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Showbits bloggers' thoughts on films they've just seen, both new and old.

Halt and Catch Fire

Halt and Catch Fire adds sizzle to PC history

Posted on Jul 11, 2014Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

The AMC drama 'Halt and Catch Fire' is an engaging drama about a Texas computer company developing one of the first IBM clones in 1983.

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Josh Gad & Ashton Kutcher

Jobs movie applies its own reality distortion field

Posted on Aug 19, 2013Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Jobs, the feature-length movie starring Ashton Kutcher as the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, will entertain and frustrate Apple fans with its acting and script.

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The Antisocial Network

Posted on Oct 5, 2010Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Mark Zuckerberg's founding of Facebook is retold in Aaron Sorkin and Ben Mezrich's 'The Social Network', a witty and dramatic though somewhat unfounded tale.

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MC Escher waterfall

Insipid Inception

Posted on Aug 16, 2010Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Inception stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page as dream thieves who get caught in their own nightmare. I found it less than fantastic.

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Surprises Found in Hot Tub Time Machine

Posted on Jul 15, 2010Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

'Hot Tub Time Machine', despite its name, is a fun and clever time-travel comedy that deserves to be seen, if not taken seriously.

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Iron Man 2

The Technology and Security of Iron Man 2

Posted on May 17, 2010Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Ken Gagne of Computerworld and Bill Brenner of CSO dissect Marvel's metallic superhero, from the technology's feasibility to the unintended Ballmer caricature.

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Flying High with How to Train Your Dragon

Posted on Apr 16, 2010Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

How to Train Your Dragon, a CGI film based on Cressida Cowell's children's book, is a wonderful story of the bond between a boy and his dragon.

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Batman and Owlman

DC Superheroes Duke It Out on DVD

Posted on Apr 6, 2010Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

DC Comics continued to expand its lineup of DVD superhero films with Superman/Batman: Public Enemies and Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.

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