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When I first saw the trailer of this movie I thought it had to be one of those joke trailers that they do on Saturday Night Live. Then I remembered that it's only funny because it's true that we live in a world where Hollywood would make a movie about Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. And you know what, the other surprise is, that the movie is pretty good. They take a classic formula, humans (and

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Liam Neeson's face is all the marketing department needs to sell this movie. Maybe it's because I sat in the front row, but I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. People seem to really like this movie. Aint It Cool News CHUD and CHUD Roger Ebert Badass Digest And I guess it does deliver on its promise. Liam Neeson and seven other plane crash survivors against some wolves. The way Joe

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One sentence summary: Steven Soderbergh has made an action movie. That's going to either sell you or not. The music reminds me of Out of Sight. Other people say it reminds them of The Limey (haven't seen it). The guy sitting behind me at the theater complained about how much he hated it for 30 minutes and then fell asleep. How do I know he was asleep? Because he was snoring (true story). Then

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This will be known as the last fat Jonah Hill movie (until he gets fat again...). He was just nominated for an Academy Award, not for this movie, for the other one he was in this year, Moneyball. So hopefully that will ease the pain of having to remember he made this movie. That's not fair. There were a lot of people dumping on this movie when it came out. My excitement petered by all the

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*UPDATE* We've got our nominees. I'm actually pretty surprised by a lot of these. And I've already seen people call "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" the worst movie ever nominated for an Academy Award. Even though I tried my best to not see any possible nominated movies, I have already seen Moneyball and Midnight In Paris (boo). But I still plan on attending the AMC BPS. They said they

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Over the Christmas holiday, the family usually gets together to see a movie. This year (on both sides) no one could come to a decision on what to see. That led us to see We Bought A Zoo. I think that sums up the movie pretty well. This is the non-offensive story of a family who has lost their matriarch. Everyone is set a drift and looking for something to bring them together. That something is

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Time heals all wounds. As time has passed Tom Cruise's "nutty" period has become a faint memory. Or as Mrs.Nugget asked "What did he do again? Jumped on Oprah's couch and yelled at someone about medicine?" The same is true for the M:I series. What started strong in 1996 has had diminishing returns in two sequels (in 2000 and 2006). But there seems to be a reason Tom keeps having these movies

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Nostalgia can be a dangerous thing. Nothing is ever as good as you remember. That being said, I don't blame Jason Segel for using his power to bring the Muppets back to glory. I commend him for it. But it does make me sad to realize that the ship has sailed for me. That's not to say I didn't like the movie. It is great. When I have a rugrat to take to the movies, I will be happy to have stuff

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A couple weeks ago I won another Woot Off B.O.C. (my previous win) and boy it lived up to its name. Again. 1. Barbie Baywatch Backpack 2. USB Guard Dog 3. Skin Watch 4. Spitball Dartboard 5. Lunch sack 6. Woot Rally Monkey I try to tell myself I won't try to get another one with the next Woot Off, but I know that's not true.

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Aint It Cool News does a yearly geek gift idea list. This year, look what made the cut (above). Pretty awesome for the nerd in all of us. Check out the complete list here. Let the Holiday Shopping Season begin...!

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Happy Three Month Anniversary! *and engagement anniversary

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"In the not too distant future..." is one of the biggest hit / miss gap for genre films. If played right, you get a film with rich characters and poignant parables. This movie (already flopping at the box office) comes from the mind who brought us Gattaca. Which if you haven't seen, is a great movie. So, we have a world much like our world, but instead of working for money, we work to earn

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Young Adult is the type of tough material that will divide audiences. It is a black comedy in the truest sense. But Diablo Cody does something that really helps the situation. She wrote a character that we can relate to during the movie. That person is Patton Oswalt's character "Matt Freehauf". He spends the majority of the movie pointing out how ridiculous Charlize Theron's character "Mavis

