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Category: Movies

· by Steven Birkner · Oct 22, 2018

Solo, and the appeal of smaller storylines

What do you get when you take away the usual ingredients of a Star Wars movie, such as lightsaber duels, the Jedi, and the Force? What happens when you tell a more prosaic, character-driven story that delves into the background…

· by Jordon Davis · Oct 17, 2018

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 3)

Previously: The Polish brothers got their hands on some filmmaking equipment again. Now two teenagers are face-to-face with a naked robot. And the robot says...

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· by Tyler Peterson · Oct 15, 2018

Solo was good; here's how it could've been great

Solo: A Star Wars Story was good. It was really good, you guys. You should see it if you haven’t yet. I’d imagine a fair bit of you haven’t, given that Solo was the second lowest-grossing Star Wars movie to…

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· by Jordon Davis · Oct 10, 2018

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 2)

Previously: These are the times that try men’s souls. Look on this picture and weep over it! And if there yet remains one thoughtless wretch who believes it not, let him suffer it unlamented. —Thomas Paine (probably) The Hot…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 4, 2018

Hit or Bomb? October 2018 movie predictions

It’s October, which means Halloween is upon us and movie fans get to witness true horror: namely, Sony trying to make its own Marvel movie. It’s also time for us here at the Agony Booth to once again make knee-jerk…

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· by Jordon Davis · Oct 1, 2018

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 1)

Synopsis: Imagine the dumbest idea you’ve ever had in the stupidest dream of your entire life, and then imagine a community center for at-risk 7th graders making a film about it. You have now imagined a better movie than Hot …

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· by Thomas Ricard · Sep 20, 2018

The Happytime Murders (2018)

In 1988, Who Framed Roger Rabbit didn’t just revolutionize animation with its seamless insertion of wacky cartoon animation into a majority of its live-action shots; it subtly satirized Hollywood’s own history through a hard-boiled noir plot with a novel premise:…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 17, 2018

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Luc Besson is not a man who inspires a lot of moderate opinions. He is not a moderate man. He’s been referred to as the most American French filmmaker, a title he earned through a characteristically French kind of pigheadedness.…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 6, 2018

Ready Player One (2018)

When Ready Player One came out back in April, I went on a bit of a rant in that month’s box office predictions about how much I hated the novel. I admit this might make me a less than ideal…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 4, 2018

Hit or Bomb? September 2018 movie predictions

It’s another month, and it’s time once again for us to make knee-jerk assessments about which upcoming releases will be HITs and which will BOMB based solely on watching the trailers. Our box office gurus this time around are …

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· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 23, 2018

Movie Duel: The Thirteenth Floor vs. eXistenZ

Welcome back to Movie Duels, in which we watch two dueling movies and offer our eminently qualified opinion of which film, if any, has a reason for existing, and which one should have been left back at the pitch …

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Aug 21, 2018

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Robert Zemeckis’s hit comedy Who Framed Roger Rabbit turns 30 this year. While it was a Disney production, this film was a hit in large part because it gave people the once-in-a-lifetime chance to see classic cartoon characters such as…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Aug 2, 2018

Hit or Bomb? August 2018 movie predictions

It’s a new month, meaning it’s time once again for us to make knee-jerk assessments about which upcoming releases will be HITs and which will BOMB based solely on watching the trailers. Our box office gurus this time around…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Jul 30, 2018

Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 9 of 9)

Well, we got through Suicide Squad. If you just started reading this recap here, I’ll let Superman sum the movie up for you: But despite Suicide Squad’s banal ugliness, its addled editing, its incoherent characterizations, its risible villain, and its…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jul 25, 2018

Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

Maze Runner: The Death Cure is the third and final installment in the Maze Runner trilogy based on the young adult novels by John Dasham. The movie was delayed for a year after star Dylan O’Brien got seriously injured in…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jul 19, 2018

Geostorm (2017)

At the start of 2017’s Geostorm, a young girl’s narration informs us that in the year 2019, a scant six months from now, the planet will be devastated by a series of catastrophic weather events: In New York, the…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Jul 16, 2018

Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 8 of 9)

A while ago on Suicide Squad: The most useful member of the team found his cojones, only to sacrifice them (and everything else) to kill Enchantress’s brother “Chester”, whose real name I never heard even once. But Enchantress’s machine…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Jul 9, 2018

Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 7 of 9)

Antecedently on Suicide Squad: The chips are down for our plucky band of felons. Waller’s been kidnapped and mind-probed. Joker’s escape attempt went awry; he got in a helicopter crash *snicker* and he’s *snort* totally…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jul 5, 2018

Hit or Bomb? July 2018 movie predictions

Here we go again! It’s that time where we make snap judgments about which movies released this month will be HITs and which will BOMB based solely on watching the trailer. Our box office gurus this time around are: …

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· by Tyler Peterson · Jul 3, 2018

Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 6 of 9)

Heretofore on Suicide Squad: Our titular Squad began their first big assignment: to travel to Gotham Central Star National Fawcett Coast Keystone Gorilla Midway City and rescue an unidentified person from a brother/sister duo of omnipotent wizards who are wrecking…

Category: Movies

Solo, and the appeal of smaller storylines

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 3)

Solo was good; here's how it could've been great

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 2)

Hit or Bomb? October 2018 movie predictions

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 1)

The Happytime Murders (2018)

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Ready Player One (2018)

Hit or Bomb? September 2018 movie predictions

Movie Duel: The Thirteenth Floor vs. eXistenZ

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Hit or Bomb? August 2018 movie predictions

Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 9 of 9)

Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

Geostorm (2017)

Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 8 of 9)

Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 7 of 9)

Hit or Bomb? July 2018 movie predictions

Suicide Squad (2016): a recap (part 6 of 9)

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