Ant-Man tells the story of one man’s struggle against an evil corporation – Edgar Wright against Marvel Studios. Most of you know Wright as the director of side-splitting British comedies, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. For his American…
Yearly Archives: 2015
Ant-Man
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
Does the Avengers sequel live up to the original?
Tagged with: amazing spider-man, avengers, captain america, civil war, hulk, iron man, ultron
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Posted in 2015
STATE QUARTERS
Five a year For ten years. Fifty quarters For fifty states. Fifty million Americans, each Paying twelve dollars fifty. Optimistic. Hopelessly so. Believing their own exceptionalism. Dreaming that their collection Will one day Be worth more Than thirteen bucks. When…
Furious 7
“Why did I ever hang out with these people?” Early in Furious 7, Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez attend a street race: it seems quaint by the series’ now overblown standards. “What’s the point in racing without explosions and deadly…
Tagged with: action, corzies, fast and furious, furious 7, jason statham, kurt russell, minions, paul walker, review, stunts, the rock, universal, vin diesel
Posted in 2015
Posted in 2015
Legend
“Do you think I’m a good actor, Ari?” In HBO’s Entourage, struggling hunk Vincent Chase begs his agent for reaffirmation. “I didn’t sign you because I thought you could act,” replies Ari wryly, “I signed you because you were a…
Tagged with: 60s, east end, emily browning, gangsters, goodfellas, kray twins, krays, la confidential, locke, london, mob, sixties, tom hardy, warrior
Posted in 2015
Posted in 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Godfather Part III. The Matrix Revolutions. The Dark Knight Rises. Film trilogies are littered with disappointing finales. The Mad Max trilogy was a prime example. The 1979 original was a low-budget muscle car flick: think a scaled-down Fast &…
Tagged with: action, babe, charlize theron, corzies, furiosa, furious road, george miller, mad max, outback, tom hardy
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Posted in 2015
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
“I had sex today. Holy shit.” Opening lines of The Diary of a Teenage Girl. Teen movies are usually like cinema popcorn: buttery and stale. Meanwhile, young adult novels rarely ring true. Their voice is too often that of a…
Tagged with: 70s, Alexander Skarsgard, Bel Powley, comics, Diary of a Teenage Girl, Kristen Wiig, Marielle Heller, nostalgia, san francisco, seventies
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Posted in 2015
Inside Out
Moving. For an adult – it’s exciting, or tedious. For a child, moving home is traumatic – abandoning all that is familiar, safe and secure. In Pixar’s latest opus, 11-year-old Riley exchanges snowy Minnesota suburbia for a chilly San Francisco…
Cornie Corzie #4
Q. What did Agatha Christie exclaim when her soup began to boil? A. “The pot thickens…” Q. What do you call an English prince who commits career suicide? A. Harry Kiri. Q. How did Elton John travel to Oz? A.…
Cornie Corzie #3
Q. What do tailors do when they get angry? A. Get shirty. Q. What’s Hannah Montana’s real name in Europe? A. Kilometery Cyrus. Q. Which comedian is the father of Mowgli from “The Jungle Book”? A. Will Feral Q. Which…
Cornie Corzie #2
LUTHERAN EDITION! Q. How did Martin Luther handle his 95 Theses? A. He nailed it. Q. What do Martin Luther and Jay-Z have in common? A. 95 problems… Q. Which meeting of the Holy Roman Empire is synonymous with the…
Tagged with: Christian, Christianity, funny, jokes, Lutheran, Martin Luther, Protestant, Reformation
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Posted in Jokes
Corny Corzie #1
I’m proud to announce a new series of bite-sized jokes – “Corny Corzie”. Tune in daily to get your Corzie fix. So – without further ado! CORNY CORZIE #1: Q. How do you dance for an Arab oil baron? A.…
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