Cowboys & Aliens

What a terrific albeit outrageously preposterous hoot of  an Action  SciFi  thrill ride this is!  Cowboys & Aliens is a cute, crowd pleasing movie. Think  “Aliens” mashed up with ”Independence Day” delivered on the  Wild Wild West set  of “Open Range”, and Cowboys & Aliens succeeds so well   because of the huge screen presence of Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and the oh so beautiful Olivia Wilde all taking the story so seriously.  This is more fun than good, but good regardless, as attested  by the moderate size  audience of 200  or so  who  expressively  enjoyed LOL together at  various   points in the action. Safe for Mom & Dad, who will probably like  it too. Because of some violence and scant attire (I don’t recall any real nudity)  I’d say minimum age for my children to watch would be  13.

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Captain America

What a  nice surprise how entertaining and fun this  movie was when Chris & I dropped in to  see it on a lark; a solid 8.5 out of 10 in entertainment factor.  It’s probably the second sleeper of the summer– a  SciFi  action movie romance masquerading as a preposterous,  incredibly not believable  faux  military WWII story about the  fictitious superhero. The matinee was surprisingly full, and while it wasn’t continuous laughter, many in the crowd obviously  did  enjoy this movie, as did Chris &  I. Not seeing  much room left for a sequel built into it, and the ending was kind of sad the way they just killed off  Haly Atwell’s character Peggy out of the blue but, hey! Looking forward to seeing alot more of her radiant beauty in future flicks. Safe for Mom & Dad  and my children when 12 and older.

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Comics as movies?

 Not stand up comics,  but  comic book types.

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Reality TV $$ ?

Ryan Seacrest - $61,000,000 this year - more than the top 10 Idol winners combined. If you haven’t guessed Idol takes a huge hunk of winners salaries -  Read more about top American Idol winners  here.

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Why we love Schwarzenegger's action movies

A Best of, of Sorts

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The top 100 greatest movies Insults of all Time

Warning! Contains strong language that will be offensive to some, but funny as all get out!

hilarious, but filthy

List of  source movies from this clip.

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gotta admit it – I ‘m a fan!

good piano– Harry Potter theme

Sad the series is ending   actually.

Harry Potter – On Deathly Hallows 2…

…is a 10 out  of 10!  The best of the  Harry Potter series;  a superbly fine, thrilling, artfully crafted event for the conclusion of the  10 year  Potter yarn that my children have grown up with  that I’ve learned to love as much as they! This installment  will endear you to  Harry, Hermione, Ron, and  all their friends, family,  and legacy.  Safe for viewing with Mom & Dad  and    any of my kids when they were 12 or older.

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Potter Primer

Click here to brush up before  the  Deathly Hallows 2  finale 

End of an Awesome Tale

Tonight begins  the end of an  era our kids have grown up with. Remember in Half Blood Prince how Snape killed Dumbledore? I think it was faked because Snape’s alliance was never really clear,  and I’m thinking tonight in Deathly Hallows 2,  Snape could be the surprise that saves Harry, and I won’t be surprised if Ron gets killed off either.

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Netflix Alternatives

The Competition and Options

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SYTYCD

Alisha's time was past and I agree  the fella sent home last night  never pushed it to the edge except for his solos,  but its taken me 8 seasons to realize  the viewers are  inconstant w their commitment to the show as evidenced by  their voting habits as to  where the best talent exists when  comparing SYTYCD  to IDOL.Oh, I picked Ryan as the Season 8 Winner first time I saw her dance but if  she  ends up in the bottom 3 one more time,  I’ll be wrong cause she’ll be gone.

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