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Now Playing: The Not-So-Great ‘Escape’

Aaron Peck — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 15:00:38 +0000

Pushing 70, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone are still making movies that people would’ve loved in the 1980s. Not once do the two aging action stars jokingly poke fun at their oldness during the entirety of ‘Escape Plan’. I expected at least one throwaway line akin to, “I’m getting too old for this shit,” but...

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Now Playing: ‘Gravity’ Rises to the Top

Aaron Peck — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:00:47 +0000

You’re bound to read all sorts of hyperbolic love for Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’. Just so you know, it’s all true. While fixing the Hubble telescope, Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) are greeted with orbiting debris. Going into specifics about the debris isn’t necessary. All we know is that, after...

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Now Playing: Forecast Looks ‘Cloudy’

Aaron Peck — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:00:52 +0000

If you cast your net in the same place twice, you’re bound to come up a little empty the second time around. What? You don’t understand fishing metaphors? Well, let me explain. Like so many sequels before it, ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2’ has trouble living up to the greatness of its predecessor....

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‘The Killing’ 3.11 & 3.12 Recap: “You’re a Monster!”

Aaron Peck — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:00:54 +0000

I don’t like to brag, but I have to say that I absolutely nailed it with last week’s recap of ‘The Killing’. I predicted the season’s final plot twist, and as the reveal happened this week, I kept thinking to myself, “Boy, I wish I wouldn’t have been so right.” Handicapped by its own formula,...

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‘The Killing’ 3.10 Recap: “Salisbury Steak Isn’t Steak”

Aaron Peck — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:00:36 +0000

Say what you will about ‘The Killing’ (anyone who reads these recaps knows that I’ve said plenty), but the show sure knows how to pack a wallop during the face-to-face conversations. The story might be muddled as hell, but this week’s episode has some intense scenes going on. Let’s see, how many emotions does Linden...

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‘The Killing’ 3.09 Recap: “Hey Babe, Where Ya Been?”

Aaron Peck — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:00:56 +0000

Did anyone else notice the credits at the beginning of this week’s episode of ‘The Killing’? I was surprised to see Jonathan Demme’s name pop up as director. Perhaps that played a part in this being the best episode of the season by far. After realizing that Demme had directed, I scrambled to his IMDb...

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‘The Killing’ 3.08 Recap: “Where Do You Want to Go?”

Aaron Peck — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:00:17 +0000

Another red herring bites the dust. Boy, the writers of ‘The Killing’ are really trying their damnedest to stretch this season out until the last episode. So, all those creepy shots of Pastor Mike staring at young girls, all his disturbing glances just over the brim of his hipster glasses, and his strange way of...

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‘The Killing’ 3.07 Recap: “People Only See What They Want to See Anyway”

Aaron Peck — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:00:12 +0000

If ‘The Killing’ had anything going for it in the past two seasons, it was the fact that the show didn’t play by the book a whole lot. Instead, the writers decided that focusing on the grief, pain and anguish of a murder was more important than actually solving the crime. Fine. It makes for...

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‘The Killing’ 3.06 Recap: “This Job Is Not for Human Beings”

Aaron Peck — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:00:42 +0000

Sunday was a night of name dropping on ‘The Killing’. In the span of 30 seconds, Holder referenced Copernicus, Galileo and Darren Richmond. That last one kinda sent chills up my spine. It’s the middle of the season and Linden’s obsessive nature has overtaken whatever common sense she started out with. Don’t get me wrong,...

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‘The Killing’ 3.05 Recap: “Just Like Old Times”

Aaron Peck — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:00:30 +0000

While ‘The Killing’ tends to be a slow-moving show to begin with, we’ve hit the mid-season doldrums where the story takes an even more glacial pace than normal. My fears about Peter Sarsgaard are coming true. As much as I like him as an actor, and as much as I’m interested in his character’s story,...

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Now Playing: Pleasantly Passable Pixar Prequel

Aaron Peck — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:00:06 +0000

I have to admit that I’m concerned about Pixar’s readiness to jump into the deep end of the sequel pool. However, ‘Monsters University’ helps alleviate those concerns somewhat. With the ‘Cars’ spin-off ‘Planes’ on the horizon and the newly announced ‘Finding Dory’ a couple short years away, Pixar has made it clear that sequels, prequels...

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One Good Reason to Hate ‘Man of Steel’

Aaron Peck — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:00:45 +0000

So, where did Superman’s conscience go? A battle between two nearly invincible superbeings is tiresome to watch. As General Zod and Superman crash into building after building, over and over, it’s a tedious exercise in CGI excess. This is where the movie the really lost me. I couldn’t help but wonder how Superman felt about...

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