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Friday, March 16th, 2007
How do I tell you of 300?
Despite the apparent simplicity of the movie (come on, it's a gorefest), it is actually quite complicated. There are so many different ways this movie can be viewed, with all of them being valid. One can find in equal measure ...
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
More detailed review coming. Short take - I never knew such carnage could be so beautiful.
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Monday, March 5th, 2007
I saw this over the weekend, and I'm still not sure what I think of it. I recall back when it was released, the movie generated a lot of press over blatant criticism of the Bush Administration.
In seeing the movie, I'm not quite sure how one arrives at the conclusion ...
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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
I've been plowing through Pacific War material over the past month, mostly because actions there get lost in comparison to the European Theater. My own knowledge is spottier than it should be, so soaking up some of these details has been a good exercise for me.
Iwo Jima should be ...
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
Midway: The Incredible Victory
Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan
Time has a way of plastering over history with what comes to be known as conventional wisdom. Today, the American victory in the Pacific has an aura of inevitability to most people - how could a nation the size of California ...
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Might the Saw franchise be the most profitable movies in the modern era?
Production Cost
Box Office Receipts (worldwide)
Saw
$1.2 mil
$102.9 mil
Saw II
$4 mil
$144 mil
Saw III (as of 31-OCT-06)
$10 mil
$39.6 mil
Saw IV (Halloween 2007)
TBD
TBD
Source - Box Office Mojo
They could run this out to Saw 100 before the franchise loses money.
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