movies

The answer—as always—is more ads

Free movie theater seats, close

I’m sitting here watching the Gotham FC-Kansas City Current match on CBS. KC really came out early and smashed Gotham with two goals in the first 13′, so it’s not that interesting of a match at this point**. It’s nice that NWSL matches are being aired on broadcast television. However, CBS (and some other broadcasters but this post is about CBS) has started placing ads during the game. Sure, it’s usually during short breaks like substitutions or injuries, but they did cut to a commercial when there was no break, but I assume the producers had expected...

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This weekend, go see The Lego Movie

Last weekend, we went to the movies to see a matinee of Monuments Men. Unfortunately for our plans, it was sold out. But, starting five minutes later was the Lego Movie. Luckily, it was surprisingly really good. I mean, I hadn’t seen any reviews of it, and don’t so much pay attention to kid’s movie releases. Frozen came (and went?) without me even hearing that it happened (the only reason I’ve heard about it is in discussions about the Lego Movie).  But, hell, why not, I used to play with more Lego than you probably have ever...

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