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It was 1977, and I stood in line at the Cine 1-2-3-4-5-6 in Northway Mall for the new motion picture Star Wars.  I had already read the first three Marvel Comics movie adaptations, and was so psyched to see this film on the big screen.  So much so, in fact, that I saved up enough…

If you get the hint… I totally heart this movie.  Unlike many films, where I paid my money and sat in the theater, and two hours later came out saying, “I spent all that money for THAT?” – Mad Max: Fury Road was worth every penny I spent and more. This coming week, the film…

Yesterday, as is my usual tradition with big-budget summer blockbuster films that are on my list of “must-see” movies, I went to Colonie Center to watch the new Marvel film Ant-Man. First off, I thought I would try the RPX showing of Ant-Man at the Regal Cinema.  $17.50 later, I had my ticket.  Yes, let…

It was the spring of 1985, and a few friends and I left our Hamilton College dormitories to travel to Riverside Mall in Utica … for the sole purpose of watching the next installment of the Mad Max film series.  That film was Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, and it was a credible follow-up to the…

This is kind of a quick blog post, so I hope you understand. I saw this clip on one of my photoblogging sites – it’s an animated movie about a woman who finds a Polaroid camera – and the camera still has film in it. You need to watch this film.  And I should warn…

It was mentioned by name only once in the Star Wars movies, and it was the first time we saw this elegant weapon. The “lightsaber” was identified when Obi-Wan Kenobi gave Luke Skywalker the glowing sword of energy, as seen in this clip from Star Wars IV: A New Hope. Over the years, technology has…

He was a man who turned in his police gear when his best friend, a fellow cop, was murdered.  He lost his soul when his wife and child were killed.  And from that moment on, Max Rockatansky became his own fighting force, a man with no allegiance, a man in the wasteland. And from one…