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The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

The Forbidden Kingdom is a delightful tale of a young man who is thrust back into the history of China. I usually don't like martial arts movies like this due to all the obvious gravity gimmicks, but this one was different and it was fun.

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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008-????)

This television series, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles", takes place between the 2nd and 3rd movies in the franchise. I was late, really late, in getting the first few episodes to watch. So far, only 9 episodes have been completed due to the writers strike that occurred this year (the strike may have begun in [...]

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Wild Hogs (2007)

What will you do when you have your midlife crisis? The members of the suburban Wild Hogs "gang" decided to take a motorcycle road trip from Cincinnati, Ohio, to the U.S. Pacific coast.

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Cloverfield (2008)

Cloverfield is much more than a monster movie, Godzilla style. It's what you might see if you if you picked up a video camera that someone was holding throughout the events that took place.
I really enjoyed this movie, even though I found one major flaw in it. There is no way in hell that the [...]

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Quantum Leap (1989-1993)

I sometimes wonder what the networks are thinking. "Quantum Leap" was easily one of the best series on television when it was canceled in 1993. I guess it just wasn't bringing in the almighty advertising dollars.
I recently finished watching all of season 1 on DVD. Back in 1989, I was in the military and I [...]

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Bionic Woman (2007)

If you haven't seen it, you haven't missed much… yet. "Bionic Woman" is another re-imagining of an old series, kind of like "Battlestar Galactica". In fact, two of the guest stars for the first episode were from that series.
I was around to watch the original "The Bionic Woman", which was a spinoff from "The Six [...]

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Tron (1982)

I have "Tron" on DVD. I saw it when it first came out in the theaters and was in awe of the special effects. Special effects that, by today's standards, would be considered lame. It's one of the movies that first got me hooked on science fiction movies and television series.
A hacker (Jeff Bridges) is [...]

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Transformers (2007)

I and my son watched "Transformers" a few days ago on DVD. He saw most of it (he walked in when the kid was getting the car) at the local theater, but I didn't go. There's only one local theater and it was packed.
I read about it on IMDB after watching it and some people [...]

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Chicken Little (2005)

The "runt" stole the show in Chicken Little. I laughed so hard at some of the routines, I cant believe this didn't get better ratings. I'm not telling any more than "the sky is falling". You have to watch it to enjoy it as much as I did.
Chicken Little stars the voices of Zach Braff, [...]

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The 6th Day (2000)

While I enjoyed the action and some of the craziness of The 6th Day, I couldn't get my head wrapped around the basic premise. Oh, I enjoyed watching it as I enjoy watching most of "Ahnold's" films, but the underlying theme of cloning doesn't make sense to me. The writers made the assumption that copying [...]

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