Category Archives: Action flicks

Independence Day: Resurgence

Posted on March 9, 2017 by P. Kirby

Watching Independence Day: Resurgence, one can’t help but think that if this is the best that humankind has to offer, then the aliens would be doing the universe a solid by exterminating us. I admit, the original movie had its … Continue reading →

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Guardians of the Galaxy

Posted on August 3, 2014 by P. Kirby

On watching Guardians of the Galaxy, two things become quite evident. First, Thanos should hire better minions, or he needs to get his bad-ass, mad Titan self off the throne and fetch his magical McGuffins o’power all by himself. Because … Continue reading →

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The Lone Ranger (2013)

Posted on July 28, 2014 by P. Kirby

“Well. That was a hot mess,” says my husband as The Lone Ranger‘s credits crawl up a scene of Monument Valley, a dispirited Tonto limping off into the sunset. The statement is significant, in that my spouse, unlike me, is … Continue reading →

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The Avengers

Posted on June 1, 2012 by P. Kirby

And once again, I’m glad I live in New Mexico, because we have a complete dearth of crap worth blowing up. Granted, there was the minor dust up in a too-Anglo-to-be-New Mexico town in the movie Thor, but that was … Continue reading →

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Pitch Black

Posted on May 15, 2012 by P. Kirby

I’ve never much liked Superman. Although Smallville did a decent job of injecting the man of steel with a touch of humanity, the character as a whole is overburdened by his squeaky clean, unambiguous morality. I like my heroes to … Continue reading →

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The Thing (2011)

Posted on April 4, 2012 by P. Kirby

You know a movie has acquired a level of suckitude approaching black hole proportions when … I don’t even care about the dog. I make no secret of the fact that I like animals more than people.  Sometimes, an animal … Continue reading →

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In Time

Posted on March 26, 2012 by P. Kirby

Remember Logan’s Run? Me neither; just a few scattered impressions from when I was a kid and it was on TV.  I recall it being about a futuristic society where people were killed off at 30, their expiration date announced … Continue reading →

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Immortals

Posted on March 12, 2012 by P. Kirby

“Where’s the beefcake?” Me, after watching Immortals, a film that is advertised as being “from the producers of 300.” Except 300, for all its flaws, featured some of the best that modern nutrition, gyms, and some steroids could make of … Continue reading →

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Drive

Posted on March 5, 2012 by P. Kirby

After watching Drive, a couple of things came to mind: First, I hope Ryan Gosling wasn’t paid by the word, and second, the only way to make Los Angeles look like anything other than an overpopulated, ugly-ass, shithole is to … Continue reading →

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Real Steel

Posted on February 22, 2012 by P. Kirby

Technically, Real Steel isn’t my kind of movie. I mean, sure, it has fighting robots, and battles between giant mechanized men are totally my thing. Violence. Futuristic technology. Yay! Except, Real Steel relies on the “cute kid” plot device and … Continue reading →

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