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Before seeing the movie "Drive" I was baffled by the font being used (along with the escalator posters at the AMC Rivers East). Then the second the movie starts, I got it. This is a throwback to those desolate emotionless 70's action movies mixed with an 80's synth soundtrack. And boy is it good. It is a quiet movie until it's not. And once it is not, boy is it not. Don't get me wrong, there

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In college, one night I caught a movie that had stayed off my radar for my formative years. John Carpenter's The Thing (1982). It was a great mix of shadow, paranoia, gore effects. I don't feel I'm over selling it that it's the perfect horror movie*. When it came out in 1982 it was a box office failure. The movie starts with a dog being hunted by my people**. So, almost 30 years later you

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Based on a true story. That is always a loaded statement. Unless it is a documentary, the lines are always going to be gray. We have Moneyball on one side and this movie on the other. While I do believe it is based on a true story, aren't most works of fiction outside of horror and fantasy? So, we're in the 80's. We've got some assassins for hire. They make their kills look like accidents, or

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You know when they cut to a later date in time in movies and tv shows? Well, previously on Krull Nugget... Happy two month anniversary, baby!

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Remember the movie "The Gate"? I don't remember a lot about it, but I remember it really scaring me as a child. Little mini sized troll demons chasing after kids. Scary. Well, there is a new version of that. I guess the screenplay is based on an old TV movie about these creatures. DBAotD also is like Gremlins. The monsters in this case, aren't really trying to eat you, they're just kinda

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Moneyball- the book is very good. But just like Fast Food Nation, how do you take a book with a lot of stats and information, and turn it into a Hollywood blockbuster. Well, Brad Pitt doesn't hurt. Of course, there were a lot of people involved in the Sabre Metrics revolution. So, instead of those guys, you get Jonah Hill playing a cobbled version of all of them. But it does work well and

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Best way I can think to describe this movie? If Outbreak and Traffic got it on and had a baby. In my case, that is a compliment on both counts. You get to see a wide variety of characters and locations as they are affected by an outbreak. You get the family closest to the virus (Matt Damon / Gwen Paltrow). We have the CDC and WHO working to figure it out (Winslet / Fishburne / Cotillard). And

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Next week we will return will all new fresh content.  PROMISE

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I didn't even hear of this movie until I saw it posted on Google's showtimes for Chicago theaters. After that, I started seeing commercials on Spike TV. Then it was almost gone. I went on the last day it was playing in the city. There were two other people in the theater at 5pm with me (well not with me, I went alone). A cast of comedic actors with an outlandish plot. A guy who's dad owns but

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When I first heard about this movie being redone, or remade or whatever they call it now (re-imagining) I was skeptical. Tim Burton tried to do it about ten years ago (10 years ago already?). That remake was on FX the other day, man is it terrible. So, of course you're going to use the most recent version as your litmus test to answer "is this a good idea"? They were doing okay by the title. It

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Cowboys and Aliens is one of those projects that started with a pitch. In the evolution of the project, that simple idea stuck as the title. Americans want to know what they're getting. Cowboys and Aliens... what's that movie about? Ha Ha. Our hero with no name wakes in the middle of the prairie with no memory. He wanders into town wearing "iron" around his wrist. He runs into trouble with the

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Man I saw a lot of good things tonight. It is Lollapalooza, which of course means people trying to sneak into Lolla. As I was jogging on the Lakeshore path, I saw a kid jump the 10 foot fence, fall into the middle of Lakeshore Drive with oncoming traffic coming at him. Then he ran across the street (8 lanes of traffic) jumped another 4 foot fence. Meanwhile, security is running towards him. Then

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With 11 votes each, the hat race (sorry hat 2, you suck) is over. It has been decided that Hat 1 (pictured right) will be a "city" hat and Hat 3 (which can be smashed and packed in my luggage) will accompany my new bride and I to Europe.  Thanks for all that voted!

