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Call me the Human IMDB or the Entertainment Expert. If you have a movie or television question, odds are I can answer it for you. Some of my favorite movies include Jaws, Pulp Fiction, Aliens, The Empire Strikes Back, and Raising Arizona. Check out my weekly blogs.

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Movie Review: Evil Dead

Horror fans hold The Evil Dead franchise in the highest regards. The campy, blood and guts films beginning with The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II and the more mainstream Army of Darkness were all flops at [...]

2013/04/03

The 4: Movie Remake Wish List

I know that I have been somewhat of a snob when it comes to movie remakes in the past. The disastrous remake of Red Dawn inspired me to create part 1 and 2 of my ‘Sacred Movies” [...]

2013/04/02

Movie Review: The Host

If you have read any of my past columns or watched my appearances on Showcase Tampa Bay on CW44, it’s no secret that I’m not a fan of the Twilight franchise. I have always thought the [...]

2013/03/28

The 4: Movie Sequel Wish List

When I created my two very popular Sacred Movies lists, the feedback I got was people hate remakes and sequels. I may be with the public on the remake argument, but I do love sequels. In [...]

2013/03/23

Movie Review: The Croods

You have to give it up to Dreamworks Animation. They were left without a permanent film distributor for the last few years but have continued the arm’s race with Disney and Pixar. Dreamworks Animation may lack [...]

2013/03/21

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Movie Review: Olympus Has Fallen

The United States of America is a very patriotic country, but for some odd reason, in film – we love to see the White House destroyed. Movie patrons flocked to theaters back in 1996 for [...]

2013/03/21

Movie Review: Admission

Now that Tina Fey’s run on 30 Rock is over, it seemed like a natural transition for her to move to the big screen. Let’s face it, she’s one of the funniest and intelligent people in [...]

2013/03/20

The 4: Arrow Expectations

I am absolutely loving the direction Arrow has been going with their storyline. The show seemed to hit its stride creatively — they made the hottest nerd on television Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) a [...]

2013/03/18

Movie Review: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

Growing up in the 1980s, I was exposed to my fair share of superstar magicians. David Copperfield and Siegfried and Roy had widely popular television specials. They were headlining Vegas shows with their illusions and [...]

2013/03/14

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Movie Review: Oz: The Great and Powerful

Sam Raimi is a brave filmmaker. He’s going down a yellow brick road that leads you to The Wiz or something much worse. It can lead you to Return to Oz. Re-examining classic material such as [...]

2013/03/08

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