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Category: Movie Review

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · May 14, 2020

Franchise Evolution: The Unbreakable Trilogy, part 3: Glass (2019)

Previously in the Unbreakable Trilogy: In the wake of 2016’s Split—an effective horror-thriller in spite of its paltry $9 million budget and a depiction of multiple personality disorder straight out of 1970s TV movies—some feared writer-director M. Night Shyamalan…

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· by Thomas Stockel · May 4, 2020

Demolition Man (1993), a recap (part 2 of 6)

Previously: In 1996, renegade cop on the edge who plays by his own rules John Spartan finally brought down flashy psycho criminal Simon Phoenix, only to be framed for killing 30 bus passengers when Simon’s building went boom. Convicted and…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Mar 5, 2020

Psycho (1998)

For quite a while now, many film fans (including myself) have noted the countless remakes/reboots that are coming out of the woodwork. One example of this which certainly gave remakes/reboots a bad name was Gus Van Sant’s follow-up to his…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Feb 20, 2020

Titanic (1997)

Over the course of his career, James Cameron has directed a total of 8 feature films thus far. The most successful of these was his last one, Avatar, which was for a time both the most expensive movie ever…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Feb 4, 2020

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

The Oscars are almost here again, which is why I’m looking at Quentin Tarantino’s latest opus, which is nominated for a few Academy Awards this year and has already gotten Golden Globes for his screenplay and Brad Pitt’s performance. For…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Jan 23, 2020

The Mummy (2017): Universal's Dark Universe begins (and ends)

Obviously, one reason Disney continues to thrive today is because of the crap-loads of cash their films revolving around Marvel superheroes have brought in. While not quite as successful, Warner Brothers has still managed to endure thanks, in part, to…

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· by Steven Birkner · Jan 22, 2020

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A saga repeated

Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skwalker had a lot to accomplish for one movie: it had to not just wrap up a trilogy, but a saga of three trilogies, and to also find a direction to go in…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Dec 21, 2019

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019): a spoiler-filled review

For many, the big moment is here. The final story of the Skywalker saga officially hits theaters this weekend. But I for one wouldn't be surprised if there were more film entries in this series, with or without Skywalkers. After all, Star Wars does have the backing of some studio that uses a mouse as its mascot. But onto the movie itself.

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Jun 25, 2019

Kull the Conqueror (1997)

Before he began his new career as Trump’s mouthpiece, Kevin Sorbo was actually beloved for starring in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Naturally, like most actors who hit it big on TV, there were hopes that this stardom would be…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Apr 17, 2019

Let There Be Light (2017), Kevin Sorbo and Sean Hannity’s idea of a good movie

Easter is this week, and the movies that come to mind for many during this holiday are (naturally) It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown as well as religious-based ones like The Robe, The Ten Commandments, and Ben-Hur.…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Apr 2, 2019

Pet Sematary (1989)

Because a new film version of Stephen King’s classic 1983 book Pet Sematary is due in cinemas in a few days, I decided to take a look at the film version, which hit theaters in 1989. There were already numerous…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Mar 21, 2019

Eyes Wide Shut, 20 years later

It’s been twenty years since Stanley Kubrick put out his final movie, Eyes Wide Shut. This film made headlines in the months leading up to its July release date for many reasons. First of all, it was the first…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Feb 6, 2019

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

Like the Alien series, the first two entries in the Terminator series are embraced as classic movies. The 1984 original was a nerve-jolting thriller whose success is all the more remarkable when you consider that its writer-director, James Cameron, only…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 15, 2019

Franchise Evolution: The Unbreakable Trilogy, part 2: Split (2016)

Previously in the Unbreakable Trilogy: Despite mediocre reviews, 2000’s Unbreakable was a pretty sizable hit for M. Night Shyamalan, who then went on to experience years of diminishing critical and commercial returns culminating in bombs like Lady in the Water…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 14, 2019

Franchise Evolution: The Unbreakable Trilogy, part 1: Unbreakable (2000)

Lately, a lot of film critics and film fans have been revisiting Unbreakable, M. Night Shyamalan’s deconstructionist take on superhero mythology, mostly thanks to a mid-credits scene in Shyamalan’s 2016 thriller Split that revealed it was secretly a backdoor…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Dec 31, 2018

Warcraft (2016): a recap (part 6 of 7)

Last time on Warcraft: The relentlessly plot-driven narrative continues to toss our hapless characters around like mice in a dryer. Durotan’s tenure as a clan leader has come to a dramatic end, Draka’s on the run with their baby,…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 27, 2018

The Great Wall (2016)

Anyone who follows the movie business nowadays is starkly aware that the Chinese box office now accounts for a disproportionate share of Hollywood blockbuster profits. This is why audiences of late have seen unprecedented levels of pandering to China in…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 8, 2018

God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018)

The Christian movie studio Pure Flix was around for nearly a decade before becoming a major faith-based player thanks to 2014’s God’s Not Dead. Maudlin and treacly and often violently disdainful of nonbelievers, God’s Not Dead nevertheless struck a…

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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.…