Author: mirella

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Ted (2012)

Underneath all the pop culture references, geeky stuff, music from MacFarlane’s iPod, and unapologetic drug use, Ted has a nice message about growing up, friendship, love, and owning up to your decisions.

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ParaNorman

ParaNorman is an excellent 3D stop-motion film from Laika, the same creators of also awesome Coraline.

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Christopher and His Kind

Christopher and His Kind is an adaptation of the autobiography of the same name written by Christopher Isherwood. The name may not be familiar to some, but this English-American novelist wrote the awesome book A Single Man, which was later turned into an awesome movie by Tom Ford and starred Colin Firth.

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Prometheus (2012)

Prometheus, the long dormant project in the Alien franchise, finally came to pass. Although not exactly an Alien movie, it does happen in the same universe. That said, Prometheus stands well on its own.

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Avengers, The

The culmination of years of work that started back in 2008 with Iron Man (and Robert Downey, Jr.). It was very important that Marvel got this right. And oh boy, they certainly did!

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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Whatever you think about Guy Ritchie’s abilities as a director, he sure knows his audience, and delivers a film full of homoerotic subtext for the ladies and slow-mo action for the boys.

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Arthur Christmas

The Christmas season starts with the question that many nosy kids have asked in this “need for answers” day and age: if Santa is real, how does he manage with all those presents in one night?