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Based on a true story, a cautious healthy 30 something finds out he has cancer. We follow him through the stages of grief. We see how his somewhat newish girlfriend, best friend and family react to the situation. He gets help from a new psychiatrist and other cancer patients. This is a nice little film. Its going to be marketed as a comedy when it comes out this fall. That's based on Seth Rogen

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The hokiest of all comic book super heroes has made it to the big screen. Even as a kid, I knew there was something different about Captain America. You think Superman is a generic name? Woof. But I will have to give it to Marvel. They've done a great job of getting all their characters made into movies. And this movie, like the first Iron Man, can stand on it's own two legs while fitting into

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The four people on the poster are awesome. So why isn't this movie amazing? It was directed by the guy who did Zombieland! This should be my favorite movie. But it's not. Can expectations be set too high? Yes. Is this movie funny? Yes. Is it based on a true story? Kinda. Two lazy rednecks who love to blow stuff up at the old mill (?) are convinced by a stripper (who wants to polish your

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Have you ever wanted to kill your boss? Well these guys do. Hilarious, yes? Okay, maybe I'm being too snarky. There are two good things going on in this movie, the bosses and the buddies. The bosses are actors who don't get to play the "fun" role very often. Jennifer Aniston as a sexual predator who is super inappropriate. Kevin Spacey is the slick prick who will say something just to see who

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You may recall the time I saved you with the last movie: http://krullnugget.blogspot.com/2009/06/transformers-i-watch-them-so-you-dont.html This one was shot in Chicago, so for no other reason, it is better than the last one. It looks cool in 3D. It's large in IMAX. The plot is still incoherent. It's too long and sags in parts. The girl who replaced Megan Fox is not attractive. The 200

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I saw a foreign film this week. It was about a government agent in charge of controlling the troll population in Norway. And it was pretty good (they are threatening to make an American version of the film). Troll Hunter is one of those "found footage" films in the vein of "The Blair Witch Project". But this movie has some good special effects, not just kids running around the woods crying. A

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We continue this week with another Justin Timberlake film. That's a bit of a misnomer. Even though he is billed second, he's really like the 5th lead in the movie. But front and center is Cameron Diaz playing an awful person. Even though she's not my favorite actress, she does tend to do good work when she feels like it (Being John Malkovich / Gangs of New York / Vanilla Sky). The best way to

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You may or may not have noticed a fancy new widget above the posts. I'm assuming you haven't, hence this post. KRULL NUGGET THEME SONG Many remember when I had the Kickstarter donation widget on the blog. It was to help a friend, The Bassturd, raise money to get his last album pressed. Well, it's out. And since I helped donate, he wrote a theme song for the blog. Originally titled Gimp Fry (

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Oh man, this movie. First off, it is painfully close in theme to a movie we saw not too long ago. I am pretty sure I saw it, but I can't find it in the nugget archives, so maybe I spared you the pain of "No Strings Attached". If you find it, let me know. Anyways, apparently I felt the need to see it again. So the story goes, headhunter gets a guy to work as Artistic blah blah at GQ magazine.

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 "In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's might, Beware my power... Green Lantern's light!" Of all the DC Comic properties, The Green Lantern was always going to be a tough live action film to make. I remember those 70's and 80's Justice League cartoon. Using your will power to create objects is inherently cartoony. Making a live

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A lot of people old and young (Nugget and Mrs. Nugget parents have mentioned it) are interested in finding out about Super 8. I would say it is a combination of J.J. Abrams "mystery box" and nostalgia for Spielberg films. And that's really what you have here, a mash up. There are two stories being told here. One is about a kid who lost his mom in an accident. The other is about the U.S.

