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	<title>The FilmNerds Blog &#187; Ben Stark</title>
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		<title>Ben Stark&#8217;s Shelf of Shame, Revisited</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September, I sacrificed my pride on the Film Nerds alter, confessing that I had not seen five highly regarded cinematic classics. Per the Matt Scalici edict for the Shelf of Shame, I was to give myself six months to watch these “blind spots” and, thinking a challenge was what I needed to conquer a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Favorite John Williams Tracks from Steven Spielberg Films</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s John Williams’ 80th birthday today, and while the musical legend has a career the stretches far beyond his collaborations with Steven Spielberg, and beyond film in general, I thought it’d be fun to collect some of my favorite of his tracks from Spielberg movies. I’ll be the first to admit that these are fairly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Wacky Alternate Endings for THE GREY</title>
		<link>http://filmnerds.com/blog/2012/02/06/five-wacky-alternate-endings-for-the-grey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lamenting the departure of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy from area theaters last week, my friend and I took a consolation prize: the surprisingly well-regarded fifth feature film from director Joe Carnahan, The Grey. I should say that if you haven’t seen The Grey, you should definitely see it before you read any further. Below are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Scenes: &#8220;Clark Kent vs Superman&#8221; from SUPERMAN III</title>
		<link>http://filmnerds.com/blog/2012/01/13/the-great-scenes-clark-kent-vs-superman-from-superman-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://filmnerds.com/blog/2012/01/13/the-great-scenes-clark-kent-vs-superman-from-superman-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Great Scenes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Reeve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Lester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Pryor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superman 3]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Movie: Superman III (1983) Spoiler Level: High (But it&#8217;s Superman III, so who cares?) The Setup: You have three options here, in regards to what you need to know before watching the scene. You can take my plot summary, which will follow below. You could also watch Superman III. Or, you could go listen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So It’s Come to This: Ben Stark&#8217;s Favorite Movies of 2011</title>
		<link>http://filmnerds.com/blog/2012/01/02/so-its-come-to-this-ben-starks-favorite-movies-of-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://filmnerds.com/blog/2012/01/02/so-its-come-to-this-ben-starks-favorite-movies-of-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[attack the block]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deathly Hallows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ghost protocol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martha Marcy May Marlene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meek's cutoff]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[take shelter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[war horse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like any self-respecting Film Nerd, I spend far too much of November and December considering my favorite films from a given year. For 2011, I decided to do things a bit differently. I did not get a chance to watch an awful lot of movies this year, as I spent most of 2011 finishing up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What If &#8220;The Adventures of Tintin&#8221; Was The Fourth &#8220;Indiana Jones&#8221; Movie?</title>
		<link>http://filmnerds.com/blog/2011/12/30/what-if-the-adventures-of-tintin-was-the-fourth-indiana-jones-movie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[connery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crystal skull]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ford]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warning #1 &#8211; The article below contains heavy spoilers for The Adventures of Tintin and, quite possibly, Indiana Jones &#38; The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Many film critics &#8211; like Russell Hainline, of the Jacksonville Movie Examiner  &#8211; have hailed the new Steven Spielberg film The Adventures of Tintin as the movie we SHOULD [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fellowship of the Ring, 10 Years Later &#8211; A DIY Filmmaker Looks Back</title>
		<link>http://filmnerds.com/blog/2011/12/19/the-fellowship-of-the-ring-10-years-later-a-diy-filmmaker-looks-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this day, ten years ago, New Line Cinema &#8211; then an independent production company &#8211; released the first film in a long-gestating film series. Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring hit cinemas on December 19, 2001. Before December 2001, I was only loosely familiar with Tolkien. I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Must-See Regional Films from 2011</title>
		<link>http://filmnerds.com/blog/2011/12/08/three-must-see-regional-films-from-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[meek's cutoff]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; What is &#8220;regional film&#8221;? The term does not have a very concrete, undisputed definition.  Some of my filmmaking peers and myself might categorize a regional film as any that is about the place it&#8217;s from. Therefore, we might label a &#8220;regional filmmaker&#8221; as one who creates films that evoke, speak to, describe, or take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the James Bond Franchise Needs to Shrink after Skyfall</title>
		<link>http://filmnerds.com/blog/2011/11/03/how-the-james-bond-franchise-needs-to-shrink-after-skyfall/</link>
		<comments>http://filmnerds.com/blog/2011/11/03/how-the-james-bond-franchise-needs-to-shrink-after-skyfall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Speculatin' a Hypothesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[007]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mendes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 23rd James Bond film has been announced. Titled Skyfall, the film will see Daniel Craig return, will be directed by Sam Mendes, and will not continue the Vesper/QUANTUM arc from the first two Craig 007 films. Of course, rumors of this type have been flying around for months. Javier Bardem will, in fact, play [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Reasons Why Steven Spielberg&#8217;s Jurassic Park Might Be My Favorite Movie of All Time</title>
		<link>http://filmnerds.com/blog/2011/10/25/7-reasons-why-steven-spielbergs-jurassic-park-might-be-my-favorite-movie-of-all-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While on a recent roadtrip with my wife, it occurred to me that Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park might be my favorite film of all time. I have very personal reasons for unabashadly loving the film, which is releasing on blu ray today. I was 10 years old when the Michael Crichton adaptation hit the big [...]]]></description>
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