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[Sophie Scholl]

/shrug  I thought it was more about establishing where the characters were coming from and what they were looking for.  I didn't feel as if I was drowning in it.  I'm glad you at least enjoyed the latter portion.

[Josquius]

So...Dexter.... went all fight clubby  didn't it? It sure explains the professor's ability to get everywhere. But...why did the guy kill his sister? A genuine split personality psychopath it seems...
The current series of Dexter...I'm not big on. From the start it seemed a bit by the book nth series stuff- oh so we're doing religion this series, look, a previously unmentioned family member suddenly appears, etc...
Also I miss the monster (killer) of the week episodes. We haven't had much of that at all this year.

[Viking]

So...Dexter.... went all fight clubby  didn't it? It sure explains the professor's ability to get everywhere. But...why did the guy kill his sister? A genuine split personality psychopath it seems...
The current series of Dexter...I'm not big on. From the start it seemed a bit by the book nth series stuff- oh so we're doing religion this series, look, a previously unmentioned family member suddenly appears, etc...
Also I miss the monster (killer) of the week episodes. We haven't had much of that at all this year.

I agree, I like the Harry Code episodes. We just had one, the nebraska one. But, then again, Harry as the Dark Passenger is the biggest departure from the books, which were fun to read, but post-lilly dexter isn't quite the same thing.

But... I think Jeff Lindsey (the guy who writes the books) might be concerned that he might cause crazy people to kill people. Dexter has been reference by both ABB and the hireling in a kidnap/murder for hire that happened recently as well. In a recent interview with Lindsey I read in a newspaper here he asserted that Dexter is a fucking nutcase, just in case any of us started to have sympathy with him. 

[Tonitrus]

Tower Heist

Not terrible, not great.  Mildy amusing overall.

Eddie Murphy's best performance in many years, but that's still not saying much.

[Josephus]

So...Dexter.... went all fight clubby  didn't it? It sure explains the professor's ability to get everywhere. But...why did the guy kill his sister? A genuine split personality psychopath it seems...
The current series of Dexter...I'm not big on. From the start it seemed a bit by the book nth series stuff- oh so we're doing religion this series, look, a previously unmentioned family member suddenly appears, etc...
Also I miss the monster (killer) of the week episodes. We haven't had much of that at all this year.

Agreed. It's not the best season...and I figured out the "twist" from the last episode a while ago. Why did he kill his sister? Cause he saw her talking to Dexter's sister, remember?

[Admiral Yi]

Eddie Murphy's best performance in many years, but that's still not saying much.

Isn't it his first paying gig in about 5 years?

[The Larch]

Eddie Murphy's best performance in many years, but that's still not saying much.

Isn't it his first paying gig in about 5 years?

Nope.

2006    Dreamgirls    James 'Thunder' Early
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Central Ohio Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Black Reel Award: Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

2007    Norbit    Norbit Rice/Rasputia Latimore-Rice/Mr. Wong    Razzie Award

Shrek the Third    Donkey    (voice)
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie

2008    Meet Dave    Starship Dave Ming-Chang (Spacecraft), Captain    

2009    Imagine That    Evan Danielson    

2010    Shrek Forever After    Donkey    (voice)
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie

2011    Tower Heist    Leo "Slide" Dalphael

[Admiral Yi]

I was pretty close on actual face time.

[Ideologue]

Fun fact: Meet Dave was co-written Bill Corbett.

[Viking]

Agreed. It's not the best season...and I figured out the "twist" from the last episode a while ago. Why did he kill his sister? Cause he saw her talking to Dexter's sister, remember?

Well, he's nuts. In dexterverse speek he has a dark passenger that he externalizes and submits to. His problem is that Passenger Gellar is even more nuts and has a divine command leviticus attitude to god. Gellar probably was a dick to him in tutorials.

BTW, I was on to Gellar as Dark passenger almost immediately, since Gellar never touched anything.

BTW, one thing I noticed about "The Atheist Professor" is that in his "lecture" he merely talked about the charicature of atheists as presented by anti-atheists.

[Ed Anger]

Central Ohio Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actor

PRESTIGIOUS.

[Ideologue]

Central Ohio is the most prestigious part of Ohio.

[Ed Anger]

Central Ohio is the most prestigious part of Ohio.

All hail Zanesville!

[CountDeMoney]

Hey Kat, you're a fucking industry insider:

when the fuck is my Moonrise Kingdom coming out?

[Syt]

Conan the Barbarian (2011)

Not as bad as I had feared. In fact, the first half hour is pretty enjoyable.

Jason Momoa is a very good pick for the title character, and the guy who played young Conan was also pretty good. And Ron Pearlman - well, he's just Ron Pearlman, which is enough. Rose McGowen as sorceress also had obvious fun in her role.

Unfortunately, the other characters/actors don't really pull their weight, esp. the love interest (I can see why Conan just dumps her off at the end) and the cookie cutter villain. The plot went from decent to bland to silly (e.g. I somehow missed why he snuck into the villain's fortress, only to come out at the other end and go to the Place of Showdown, as one example).

The fights were mostly nothing too special, but competently handled - though this began to break down at the end, starting with the tentacle fight which was neither exciting nor making much sense. The final showdown sequence was also a letdown.

On the other hand I loved the production design, sets and costumes.

Overall, I'd give this 6.5 cut off heads out of 10. Enjoyable action scenes for the most parts and good visuals and a pretty good first act.

I would like to see this revisited with a decent script and better actors.