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The X-men series has gone from good to bad within 4 movies. So, like Pirates 4, I had no interest in this film. But then reviews started coming in saying it was pretty good. That couldn't be true. The only reason Fox keeps making these movies is so they retain the rights to the Marvel characters and they don't revert back to Marvel Studios (shrewd, but Marvel is doing pretty good on their own

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The Hangover Part II (the quest for more money). If I were to use a keyword find and replace on MS Word I could have made a lot of money with this sequel. Instead of Doug getting married, now it is Stu's (the dentist) turn. No, he is not marrying Heather Graham. Apparently, you make promises to hookers that you can't keep. So, it's a repeat of the first one. Which isn't the worst thing, since

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British films are a tricky export. Usually you think, period piece. You might also think Edgar Wright films. Maybe Guy Ritchie. That's about it. Well, Screen Gems bought a neat little sci-fi horror film called Attack the Block. On May 25th, they screened it in 25 cities in the USA. Now they want everyone who saw it to spread the word about how good it is. Well, it is pretty good. But let's not

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Did you enjoy it? Actually quite a bit. Would you see it in theaters again? No. Would you buy it? No. Would you rent it? No. Would you watch it if you saw it was on TV? Probably. Now that the questions are out of the way, here are two new ones. Why do most of the critics hate this movie so much? What is the deal with AMC not playing this movie correctly? I read a lot of early reviews of

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Bridesmaids. What can I say at this point? Everyone is saying "don't call it a chick flick". And it really isn't. It may have an all woman main cast, but I think of a chick flick as a romantic comedy. It is a negative connotation for dudes. But as a dude, don't be scared of this film. It is super funny. Written by Kristin Wiig and her old improv partner (the woman on the plane that says they're

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I didn't win passes to Bridesmaids this week... but I did get to see Priest 3D! YAY! Besides, I will gladly pay to see Bridesmaids, I hear it's awesome. And it stars my wife... http://www.bridesmaidsmovie.com/trailerfeature/?id=1305236519943 Anyways, remember when I went to see Legion? No, well I did. Same actor, same director. Same themes (religion). http://krullnugget.blogspot.com/2010/

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Last night was interesting. Let's start with the most interesting. After losing our last volleyball game of the regular season (scheduled at a dreary 10:20pm start time) Mrs. Nugget and I exited the Drucker Center to find about 15 cops arresting someone in the parking lot. I heard someone say "Do we have the victim?" as we passed. Everything seemed to be under control, so we headed out to the

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The Pork Chops were able to win 2/3 matches without me damaging my knees this week. http://yfrog.com/h02vhtwj I got to witness a "No Hitter" against my White Sox in person. In spite of that, had a great time boozing with the fellas. At work, I got locked my office's stairwell and had to walk up 8 flights (on purpose) then down 17 (not on purpose). My calves are still sore. Spent 2 1/2 hours in

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Marvel Comics have done a great job of getting their "second tier" comics to the big screen. Who really knew who Iron Man was prior to 2008? It was all part of their plan. Get good actors and good directors to bring their characters to the big screen. This year they have two movies that help blaze the trail for The Avengers next summer. Looking at their stable of cartoons, Thor always seemed the

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Not good. I'm not going to spend a ton of time on this. It is just not funny. You would think if it was written by Ben Best and Danny McBride that there would be something comedic in this film. There is not. The special effects look pretty good. So, they must have gotten a good budget for them. It is shot with shaky cam but there are some comprehensible action scenes. But nothing works. Three

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Two of my recent posts were very timely and are now defunct. I have seen Fast Five and the Blackhawks lost in OT last night. First off: Fast Five, pretty good. Again, I haven't seen the other ones so I missed some of the call back jokes (the only reason I know they exist is because other people laughed). The two things that are great about Fast Five. It's not in 3D (YAY) and there isn't a lot

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After going down 0-3 in the first round it looked like the 2010 Stanley Cup champions were going to be out of the playoffs (after barely getting in). But now the series is tied and tonight's game decides who goes home. Go Hawks!

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Lolla announced the bands for this year's festival. If the full schedule lines up accordingly, I might actually attend for the first time in a long time. Some videos below: 1. WEEN 2. The Cars 3. Beirut 4. Big Audio Dynamite? Nice. 5. Explosions in the Sky. Not my fave to put on at home, but I've heard their live show is amazing. 6. Ratatat. Diddo.

