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How to Train Your Dragon (2025) – It’s the same lizard you loved before, just with more expensive scales!

Ben Dover April 29, 2026 No Comments

Live-Action Dragons Are Here And My Grumpiness Is On A Budget The big news this week is that the movie folks decided we needed to see a real-life version of…

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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) – Even dragons can have a mid-life crisis.

Ben Dover April 29, 2026 No Comments

PREVIEW: VIKING BRATS AND THEIR OVERGROWN LIZARDS RETURN FOR ONE LAST FLY-BY Get your earplugs and your tissues ready because the folks at DreamWorks are finally putting this dragon business…

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How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) – The only thing higher than these dragons is the therapy bill

Ben Dover April 29, 2026 No Comments

THE VIKING SEQUEL NO ONE ASKED FOR BUT EVERYONE GOT The town of Berk is back in the news with the release of How to Train Your Dragon 2. After…

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How To Train Your Dragon (2010) – The first time I ever wanted to hug a lizard.

Ben Dover April 29, 2026 No Comments

Vikings, Dragons, and Kids Who Don’t Listen The local cinema is currently being invaded by a swarm of fire-breathing reptiles and Vikings who sound like they’ve spent too much time…

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Law Abiding Citizen (2009) – A movie for people who think the “Justice System” is just a suggestion.

Ben Dover April 17, 2026 No Comments

It’s the only movie where the guy in solitary confinement has a better social life and more gadgets than my grandson, and I still can’t figure out which one of…

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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2006) – Two Vaughns, One Brain, and a Cannibal: Why My Head Hurts.

Ben Dover April 17, 2026 No Comments

Come for the time-traveling Vince Vaughn, stay for the cannibal hitman and the crushing realization that even in the future, your husband is still a loud-mouthed jerk. Get ready for…

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Dr. No (1962) – License to kill, but no license to chill, Jim needs a hobby and a pair of pants.

Ben Dover April 10, 2026 No Comments

A Fossil in a Tuxedo If you’re tired of scrolling through endless menus of teenage vampires and “influencers” trying to find a decent flick, you might have noticed a relic…

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Back to the Future Part III (2000) – I came for time-traveling shenanigans, not a senior citizen’s square dance.

Ben Dover April 3, 2026 No Comments

COWBOYS, CLOCKS, AND CALCULATED CASH-GRABS Well, they finally did it. They sent the kid with the puffy vest to the one place I actually wouldn’t mind visiting if it weren’t…

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Back To The Future Part II (1989) – If I wanted to be this confused about what year it was, I’d just have another glass of scotch and stare at my calendar.

Ben Dover April 3, 2026 No Comments

FUTURE TENSE AND PAST IMPERFECT If you thought the first movie was a headache, grab some aspirin and sit down. This “sequel” (a word Hollywood uses to describe “give us…

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Back To The Future (1985) – It’s got heart, even if that heart is slightly confused about its own family tree.

Ben Dover April 3, 2026 No Comments

HILL VALLEY OR HILL NO? If you went to the movie theater in 1985 like I did, you were likely to see a crowd of teenagers wearing neon vests and…

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Family Kids

How to Train Your Dragon (2025) – It’s the same lizard you loved before, just with more expensive scales!

Animation Family Kids

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) – Even dragons can have a mid-life crisis.

Animation Family Kids

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) – The only thing higher than these dragons is the therapy bill

Animation Family Kids

How To Train Your Dragon (2010) – The first time I ever wanted to hug a lizard.

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