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Name: Ty Nelson
Location: Joliet, Illinois
Reject Since: June 2007
Email: roner34@sbcglobal.net

Bio: Ty Nelson lives on the outskirts of Chicago in Joliet, home of the prison from the TV show Prison Break. He takes classes occasionally at the local junior college in case he ever figures out what he wants to be when he grows up. An avid film goer Mr. Nelson also enjoys comics, pro football, and whatever he can do to pass the time. He runs his own blog, www.boxwatcher.net and participates in the View from the Cheap Seats podcast. Ty is also the 2006 Juggy Gales Supper Club and Fantasy Football League Champion.


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Shoot ‘Em Up

Shoot ‘Em Up

This is a film meant to be taken with a grain of salt. There is no greater meaning behind the scenes here. No message to get, no lesson to learn. It is simply an orgy of action and violence. Clearly inspired in equal parts by Bugs Bunny and Quentin Tarantino. Sure the action gets a bit tedious by the end. But writer/director Michael Davis wisely keeps the running time a few minutes shy of an hour and a half.

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2007 Summer Movie Wrap-Up

2007 Summer Movie Wrap-Up

The kids are back in school, NFL season is upon us, and Labor day is right around the corner. Yep, whether you like it or not, Summer is over. We’ve spent the last few months flocking to the movie theaters to beat the heat and catch the latest instalment of whatevertrilogy is playing this week. […]

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The Rock Knows His Disney Roles

The Rock Knows His Disney Roles

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s bid to become the heavyweight champion of family films scored another pinfall victory. Variety is reporting the former WWE superstar will once again team with The Game Plan director Andy Fickman on Witch Mountain. Johnson will play a Las Vegas cab driver who picks up a pair of siblings with magical powers.

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Wolverine Comes From a Land Down Under?

Wolverine Comes From a Land Down Under?

The long in development Wolverine movie is finally getting closer to production. IGN is reporting that Director Gavin Hood is considering filming the movie in Australia to help make life easier for Producer/Star Hugh Jackman. The former Tony and Emmy winner is currently filming Australia in, you guessed it, Australia.

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‘Speed Racer’ Comes Into Focus

‘Speed Racer’ Comes Into Focus

Remember how cool it was to watch Speed Racer? How the Mach 5 was the coolest damn car in the whole world because of all the cool technology that was on it? Well The Wachowski Brothers remember that also. So how fitting that the tech savvy siblings are going to use a revolutionary new film system to tell Speed’s story?

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Superbad

Superbad

When I was in high school my friends and I would stay out all night and go wild. Sometimes we would drink, sometimes we would sneak around in dark clothing while performing the most idiotic and inane acts of petty vandalism, and sometimes we would just drive around. The best part of these misbegotten nights was the start of the evening, everyone leaving their houses and meeting up at a predetermined location. These moments were thick with excitement and the feeling that anything could happen.

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Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral

One of the awkward things about funerals is meeting all the of the deceased acquaintances. No matter how well you think you knew the departed, odds are there is somebody else in attendance who knew them in a completely different light. So imagine meeting Peter (Peter Dinklage) at your father’s funeral. Peter catches your eye right away, he’s a midget after-all, and asks to talk. He then shows pictures of your father and him dressed as Romans and you soon figure out Peter was more than just “Dad’s friend’.

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Sunshine

Sunshine

Fifty years from now the sun is burning out. One mission sent to re-ignite it failed. Forced with no other alternative, a new team is sent. An eight astronaut team which includes a physicist, a botanist, a psychiatrist, and any other kind of “ist” that will be needed, board the Icarus-2. The plan is to […]

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