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Since I haven't seen the other four movies (besides some clips and trailers) I figured I might as well review the movie before I see it on Tuesday. Here goes: Vin Diesel returns as Johnny Fast with his partner Paul Walker (aka Billy Furious). This time they have to steal a safe full of 100 million dollars. They're going to need help. So they bring back everyone else who's been in the other

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The Music Box Theatre is having a free midnight movie because they hit 10k fans on Bookface.  Details below: "You guys are awesome. You really are. Thank you for becoming fans of the Music Box Theatre on Facebook. Thanks for getting us past the 10,000 mark. Thanks for interacting with us, sharing our films with your friends, being in the know, being with it... all that. This screening is

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Super is a great movie. And surprisingly personal. James Gunn's last film was 2006's Slither starring Nathan Fillion. It was a box office bomb that was very funny and gory. You people missed out. But since Slither, James Gunn has made a bunch of web movies and gotten divorced from Jenna Fischer (Pam from The Office). You can tell his inspiration was from what he went through in his divorce.

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Tomorrow marks the official 4 month countdown until I am a married nugget. Let's recap what's been done so far... Twelve hours after we were engaged I had an email with links to places to get married from my new fiance's mom. Actually, we need to go back further. My mother-in-law started going to different churches in downtown Chicago in July 2010 "just in case" we wanted to get married at one

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If you have any intention of seeing this movie it would be wise to skip this post. This is mostly because I want to actually talk about the plot. *SPOILER ALERT FROM THIS POINT ON* So you know how Scream movies always start with a kill. Fifteen years ago it was very interesting and baffling (to me, I was so perplexed) to kill someone famous off the bat. Well, now it has been done 3 times by

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The Beaver The reason this post is started with that quote is because the advertising around this movie may be a little misleading. Heck, even the poster conveys light comedy. But take it from me, the movie is a serious drama. Yes, there is levity to be found in the film, but it also is frank and honest about depression. Mel Gibson is the other elephant in the room. Yes, his true life drama

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Happy Friday, Nuggeteers! Although I have not seen Your Highness yet (planning a trip to the brew and view in a few weeks) I felt obligated to put up the links to all the movie publicity that talks about Krull. Devin Faraci talks with Danny McBride http://www.badassdigest.com/2011/04/08/the-badass-interview-danny-mcbride-on-your-highness-krull-kenny-powers-and-selling-out# Mr. Beaks at AICN

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Last weekend I was invited to a test screening. Some of the movie's special effects were not complete yet. Keeping that in mind, let's talk about what we saw. The movie was a sequel. It was actually the second half of the last sequel. It's also the 8th movie. Its the final leg of a fantastical adventure that started 10 years ago. You see, this guy has broken his soul into eight pieces and

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A child raised in the woods and trained as a killer. Eric Bana looking grizly. Soundtrack by the Chemical Brothers. This would be a great movie, right? Ehhh. There are a lot of good ideas and themes that make this an "almost" good movie. Saoirse Ronan does a great job playing a fish out of water. She's never heard music (why dad can't sing to her in the woods is beyond me). The Chemical

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Let's start with a little hype. At this point in time, this is my favorite movie of the year. The end (no spoilers here) is left purposely vague with you asking questions and trying to figure out what just happened. We start with Captain Coulter Stevens waking up on a train. (minor spoilers but if you've seen the trailer you know this part...) The person across from him is calling him Sean. He

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Mtv threatened us that they were making a tv series based on Teen Wolf a couple years ago. Well, series premiere is this summer. Teen Wolf - MTV Shows No basketball, no van surfing, no father son moment of wolfiness. Boo. There isn't even any Jason Batemen...

