Review: 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' Movie

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Okay, where do we begin with The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which I've been meaning to review for a little while now? Even though I was excited to see it since I'm a huge Spider-Man fan, there was a part of me that was worried about how the film would turn out. And that wariness began way back when we found out there would be multiple villains in #2. And that got everyone, including myself, having flashbacks to Spider-Man 3--that was quite the villain-palooza!

Jeff Dodge's Article Archive -- November 2014

November 2014:

Review: 'The Lion King' Musical

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This year, my reviews have been far and few between. So as we head into the final weeks of the year, I better continue my catch-up, so here's another one...

Jeff Dodge's Article Archive -- October 2014

October 2014:

Jeff Dodge's Article Archive -- September 2014

September 2014:

'Thor: The Dark World' Review -- Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2

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Okay, it's been a long, long time since I've posted any reviews on this blog. Better late than never to start catching up, right? The last review I did was for Iron Man 3, the first Phase 2 film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now it's time to visit Thor: The Dark World.

Jeff Dodge's Article Archive -- August 2014

August 2014:

Emmys 2014: My Predictions vs. Winners

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The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards were on Monday night, and I just have to start off by saying my success rate went way up this year! The past two years, I've been stuck at 33%, but this year, my predictions were correct 53.8% of the time! Finally!

So without further ado, here are the list of winners compared to my predictions:

Jeff Dodge's 2014 Emmy Predictions

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The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards are tonight (at 8pm ET/5pm PT on NBC)--on a Monday and in August, which feels very strange--hosted by Late Night's Seth Meyers. Here are my predictions for this year's Emmys. (Note: The winners in a few of the categories were already announced at the Creative Arts Emmys, but I still wanted to include my predictions from before seeing the winners here so everything's together.)

Jeff Dodge's Article Archive -- July 2014

July 2014:

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June 2014:

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May 2014:

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April 2014:

Jeff Dodge's Article Archive -- March 18-31, 2014

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Jeff Dodge's Article Archive -- March 2-14, 2014

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Jeff Dodge's Article Archive -- February 18-28, 2014

February 18-28, 2014:

Jeff Dodge's 2014 Oscar Predictions

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The 86th Academy Awards are tonight (8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT on ABC), which means it's time for me to go through my Oscar predictions. I posted my predictions a few days ago over at BuddyTV, along with explanations for how I ended up at those decisions. Click the link below to check them out:

2014 OSCAR PREDICTIONS

Who do you think will win? Do you agree that Best Picture comes down to either 12 Years a Slave or Gravity? Feel free to share your own predictions in the comments below.

Jeff Dodge's Article Archive -- February 4-14, 2014

February 4-14, 2014:

Jeff Dodge's Article Archive -- January 16-31, 2014

January 16-31, 2014:

Golden Globes 2014: My Predictions vs. Winners

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NBC recently aired the 71st Golden Globe Awards. I improved slightly over 2013 (64%) by getting 68% correct in my predictions. So it's still down from the year before that, but it's good that I'm at least heading back in the right direction.

Below are the list of winners compared to my predictions:

Jeff Dodge's Article Archive -- January 1-15, 2014

January 1-15, 2014:

2014: What I'm Looking Forward to This Year

I've already given my top recommendations of 2013. And now it's time to look at what's ahead in 2014, and what I'm looking forward to the most in the areas of movies, books, TV shows, music and more.

Jeff Dodge's 2014 Golden Globe Predictions

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The 2014 Golden Globe Awards are this weekend (Sunday, January 12) at 8pm ET/5pm PT on NBC, hosted for the second time by the dynamic duo Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Here are my predictions in both the movie and television categories:

2013 Year in Review: My Recommendations of the Year

Earlier today, I posted the first part of my 2013 Year in Review. Now it's time for Part 2: taking a look at all of my recommendations from throughout the year, including some additional recommendations that I didn't review but still want to mention. I've ranked them as best I could, though when I'm including things from all different areas (movies, TV shows, books, etc), it's not always easy to determine which is better, if a particular movie is better than a certain book, for example. But here it is:

2013 Year in Review: Looking Back on 'What I'm Looking Forward to This Year'

To quote Albus Dumbledore, "Another year gone!" With 2013 now behind us, it's time for me to start posting my Year in Review content, starting with my reflections on a entry from the start of last year titled 'What I'm Looking Forward to This Year." I think the headline explains it all, so what I'm going to do is just go through and reflect on each of the items I mentioned then. Some I might not have gotten to, so I'll make note of that as well.

Jeff Dodge's Article Archive -- December 16-26, 2013

December 16-26, 2013:

Reviews: 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' & 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' Movies

2014 is now here, but before I post my end of the year entries, I have two more reviews from the end of 2013 to put up, so here they are...