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Author: Gary Smith

Gary is Owner and Editor-in-Chief of Titanquisitor.com. He's usually posting articles and reviews and doing all the back-end stuff. He likes to play video games, gardening, woodworking, reading, walking and watching college sports (Roll Tide Roll).
The Game Plan
Entertainment

The Game Plan Review

Gary Smith

If you’re looking for a clean, family-friendly comedy with a lot of laughs, you should definitely give The Game Plan a rent or simply add it to your DVD collection as it’s worthy of repeat viewing’s.

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Dead Space Salvage
Book Reviews

Dead Space Salvage Review

Gary Smith

Day 46 of the QDR brings us another graphic novel, video game tie-in: Dead Space Salvage. The story is set in between Dead Space and Dead Space 2 and involves a group of illegal miners salvaging the Ishimura. Is it worth reading?

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Underworld Rise of the Lycans Review

Gary Smith

I enjoyed the original Underworld movie, and thought it was quite a good film. The second one was good, but I found it to be just a tad worse than the first one, which is usually what happens with sequels. Then came word of a prequel without the two main characters from the first two films, and I thought it would be wonderful based off of the flashbacks and dialogue in the first film. And it is; I believe this prequel to be the best of the Underworld films. In this prequel, we see the birth of…

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The Forbidden Planet Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

It's Wednesday, and it's time for another merger of the Quick Daily Review with Classic Cinema Wednesday. This time we're back to the science-fiction genre with a 1950s classic starring Leslie Nielsen. Click to read the review.

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Stargate Continuum
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Stargate Continuum Review

Gary Smith

Day 42 of the QDR brings us the very last adventure (on camera anyway) of SG-1; the second and sadly last direct-to-DVD movie Stargate Continuum. This film has everything and almost everyone Stargate fans love.

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Stargate Ark of Truth
Entertainment

Stargate The Ark of Truth Review

Gary Smith

It's been a few days since the reviews of the individual SG-1 seasons wrapped up, so now we can turn our attention to the movies and the rest of the franchise. Up first, with day 42, is the first SG-1 movie: The Ark of Truth.

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Lord of War
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Lord of War Review

Gary Smith

Day 41 of the QDR brings the Nicolas Cage film, Lord of War; it's the story of a Ukrainian immigrant who goes into the arms dealing business. Is the film worth watching? Read the review to find out.

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Crazy Taxi
Game Reviews

Crazy Taxi Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Crazy Taxi ate a lot of my quarters back in the late 90s and early 00s. I finally got around to picking up the PSN version in December, and now it's time for the review in the 40th QDR. Is the PSN version worth owning?

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Nintendo Land
Game Reviews

Nintendo Land Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Day 38 is here, and it brings TVE's second Wii U game review. Nintendo Land is a pack-in for the Deluxe model, and is also available for purchase for around $50. It's fun, but not worth that kind of money. Click to read the review.

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Bringing Up Baby
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Bringing Up Baby Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Once again the QDR and CCW are merged into one post, and once again CCW looks at a classic Cary Grant comedy. This time, it's "Bringing Up Baby," a hilarious romantic comedy co-starring Katharine Hepburn. Click to read the review.

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Wild Hogs
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Wild Hogs Review

Gary Smith

The month of January concludes with the 31st Quick Daily Review. Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, and William H. Macy star in Wild Hogs, a mid-life crisis biker movie. Is it any good? Read the review to find out.

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Arsenic and Old Lace
Entertainment

Arsenic and Old Lace Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

For the second Wednesday this month, Classic Cinema Wednesday is merged with the Quick Daily Review (day 30). This weeks film is the classic Cary Grant comedy/mystery, Arsenic and Old Lace. Is it any good? Click to read the review.

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Spartacus Vengeance
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Spartacus Vengeance Review

Gary Smith

We prepare for tonight's Spartacus: War of the Damned premiere by reviewing the action-packed second season, Vengeance, in the 25th Quick Daily Review. Is Vengeance as good as Blood and Sand? Click to find out.

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Samson and Delilah
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Samson and Delilah Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

After a horrible film last week, Classic Cinema Wednesday gets back on track with another great classic film: Cecil B. DeMille's 1949 Biblical epic, Samson and Delilah. Click here to read the review.

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How An Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
Book Reviews

How An Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Review

Gary Smith

Think you can't learn economics? Think again! Peter Schiff's book "How An Economy Grows and Why It Crashes" breaks down economics to a level anyone can understand and reveals the common sense approach that is Austrian economics. Read the review in the 17th QDR!

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Robot Monster
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Robot Monster Review

Gary Smith5 Comments

I… I don’t even know where to begin. I could feel the brain cells dying. Is Robot Monster worthy of this series? Yes, because it is a classic. Made in 1953, Robot Monster is a classic example of a bad movie. Not just bad, but downright horrible. Why was this atrocity even filmed, let alone showed to anyone? Who would pay to see this garbage, and why? Why hasn’t every copy of this been burned and destroyed, and with humanity pretending like it never happened? I just don’t get it. For the first…

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Fool's Gold
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Fool’s Gold Review

Gary Smith

The How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days pair, Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, team up again in this romantic-comedy. This time around, the duo play a divorced couple out on one last quest to find treasure buried at sea since 1715. McConaughey portrays Ben Finnegan, a child-at-heart surfer who has an obsession with finding the 18th century treasure. Hudson stars as his ex-wife, Tess Finnegan, who wants to move on with and rebuild her life. Tess takes a job working on a yacht, owned by a billionaire…

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Bad News Baseball Review
Game Reviews

Bad News Baseball Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

Bad News Baseball was worth the $65 I spent to play it again. Mostly. Chalk full of childhood memories, and surprisingly, or maybe unsurprisingly, the game still holds up today. A true baseball classic from when games were trying to be fun, not complicated simulations.

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Confidence
Entertainment

Confidence Review

Gary Smith

James Foley churned out a brilliant film led by a terrific cast with Confidence. If you like crime/thriller movies and films that deal with the art of conning, then you must see this film, again if you already have. You’ll be hard pressed to find a better, similar film. Edward Burns stars as master conman, Jake Vig. Once Jake and his crew, Gordo (Paul Giamatti), Miles (Brian Van Holt), Big Al (Louis Lombardi), and corrupted LAPD officers Whitworth (Donald Logue) and Manzano (Luis Guzman) con…

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