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Matthew McConaughey has left romantic comedies in the dust (for now) and is using his gift of the sly sleazy smile in The Lincoln Lawyer. He plays a shady defense attorney. His clients include rapists, Hell's Angels, etc. But he's also a loyal family man, even though he's not married to his daughter's mother. She's a prosecutor (who implies the reason they aren't together is they are on

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"Hey y'all. If we are able to raise $2500 by the end of this campaign, I'm going to send EVERYONE that contributed a copy of a split 7-inch with an exclusive song by Joe Jack Talcum, (of The Dead Milkmen), as well as an exclusive track by The Bassturd along with your other gifts! Please spread the word, and thanks!" -Dan Butler aka The Bassturd https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1844618175/

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This post comes from Grandma Nugget. She alerted me to the fact that a bald eagle in Decorah, IA is going to be hatching 3 baby chicks in the next couple days. Instead of going to see Sucker Punch (which I have heard was beaten at the box office by the sequel to Diary of a Wimpy Kid, HA) why don't you watch some "reality TV" embedded below. Free video streaming by Ustream

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Much like the jumbled mess that is Sucker Punch, I'm mixed up as where to begin. A promising opening shows us that this movie is nothing more than a farcical tale. Nothing is real (which I guess could go without saying since, you know, it is a MOVIE). There may be different tones in the film, and the bookends are the most "realistic" but even that is only a story. Zack Snyder isn't known for

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Battle: LA would best described as Black Hawk Down with aliens. There is an invasion happening all over the world. And we get to follow the Los Angeles marines. Unlike Black Hawk Down we get flashbacks and a lot of character history that is supposed to help us feel for these people, but really just makes us realize how hamfisted it seems. It wants to be two things, a war story and a heartfelt

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Paul is the story of two friends who love science fiction. They come from England to sunny San Diego to attend Comi-Con. After that they plan on touring the United States. That's when they pick up Paul. He's on the run and trying to get home. This movie is a nice road trip film. There aren't a lot of big laughs, its more about gentle smiles. You enjoy the movie references and the chemistry

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No, thank you. Less, please. I was thinking about how to be nice. Or if I should be nice, or what I thought. Then I read this review. After reading it, there's nothing more to say. Enjoy. http://videogum.com/287002/happynomoreyoupleasethanks/news/ Did you enjoy it? Eh. Would you see it in theaters again? Neh. Would you buy it? No. Would you rent it? Nope. Would you watch it if you saw it

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What if you could take a pill that let you access 100% of your brain? That's the question asked in Limitless. I would like to think the results would be some sort of horror where you gained ESP and telepathy. The answer the movie gives is you become a selfish prick who is just out for themselves. Yeah there is a coda where he might be a do-gooder, but meh, who cares by then. As a way to

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Win Win is Tom McCarthy's third time as a writer  / director. His first two films were The Station Agent and The Visitor. Both great films. Now he's three for three. How can the creep lying newspaper reporter from season 5 of the Wire be such a great writer and director? This time he focuses on financial crisis and family issues. All within the backdrop of high school wrestling. And its

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 It was on the shelf for four years. It was Mrs. Nugget's least favorite movies of the 3 we saw that week. It didn't crack the top ten the week it came out. At this point, what else is there to say. Why kick someone while they're down. The 80's portion of the movie isn't really relevant. It could have taken place at any time period. The funniest part of the movie was Demitri Martin. When it

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I love the fact that SNL keeps making parody trailers for movies that not a lot of people may know about.

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In my last post, we talked about Rango. How do you sell it? Johnny Depp was the answer in that case. The same question can be asked for the Adjustment Bureau. It is a romance wrapped in a science fiction fantasy tale. And the cherry on top is what if your decisions weren't up to you (it's up to God, FYI). But I can see why it is coming out in March. It's not a summer tent pole type of movie. But

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Rango is being sold on Johnny Depp's name. I don't really care one way or another, but just thought it was worth mentioning. Mostly because I don't get it. I guess the marketing machine likes name recognition. I just don't think it will sway people one way or another. It's a cartoon. "Ooooh, JD is the voice! I was on the fence but now I am in!" Is someone in the world saying that? Anyways.

