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Cheese Can’t Dial a Phone
The State – This is a show that Beth remembered from the nineties and still quotes pretty regularly. As someone who didn’t have MTV and never watched all that much TV anyway, I didn’t see it, although I’ve seen several projects … Continue reading →
Posted in Body Image, Celebrities, Humor, Magic, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Plays, Politics, Prejudice, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged andy warhol, avengers, avengers endgame, avengers infinity war, barry and levon, breeders, bruce willis, captain monterey jack, crime, david wain, death, death becomes her, elvis presley, flea, goldie hawn, greta garbo, guns 'n' roses, immortality, james dean, jim morrison, ken marino, kerri kenney, kevin allison, marilyn monroe, marvin gaye, meryl streep, michael ian black, michael showalter, mtv, murder, nancy spungen, propaganda, racism, red hot chili peppers, sid vicious, slash, stella, tenement, thanos, the jew the italian and the red head gay, the purge, the state, winston churchill |
Making a Killing
The Killing – Stanley Kubrick’s 1958 film noir heist picture, filmed in black and white. It’s about a conspiracy to rob a racetrack during a big race, presented in documentary style with a narrator and some scenes appearing from different … Continue reading →
Posted in Celebrities, Comics, Families, Gender, Humor, Music, Prejudice, Relationships, They Might Be Giants, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged avengers, avengers age of ultron, avengers endgame, black widow, bride of chucky, britney spears, captain america civil war, david harbour, dolls, florence pugh, general dreykov, jennifer tilly, john waters, Marvel Cinematic Universe, midsommar, racism, red guardian, red room, redman, scarlett johansson, seed of chucky, stanley kubrick, the incredible hulk |
America’s Ass
Avengers: Endgame – SPOILERS! I AM TOTALLY SPOILING THE ENDGAME HERE! The long-awaited follow-up to last year’s Infinity War ties up the loose ends from that one, and provides closure for some aspects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s about … Continue reading →
Posted in Comics, Relationships, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged ancient one, ant-man, avengers, avengers endgame, avengers infinity war, back to the future, black widow, captain america, captain marvel, carol danvers, dr. henry pym, dr. strange, frigga, guardians of the galaxy, hawkeye, howard stark, infinity gauntlet, infinity stones, iron man, jane foster, loki, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, mjolnir, natalie portman, nebula, pegasus, quantum realm, red skull, ronin, russo brothers, scarlet witch, spider-man, superheroes, tesseract, thanos, the incredible hulk, thor, thor: the dark world, time travel, valkyrie |
Spidey, I’m Coming Home
Spider-Man: Homecoming – This was the only movie from the Marvel Cinematic Universe I hadn’t yet seen. I saw all three of the Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies, and didn’t really have any interest in the Andrew Garfield ones, although I … Continue reading →
Posted in Comics, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged aaron davis, avengers, captain america civil war, flash thompson, iron man, j. jonah jameson, michael keaton, miles morales, sam raimi, spider-man, spider-man homecoming, the avengers, tom holland, vulture |
See How the Other Half Live
Avengers: Infinity War – I actually saw this in its first week out, which is rare for me. I know a lot of people haven’t seen it and are going to want to, so I’ll warn you now that there … Continue reading →
Posted in Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Mythology, Norse, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged avengers, avengers infinity war, black order, black widow, captain america, dr. strange, dragon quest viii, dwarves, eitri, final fantasy iv, gamora, golbez, guardians of the galaxy, infinity stones, infinity war, iron man, mantis, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, nidavellir, pepper potts, peter dinklage, rhapthorne, spider-man, star-lord, superheroes, thanos, thor, wakanda |
On Earth as It Is in Heaven
The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, by Jeff Sharlet – I think I first heard about the secretive fundamentalist Christian organization known as the Family or the Fellowship on Bill Maher years ago, and I … Continue reading →
Posted in Book Reviews, Capitalism, Christianity, Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Economics, Fundamentalism, Islam, Judaism, Music, Politics, Prejudice, Real Time with Bill Maher, Religion, Television, The Colbert Report, Zoroastrianism | Tagged 3001 the final odyssey, abraham vereide, afterlife, aliens, angels, apocalypse, arthur c. clarke, avengers, avengers assemble, bible, black widow, brian michael bendis, daniel, david byrne, douglas coe, elijah, enoch, heaven, heaven our enduring fascination with the afterlife, hillary clinton, jeff sharlet, jesus, jupiter, lisa miller, martyrs, national prayer breakfast, paradise, pol pot, resurrection, talking heads, the family |
Let’s Talk About the Hulk
I read the collected Planet Hulk storyline when I heard it was going to be part of Thor: Ragnarok and Comixology had it on sale. I also read a collection of the first several Hulk stories, as I hadn’t before. … Continue reading →
Posted in Book Reviews, Celtic, Comics, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships | Tagged avengers, betty ross, cuchulainn, jeremy whitley, miek, planet hulk, rick jones, stan lee, the incredible hulk, thor, thor ragnarok, thor vs hulk champions of the universe, world war hulk |
Just Gonna Stand There and Watch Asgard Burn
Thor: Ragnarok – I’ve been looking forward to this one, especially since seeing the trailer where Thor calls the Hulk “a friend from work.” So many trailers are awful, but this one worked. The Thor films feel genuinely epic, combining … Continue reading →
Posted in Comics, Greek Mythology, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Relationships, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged anubis, arawn, asgard, avengers, bifrost, black widow, brunhilda, cate blanchett, death, demons, doctor strange, fenris, grandmaster, hades, hela, hercules, iron man, jane foster, jeff goldblum, korg, lady death, loki, natalie portman, odin, ogoun, pepper potts, planet hulk, pluto, ragnarok, sif, surtur, tessa thompson, the incredible hulk, thor, thor ragnarok, thor: the dark world, valkyrie, valkyries, warriors three, wolves |
When Funny Book Families Fall Out
So, here are three reviews of movies that don’t have anything to do with each other aside from my having watched them recently. Uncle Buck – I never saw this as a kid, and pretty much all I knew about … Continue reading →
Posted in Comics, Humor, Magic, Relationships, Snobbery, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged ant-man, avengers, billy barty, black panther, captain america, captain america civil war, iron man, james buchanan barnes, jean marsh, john candy, john hughes, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, spider-man, uncle buck, val kilmer, warwick davis, willow |
Hey Sexy Mama, Wanna Kill All Humans?
Avengers: Age of Ultron – I finally saw this movie on what I believe was its next-to-last day in the nearby theater. There are some pretty major spoilers in this post, but everyone else who wanted to see it probably … Continue reading →
Posted in Comics, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged avengers, avengers age of ultron, betty ross, black widow, gwyneth paltrow, hawkeye, hayley atwell, idris elba, iron man, james spader, jane foster, loki, magneto, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, natalie portman, odin, pepper potts, playboy, quicksilver, robots, scarlet witch, the incredible hulk, thor, ultron |