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Of all the nerdy movies released this summer, Captain America was one of the ones for which I was most excited. I’ve never really been a fan of the Captain himself, but the trailers looked good and my excitement for The Avengers fueled my excitement for Captain America. I loved Captain America and thought itRead more

While in Honduras I got in a spirited debate with one of my teammates about Pixar movies. I said that WALL-E is my favorite Pixar movie; my teammate could not believe me. She thought that WALL-E was the worst Pixar movie and couldn’t understand how anyone could like it. I love WALL-E and how itRead more

The box office has been dominated by nerdy movies this summer. Some of the movies like Thor, X-Men: First Class and Super 8 were great. Some of the movies like Green Lantern and Transformers: Dark of the Moon left something to be desired. The movie theaters seem to be more and more populated with nerdclinationsRead more

I loved Transformers as a little kid. I would watch the cartoon and have epic battles between my Autobot and Decepticon toys. That excitement was rekindled when the first Transformers movie came out. That excitement was extinguished after the second Transformers movie. With Transformers: Dark of the Moon, my excitement for giant fighting robots wasRead more

I finally saw Green Lantern and I wasn’t that impressed. The action sequences were rather short and the space in between them wasn’t that interesting. Ryan Reynolds did a great job of portraying Hal Jordan as a tremendously self-centered jerk. He was so convincing, in fact, that Hal Jordan was hardly likeable. If I wereRead more

This past weekend I saw J.J. Abrams’ new movie Super 8. I never watched Lost or Alias. My only real connection with Abrams is Star Trek, which I loved. I was excited for Super 8 since I saw the first trailers and got more excited as I realized it was an homage to Spielberg classicsRead more