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 [...]
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The Real Deal
October 16th, 2011 
Chris Doelle Okay, when I first heard they were making a movie out of the old Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robots, I thought for sure it was going to suck. When I saw the previews for Real Steel, I was SURE it was going to suck. Something happened between watching that trailer and finally watching the film [...]
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A Front Runner for Best Film
September 3rd, 2011 Chris Doelle I went to see The Help with Dawn and Kenzie tonight and although I expected it to be good, it was much better than I had figured. This is easily the best movie I have seen this year! I know the critics are lambasting it as “racist,” and I get that – but come on, [...]
Food, Inc.
May 2nd, 2011 Chris Doelle Longtime readers know I am a fan of documentaries. I especially like learning about how “the man is keeping us down.” Food, Inc. is not only a great lesson in that but, as someone who has taken a lot of time to educate himself on our food supply, sure to be on my suggested “must [...]
Posted in Business & Money, Environment, Food, Health & Fitness, junk food, Movie Reviews & TV Tags: beef, chicken, chris, chris doelle, education, family, fitness, Food, gmo, groceries, inc, marketing, monsanto, movie, movie review, review, social media No Comments »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 [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Movie Reviews & TV Tags: 1969, 2011, anthony hopkins, coen brothers, colin o'donoghue, exorcism, film, hailee Steinfeld, jeff bridges, john wayne, matt damon, movie, movie review, review, the rite, the tudors, true grit, western 1 Comment »More Cycling Coolness – Tour Divide!
November 17th, 2010 Chris Doelle I was watching a documentary on the DOC channel called, “Ride the Divide,” about the Tour Divide race. Being a long time fan of cycling and cycling events, I have to say that this one rocks! Similar in mileage to the Tour de France, it has a few aspects of it that make it much [...]
Posted in Culture, Cycling, Entertainment, Health & Fitness, Movie Reviews & TV Tags: banf, canada, Cycling, documentary, endurance, film review, Health & Fitness, mexico, movie, review, tough, tour de france, tour divide, ultra 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 »My Bogey-less history comes to an end
September 17th, 2010 Chris Doelle I know it is hard to believe but, I have never seen a Humphrey Bogart movie all the way through. Yeah, me – the guy who has rated and/or reviewed over 3,000 movies – the same guy that LOVES old black and whites… never has seen a Bogey film all the way through. Sure, I [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews & TV Tags: bogey, film review, humphrey bogart, lauren bacall, movie, rating, the big sleep No Comments »Good Funke and bad dance moves
May 11th, 2010 Chris Doelle I am actually embarrassed to admit that I sat down to watch Dance Flick. I never got into any of the silly teen dance films, so what made me think that I would like one of those ridiculous parodies about the same subject? Unlike Scary Movie and a couple of the other parodies that were [...]