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(picture by Arthur Nugget) Well, it looks like Nic Cage is 0/2 so far this year. I have heard rumors that he is trying to earn money to pay his taxes. I'm sure there is a reason he makes the movies he does, but he is also quickly becoming what Norm MacDonald calls "Box Office Poison". In Drive Angry, he has fast cars and is chasing devil worshipers who stole his grand daughter. Oh did I

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I have had this column in draft status for quite some time. It's been sitting on the shelf because I kept debating on whether to flush it out to a Top Ten Best Episodes Ever or just go with the original ones that came to mind. This post started when Parks & Rec aired "Ron and Tammy" last year. That was the episode where I knew I was in love with the show. A perfect episode (to me) is one that

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The Music Box Theater recently announced this year's Sci-Fi Spectacular. The movie Krull made the list. What I love about the MBT is that they always try to do fun and interesting things. They sold out three showings of The Room last weekend. Tommy Wiseau and Sestero were in attendance. The AMC Theater chain is running an Oscar Nominee Movie Marathon. I love it. Some day, I'm going to try and

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View Larger Map The Nugget is shutting down for a week. There is one more article scheduled to post on Friday, but other than that it is going to be quiet around here. But when we come back, we might have a new guest contributor and a new movie to talk about. Until then, stay warm people.

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If the Minnesota Vikings move to Los Angeles, I will become a Bears fan. It is as simple as that. There have been threats of the team moving for years. None of which have been explicitly made by the owner Ziggy Wilf (can we just take a second to acknowledge the best NFL Owner name in the history of the NFL...). But with the Metrodome lease up, plus you know, the roof collapsed, if the Vikings

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On this holiest of holidays (according to Kirsten Coen) I have compiled a list of things I love. Not comprehensive, its mostly a list of things I thought about when I asked myself what do I love. Results below. SoupBox's 1/2 Beef Stew 1/2 Chicken and Wild Rice mix I had this for the hundredth time the other day. Whenever I go to the SoupBox I hope they have both these soups on the menu that

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Cedar Rapids is funny. That's the top priority. You have to laugh. Ed Helms and John C. Reilly are great. But as I watched this film, I was more impressed by the supporting cast. Everyone here is top notch. Isiah Whitlock Jr. (Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet), Anne Heche, Stephen Root, Kurtwood Smith, Alia Shawkat (Maeby Funke), Rob Corddry (in a very subtle performance), Sigourney Weaver...

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Single White Female "in college". That is how this movie was pitched in Hollywood for sure. Watch Single White Female instead. It's on Netflix-on-demand. This one is laughably bad. Each moment telegraphed from miles ahead. Did you enjoy it? In only laughably bad ways. And only because it was free. Would you see it in theaters again? I would sooner go stand outside right now naked for 30

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Based on the true story of Micky Ward, that's not the reason to go see the movie. The real reason, starting with the first frame of the film Christian Bale memorizes us as Micky's older brother "Dicky". He's astonishing. And we shouldn't be surprised. He's done it in movie roles before. Unlike his counter point (cough cough Wahlberg) you never once think he's acting. You think he is Dicky.

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This March you get your chance to see KRULL on the big screen. The Music Box Theatre Sci-Fi Spectacular This is what it has all been about, people. After March 19th, I am shutting down the website.

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Things have been busy. Not around here, but on the Nugget homestead. Lots of planning. Recent tasks that have been crossed off include, location of the Rehearsal dinner, DJ, florist, photographer and of course HONEYMOON. We've booked a floating hotel room that will take us to Sicily (fun fact: they love Thanksgiving), Rome, Florence, Naples; Marseilles (only 10 hr train ride to Paris);

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In my experience, there are a lot of movies that show promise, but don't quite get there. "The Dilemma" is the perfect example of such. Similar to "The Break Up" (in setting, dramedy and characters) it tries to be more grounded while inserting slapstick or reactions that no human would make. This may sound like I hated it, but I mostly enjoyed it. Ms. Nugget said to me this morning, "Dean

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At least it was a free screening. The End. Did you enjoy it? No. There aren't even witches in it. Would you see it in theaters again? Never. Ever. Would you buy it? As punishment for someone. Would you rent it? No way, Jose. Would you watch it if you saw it was on TV? Eh. Just Kidding. I would not.

