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Top 5 Holiday Movies & Specials
My five favorite children's Christmas specials and five best holiday movies of all time. Try not to love these... I TRIPLE-dog-dare ya…
Continue reading...The Top 5 Christmas Songs of All Time
9. December 2011
My wife hates The Pretenders… more to the point, she hates Chrissy Hynde’s voice. So, why is this the first song I play every Christmas season (and the first one I play Christmas morning to set the tone before the kids come down the stairs)?
Continue reading...Top Horror Movies of All Time
30. October 2010
For Halloween, we revisit our 25 favorite horror movies of all time - from the schlocky to the downright chilling.
Continue reading...“Invictus” (C)
6. February 2010
From frame one, you know where it's going, how it will get there, and how it will end. Eastwood does nothing to subvert your expectations, and adds no new insights or fresh takes on an old story.
Continue reading...“Sherlock Holmes” (C+)
10. January 2010
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Despite its considerable flaws, Downey and Law carry the movie admirably, keeping the movie light and funny, and offering hope that with a better script, the sequel might offer something pretty good.
Continue reading...Under Deconstruction: Worst Movies, Tiger and Feliz Navidad!
20. December 2009
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After hitting the Best of’s pretty hard the past few weeks, my sister-in-law asked if I’d thought about doing any Worst of… lists. Since I am a man of the people, I thought I would oblige with the Ten Worst Mainstream Movies of the Decade.
Continue reading...The Best of A4D (2009)
13. December 2009
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As the year draws to a close, Mike allows himself a moment of back patting for a first year well done... and offers up the very first Best Appetite for Deconstruction Articles of the Year awards...
Continue reading...The Best TV Shows of the Decade
13. December 2009
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It's December 2009 and the Best of… lists are in full swing. Over the course of the next month, we’ll honor pop culture of both the past year and decade. Kicking it off: the best TV shows from 2000-2009.
Continue reading...“The Road” (B+)
13. December 2009
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John Hillcoat's movie version serves McCarthy's vision fairly admirably. It's certainly the most realistic looking/feeling movie about the apocalypse you'll ever see.
Continue reading...“Up in the Air” (B+)
9. December 2009
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Up in the Air is very much like Reitman's first two films ("Thank You for Smoking" and "Juno"): well-made, well-paced films with imperfect-yet-very likable characters. If you like those, you'll like this.
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9. December 2011
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