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Movie of the Week: Kung Fu Panda.

Kung Fu Panda could have been horrible. In fact, it could have been fairly expected to be horrible. However, the directors decided that since they in fact liked kung fu movies, they should play it straight and make an actual kung fu movie… with pandas in it. So they made one. And It Did Not Suck.

Neither did Buffy The Vampire Slayer – Collector’s Set – yes, I’m aware that there’s a bad pun there – but it’s time for it to go now.

‘Movie’ of the week: Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

As in, Buffy The Vampire Slayer – Collector’s Set (40 discs). Yup, the whole blessed thing. Grab a few cases of iron rations, plenty of beer, and catch up on what my wife only half-jokingly called ‘the other woman.’

What? Hey. Art is supposed to cost.

What, again? No, of course Animal House‘s not over. Nothing is over until we say it is!

Movie of the Week: Animal House.

OK, picking Animal House is a bit of a political in-joke: the “All Is Well!” clip is making the rounds, based on the week that our esteemed colleagues on the Other Side have been having. I’d be sympathetic, except that I’m not sure how I’d manage it in their case.

Now, if you could just look at this red light, Men in Black…

Movie of the Week: Men In Black.

There are very few films that I would call ‘pitch-perfect,’ and Men in Black is one of them. Nothing to add, nothing to take away, and all in good fun.

And the “Mr. Jones. Mr. Smith.” was perfect. Somebody hopefully got a raise for that.

And so, adieu to Shoot ‘Em Up.

Movie of the Week: Shoot ‘Em Up.

Why Shoot ‘Em Up? Because to quote the classic gamer manual Munchkins Guide to Power Gaming, The Gun Is Your Skill List, that’s why.

Now hush, and wave good-bye to Toy Story 2.

Moe Lane

Movie of the Week: Toy Story 2.

Mostly because the sequel to Toy Story 2 is out (Toy Story 3), and by all accounts it’s yet another goram spectacular Pixar movie. It’s starting to get embarrassing, the way that Pixar can’t seem to help but make insanely good movies…

We thus escape Escape from New York.

Movie of the Week: Escape from New York.

The sequel was awful – except for the bit with Bruce Campbell in it – but Escape from New York was pretty good, as long as you understood going in that your disbelief would not so much be suspended as it would be expelled, then shipped off to military school. One of John Carpenter’s better ones… and it’s always frustrating, because you never know with that director whether or not he’s going to be pretty darn good, or just plain bad. Just saying, that’s all.

And so we shine the sun on Daybreakers. But for not long enough.

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