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My Nugget-in-laws saw Black Swan about a month before I did. And they kept saying how terrible it was. I took it with a grain of salt because 1. I was sure they don't know who Darren Arnofsky is and 2. They were looking for a movie about ballet. The Black Swan is about a career ballet dancer who has been raised to love only ballet by her mom (who gave up a career to have her, or so she is

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True Grit is a book. It's also a movie with John Wayne. Think the Coen Bros can do better? You'd be right. Much has been said about this remake (of book or movie, your choice). But some people say that years from now that Jeff Bridges might be considered the one true "Rooster Cogburn". Similar notions were had about Heath Ledger playing the Joker. I would agree in both cases. After taking on

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Happy New Year, Nuggeteers. I was informed by the radio station Jack FM today that since I won so many free movies and other assorted gifts, that I will have to claim it on my tax filings this year. That's the part you never see in the movie Real Genius. Lazlo wins all those prizes but now he has to pay taxes on all his winnings. Maybe I should join that new Tea Party movement I have been

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Tron Legacy is the sequel taking place 28 years after the original. There have been a lot of bad reviews. Mostly from nerd websites. They argue about every little detail. In reality, this is a summer blockbuster released at Christmas. But I would like to thank those critics, because they lowered the expectations enough that I could enjoy the movie. The biggest problem with this movie is the

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Just in time for the holidays comes a unique Christmas movie about the origins of Santa. From Finland. With subtitles. Oh yeah, you're excited. This movie is a fun spin on the real tale of Santa Claus. FYI, he's buried in Europe. A financier funds an expedition to get Santa dug up. A small town witnesses the results. That's all I can say about the movie. It's not that scary. It's not

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Oh boy. You know this movie is going to live upto it's name when you see Dwayne Johnson (formerly known as The Rock, but finally able to lose his moniker) pacing in his cell room. No one in the main cast gets names (except Carla Gugino for some reason). You get names like "Driver" and "Cop" and "Killer". Smart stuff. He is getting revenge for some people killing his brother. The end. Did you

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I have really been slacking on my feature films. But I got around to seeing Megamind the other day. It's pretty cute. The plot is interesting and somewhat original. What if the Super Villain won? Then what? It looks good. It has 3D. I think all cartoons should be in 3D from now on. The story sags in the middle. They didn't really know what to do beyond the premise and outline. Sadly, not a lot

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In case you didn't know, I spent the first couple years of college in Pharmacy school. During my time I roomed with a fellow Pharmacy student named Dirk. Imagine my surprise to find him on WGN this morning educating me of the dangers of accurate children's dosage. Congrats, Dirk. http://www.wgntv.com/videobeta/881ce4d4-739d-44e7-bbcb-507d55d832b8/Health/

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For those of you buying into this Black Friday nonsense, here are a couple of hints for what to get your loved one. The limited edition 2 disc set of the Krull soundtrack http://www.lalalandrecords.com/Krull.html But seriously, now that we've got the jokes out of the way: http://www.amazon.com/MP3-Music-Download/b/ref=sa_menu_dmusic1?ie=UTF8&node=163856011 Today they have the new Arcade

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Krull Nugget would like to welcome their new temporary sister website: Emilee and Jeff All made possible because she said "yes"!

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Seen the other six movies? Remember when the guy from Twilight got killed in Goblet of Fire? Is it still for kids? Not really. Young adults and people like me. It's good. If you haven't seen the others, don't go. If you have, why are you even on K.Nugs? GOGOGO! Did you enjoy it? Yeppers. Would you see it in theaters again? Probably will. Possibly IMAX. Would you buy it? Waiting for all

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