It was weird that I went to see Hugo with no preconceived notions. Not because I hadn’t heard about it – although any information about it was very scarce. It was because I heard about it over a year ago and totally forgot. I walked in just thinking it was a cool period piece with [...]
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Seeing a man named Sherlock about a horse
December 27th, 2011 
Chris Doelle Everyone knows that the sequels are usually not as good as the original… right? Most of the time that is true. This time however, the second incarnation is actually better. Sure, the critics and fans panned Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and many wrote at off a pale imitation of the last film. I [...]
Hmm… still not sure about Conan the Barbarian
March 14th, 2011 Chris Doelle Okay, so here is the trailer for the new Conan the Barbarian film coming out this summer. Let me say that the original comic book was one of my all-time favorites and I even liked the Schwarzenegger version of Conan, I am just not sure about Jason Momoa yet. The trailer doesn’t really give enough [...]
Oscars Pull up Lame
February 28th, 2011 Chris Doelle Wow! Did James Franco stink up the place presenting at the Oscars or what? This has to be the worst Oscar show ever. Anne Hathaway looked brilliant next to Franco, even though she spent the entire night talking about herself. Supposedly, this is the Academy’s move to appeal to a younger demographic – they must [...]
Movie Catch-Up Time
January 29th, 2011 Chris Doelle I know it has been awhile since I did a movie review and frankly, it has been so long partly because I’m so busy, but partly because I have seen so many and don’t have a clue where to start. That said, let’s start with the most recent – The Rite. If you’re looking for [...]
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1 Comment »The Social Film Review
October 10th, 2010 Chris Doelle Of course I was going to go see The Social Network. There was never any doubt. Almost as obvious was the fact that I was going to review it. I am struggling for a summary though – I mean sure, I liked it – but shouldn’t I have something more profound and meaningful to say [...]
Posted in Business & Money, Movie Reviews & TV, Social Media Tags: chris doelle, facebook, film, fincher, movie, new media titan, review, social network, sorkin No Comments »Iron clad sequel
May 17th, 2010 Chris Doelle I don’t think I even reviewed the first Iron Man film, but let me say that I dug it. A lot of you know that Iron Man and the Hulk are my two favorite comic book characters and that I was overjoyed that they were among the first to transition to the big screen. While [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Movie Reviews & TV Tags: comic book, film, iron man 2, marvel, mickey rourke, movie review, reveiw, robert downey jr, sam rockwell, scarlett johansson No Comments »Cameron’s success is…. well, elementary.
December 30th, 2009 Chris Doelle There are two seasons where you can usually count on seeing a good movie or two – the Summer blockbusters and the Christmas blockbusters. This Christmas season has provided me with two good movie outings. Both of them made me skeptical at first, but in the end, both delivered solid entertainment. First up was Avatar [...]
Movie catch-up time
October 1st, 2009 Chris Doelle Although my movie watching has dropped off dramatically since my transformation from bachelor to family man, I still manage to catch a few flicks. In fact, my blog posting frequency has dropped off much more than movie watching, so it is time to go through a few recent ones. The Time Traveler’s Wife was an [...]
A gaggle of chick-flicks
August 6th, 2009 Chris Doelle Alright, I don’t have anything against chick-flicks – they’ve just never been high on my list of must-watch genres. Seriously, give me a good action, sci-fi, comedy, period piece, you name it… I just never got into the whole gushy, weepy, love story genre. That said, as you read the films I have had to [...]
