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Django Unchained – Tarantino’s First Western Doesn’t Hold Back

Six-shooters, horses, dynamite, and cowboy hats, Django Unchained taps into the core gunslinging western theme and delivers a satisfying story of freedom and redemption. Django, a black slave, is freed by Dr. King Schultz, a German dentist-turned-bounty hunter, and aids...

/ November 7, 2015

The Last of Us

Finally got my hands on this immensely popular game, and with all the perfect reviews that it received I obviously had high expectations. I actually wasn’t too hyped about it because of the cliché zombie genre – I’ve played enough...

/ June 4, 2015

Reservoir Dogs

A tense thriller, this movie follows the aftermath of six guys who were hired to perform a diamond heist. Failing terribly, the men attempt to regroup at a secret warehouse and figure out the situation, while trying to come up...

/ August 20, 2013

The Hunger Games

Yes I ended up watching the movie because of my girlfriend. The movie follows the book fairly well (with some expected changes), but what surprised me was that I liked it better than the book. I’ve mentioned in my review...

/ July 16, 2012

Thor

Finally watched this movie so that I could get some background before watching The Avengers. It had a great intro, showing the great gods of Asgard and the story behind Thor’s banishment. What I didn’t like was the story on...

/ July 16, 2012

The Amazing Spiderman

I don’t know why they made another Spiderman so recently after the trilogy ended in 2007. I believe they did it just so they could put him in the next Avengers movie if it comes. Whatever the reason, I didn’t...

/ July 16, 2012

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

With all the hype about this book and the movie that recently came out, I finally decided to read the novel. I’ve already heard about the trilogy’s success last year, but I never felt the urge to find a copy....

/ March 28, 2012