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Well I have my picks and I have my reasons. I get so tired of stuffed shirts, that call themselves critics, but have no talent whatsoever of their own. That’s why they’re critics! It usually boils down to either jealousy of someone else’s talent or attempting to make up for one’s own shortcomings.

I feel that anything, if it truly should be judged, ought to be judged fairly by its peers. The judging should have required parameters and specifications to be met, even if only in the slightest. So reading or watching a movie critic, who is not involved in the movie making industry, criticize someone’s work is ridiculous if you ask me.

Now if you want make some form of opinion based on loose criteria, I’m OK with that. Which is really all that I do. I like to think that I enjoy a movie because it kept me interested in following the story to its conclusion. Or maybe it just made me feel something that I was not expecting. What about a movie that just lives up to the hype or preconceived expectations of its genre? This post will cover my slant on the “Best Films of 2008″, including The Dark Knight, Quantum of Solace and WALL-E. Continue reading »

Well for those movie buffs, and more specifically Bond aficionados, the next installment in the James Bond franchise looks deeper and even more engaging then its predecessor. I have argued on other sites, not this one though, that Daniel Craig has brought renewed and much needed life back into the Broccoli storehouse. Let’s not get confused however, I am a minor Bond geek with strong ties to Sir Sean Connery’s portrayal of Ian Fleming’s daring super-spy.

I even enjoyed some of Sir Roger Moore’s and Pierce Brosnan’s films. I am a big fan of Timothy Dalton’s pair of movies as well as George Lazenby’s only stint in the Secret Service. Without spending any more time on Casino Royale and the rest, here’s the latest teaser of the upcoming smash hit due in November, the Quantum of Solace.