Tag: 2015 year end
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Time to Decorate!
Now that all that shopping is done with (right?), we can get down to the business of properly celebrating the holiday… by decorating! Unless you’re one of those people who treats Christmas decorations like I treat Halloween decorations… in which case, you probably just flipped that switch as you were digesting Turkey (if not sooner).…
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Best Deal Ever (Until the Next One)
I pay attention to advertising more than a bit. It’s one of those things tied directly to various distribution channels for stuff I like and whatnot. Holiday seasons, specifically the Christmas shopping season, has changed a lot over the years when it comes to advertising. Black Friday came into being a long time ago, the…
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American Ultra: High Action
Apparently, I like stoner action movies. Granted, it’s not quite a genre of its own yet as there are only two I know of: Pineapple Express and, as of this year, American Ultra. The latter is a fun film. Not as wild as Pineapple Express, but still with plenty of wild action and creative fight sequences. It’s been…
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Nightmare Code: Still a few Bugs
I back a lot of crowdfunding projects. But I don’t back everything. Nightmare Code is one of the films I almost backed but, for one reason or another, never quite pulled the trigger on. It did make its goal (and then some), it made the festival circuit (and won some), and got a distribution deal (which…
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Happy Thanksgiving
Why, yes, that is a classic pic from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade prominently featuring Bullwinkle. He’s still one of my favorite balloons. As is Spider Man. (Really, I kind of dig them all for different reasons… and it’s always neat to see new ones come into rotation, and kind of sad to see old ones…