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Category: Movie Review

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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 · 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 Rob Kirchgassner · Jun 28, 2018

Warriors of Virtue (1997)

Just four years before the first part of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy was released, there was another fantasy film which, unlike Jackson’s trilogy, pretty much faded from memory as quickly as it arrived. That film was Warriors …

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Jun 13, 2018

A look back at Twilight Zone: The Movie, 35 years later (part 2 of 2)

Let’s take a closer look at the Twilight Zone movie itself before tackling the elephant in the room regarding this topic. The prologue, directed by John Landis, sets the tone perfectly and would truly do Rod Serling proud. Burgess Meredith’s…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Jun 6, 2018

A look back at Twilight Zone: The Movie, 35 years later (part 1 of 2)

Even before this day and age of seemingly endless reboots and reimaginings, the idea of remaking something for the big screen wasn’t (if you’ll pardon this) new. After all, classic series such as Batman, The Munsters, and Star …

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· by Jonathan Campbell · Apr 30, 2018

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Avengers: Infinity War is the culmination of 10 years and 18 movies’ worth of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and stars… far too many people to list. Almost every important character from the MCU pops up in this film to face…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Apr 24, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Black Panther (2018)

Previously: In late 2014, Marvel Studios announced Phase Three of its Cinematic Universe, and among the more noteworthy releases on the slate was Black Panther, the first MCU film starring a solo black lead. And for the first time…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Apr 19, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

When they announced the title for the new Thor movie, I was intrigued. Ragnarok is one of those stories that’s constantly revisited in Thor’s comic. It’s always hanging over Asgard and I think the joint has been destroyed several times…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Apr 16, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

Previously: Doctor Strange was hyped as a major departure for the Marvel Cinematic Universe thanks to its supernatural elements, but of course, other than a few mind-bending visuals, it was pretty much every other Marvel origin story told so far.…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Apr 12, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

When Guardians of the Galaxy came out, I don’t think anybody could have realistically expected the level of success it achieved, both critically and financially. It was so big that you can reasonably argue that it affected the production of…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Apr 9, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Doctor Strange (2016)

Doctor Strange is one of those Marvel properties that’s been around for decades. He’s a character that fans of the comics can remember popping up all over the place in cameos. I think the first time I saw him was…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Apr 4, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Before I dive into Captain America: Civil War, allow me to provide some background about the source material. Civil War was one of Marvel Comics’ landmark events, one that had been carefully set up to reveal the US government…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Mar 29, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Ant-Man (2015)

So… Ant-Man. Ant. Man. This… is a difficult movie for me to talk about, mostly because it had so little impact on me. It’s not a horrific movie like Battlefield Earth, which if you’re not careful and don’t…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Mar 26, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

When one thinks about the Avengers, there are only a handful of villains that come to mind who can pose a true challenge. Loki was an excellent choice for the first film; he was known to people who saw Thor…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Mar 23, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

When Marvel announced their post-Avengers movie schedule in 2012, I expected some titles to be on the list. I expected a Black Widow movie. I expected Power Man and Iron Fist. I had expected Daredevil. Bear in…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Mar 21, 2018

God's Not Dead 2 (2016): Electric Bible-loo

Glory be to the Bad Movie Gods! Pure Flix, the makers of films aimed squarely at evangelical Christians, earned enough money from their excruciatingly awful (and inexplicably successful) 2014 release God’s Not Dead to continue making films based on the…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Mar 19, 2018

Countdown to Infinity War: Revisiting Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Previously: I was dreading Marvel’s 2014 films, especially after the lackluster 2013 entries in the series. You might be asking yourself what I was dreading, seeing as I loved the first Captain America movie so much. The answer is simple:…