around and posting the review for that book the next.  But that's what I'm doing here.  I finished The Last Days of the Incas on Wednesday, and I'm posting the review for it on Thursday.

Book Review: The Last Days of the Incas

And here's a bit of Inca-related humor that...  well frankly I don't quite get it.  Yes, call me dumb, but this one skipped over my head.  But you may get it, and so I'm passing it along anyway.

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A psuedo-Dual Review

I have usually done a dual review of a book and the film based upon it, when opportunity arose to do so.  But in this instance, I hadn't planned to do so, and it was only coincidentally that I had both the book and movie of Argo in my collection of notes.  Often I read the book first, and then watch the film, but in this case, I saw the movie and was so impressed, I ended up reading the book some time later.  Below are the links for both film and book.

Movie Review: Argo

Book Review: Argo

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Parody image of Affleck as Batman and Damon as Robin.  As I think I have said before, I actually think Affleck can pull off Batman.  Or if not the Caped Crusader, then at least Bruce Wayne.  But is it true that Matt Damon will be Robin?  I sure hope not.  Nothing against the star of the Jason Bourne film films (well, most of them, that is), but the last time Robin was in a Batman film...  it went down-hill quickly from there.  All I need to do is point to Batman and Robin, for example.

King and I

If you glance over the pile of reviews linked below, you might notice what I did there with the title?  Yeah, it's a dumb joke, but then you don't come here to be highly intellectually entertained.  Do you?

Thought I'd unload the pile of Stephen King book reviews I have accumulated over the past couple of years.  And do it all at once.  Because I'm weird that way.  And if you read through all of these reviews in one sitting, you must be weird too.  Though thankfully, most of them are shorter than my average review these days.  Though not all.  I'll leave it to you to discover, or guess (probably incorrectly) which ones are shorter and which ones lack for shortness.

Book Review: Cujo

Book Review: Under the Dome - A Novel

Book Review: LT's Theory of Pets

Book Review: Firestarter

Book Review: Different Seasons

Book Review: Black House

Book Review: Blaze

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Run Forre- err THOMAS! Run!

The scary similarities between Forrest Gump and The Maze Runner are there, if you look for them.



Because...  like, both films had running.  And both films...  had... uhm...  folks with accents.  And both films had people with "Tom" in them.  Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump.  And Thomas...  which we all know is short for the long version of Tom.  Ergo...  The Maze Runner is Forrest Gump's sequel.

Movie Review: The Maze Runner

Book Review: American Sniper

I read this book some while ago, and thought it was timely to refresh my notes and post the review now.  Since the film version of this story recently broke a box office record with its three-day Martin Luther King Jr/Civil Rights Day weekend opening, I figured... yeah, people might be interested.

Book Review: American Sniper

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Post-script: On February 12th of this year, I came to understand that Mr. Kyle, the sniper featured in the book reviewed above, had been senselessly killed around the same time I actually read the book.  The alleged killer was a mentally unbalanced individual, and the place was a Texas shooting range.  Though I had some problems at times with the book itself, it is a true loss to see a good man go in such a terrible manner.  God Bless his family, and may justice come to the assailant who laid him low.

Sounds like an automotive part to me

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You know, like something you'd need to repair the water pump on a 1973 AMC Gremlin.  "Hey, did you go to the junkyard and try to find me the equalizer yet?"  "Nah, we were too busy at the swap meet."

Movie Review: The Equalizer

It'd make a great Halloween attraction



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I'm talking about part of the title from the book that is my latest review, of course.  "Body Farm."  Yep, sounds spooky.  Why grow turnips or alfalfa when you can grow ghosts and ghoulies?

Book Review: Book Review: Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science

Although, to be honest, this review is one of those that has been sitting around, collecting dust, for the longest.  It was the first book I set aside in note form and didn't post back in... oh, I think it was mid-2012 or so.  So that's awhile then, yeah?

I'd name my tank the "Shaggin Wagon"

But I suppose that wouldn't make a very good title for a war film, now would it?  No, let's name a tank something a bit more dignified. 

Like "Death Before Dishonor."

Or "Full Metal Jacket."

Or "Chariots of Fire." 

Or "Young Frankenstein."

Movie Review: Fury

The title has so many interpretations

It could be referring to the robot BayMax, since he is BIG.  Or it could be referring to Hiro, the... uhmmm...  hero.  Or it could be referring to the group of superheroes that circumstances bring together in the film.  Or it could be referring to...  well, I guess that's it.  If you can think of another one, just write a comment and include it.  Gotta be clean though!

Movie Review: Big Hero 6

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My friends all drive Porsches

Another book review, and my first for 2015.  Of course, it's Stephen King again.  I do read other things.  I promise!  But until I finish reading The Last Days of the Incas and put my thoughts together on it, or until I shovel another review from a year or so back that has been sitting in mothballs all this time while the blog was on hiatus...  well you're stuck with what I'm serving.

Book Review: Mr. Mercedes