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2014 year in review

Looking Back at 2014

Posted on Jan 4, 2015Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Not since college have I gone to the movies as often as I did in 2014! Here are my picks for the year's best films.

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A Muppet Family Christmas

A Muppet Family Christmas for all of us

Posted on Dec 24, 2014Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

The most magical element of A Muppet Family Christmas is how it finally unites the Muppets with Sesame Street.

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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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The Flash

DC superheroes on TV this fall

Posted on May 28, 2014Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Batman's Gotham, The Flash, and Captain America's Agent Carter all come to television this fall.

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It's easy to fall in love with Her, Computerworld, and MIT

Posted on Jan 20, 2014Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Leaving Computerworld for MIT gave me access to resources such as CSAIL, making possible a review of the film Her's artificial intelligence.

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George Takei

My first Star Trek convention

Posted on Jan 3, 2014Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

At Creation Entertainment's Star Trek convention in Boston in July 2013, I met George Takei, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, and more.

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Super Megafest 2013: Celebrating celebrities young & old

Posted on Jan 2, 2014Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Super Megafest 2013 introduced me to Eliza Dushku, Tom Felton, Barbara Eden, and Bill Daily — and reintroduced me to Carroll Spinney, aka Big Bird.

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Super Megafest 2012: Superman, Hercules & TRON

Posted on Dec 31, 2013Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Super Megafest 2012 in Framingham, Massachusetts, starred Dean Cain, Kevin Sorbo, Bruce Boxleitner, John Wesley Shipp, and Stan Lee.

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