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· by Thomas Stockel · Apr 19, 2017

Pulp Masterpieces, Part 3: The Maltese Falcon (1941)

There was a pulp magazine published in the ’20s and ’30s called Black Mask. With a name like that, you might be thinking it was a “saucy pulp” delivering racy content, but in reality when it first got started,…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Apr 17, 2017

Franchise Evolution: I Know What You Did Last Summer

The success of Scream, like that of Halloween before it, led to imitators. Scream basically resurrected the slasher film after it had been dormant for over half a decade. That resurrection, as it turned out, also included the stupidity that …

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· by Daniel Dockery · Apr 14, 2017

Bad Superhero Movie Showdown 2006: X-Men: The Last Stand vs. Superman Returns

After helming two successful X-Men films, director Bryan Singer departed from the franchise to work on smaller, more personal projects. But we’re dealing with Bryan Singer here, which means that he left to do a $200 million Superman film that’s almost entirely made of frowns.

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· by Thomas Ricard · Apr 12, 2017

Movies that Predicted Trump: Meet John Doe (1941)

This is part of a series of reviews we’re calling Movies that Predicted Trump, where we discuss the films that foretold (in ways both large and small) the election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States. …

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· by Tyler Peterson · Apr 10, 2017

Movie Duel: Snow White and the Huntsman vs. Mirror Mirror

It often happens that Hollywood will release two movies within months of each other that have seemingly identical premises. Have you ever seen this happen and wondered, “Did there really need to be two of these?” Us too! Hence our…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Apr 6, 2017

Pulp Masterpieces, Part 2: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

During the ’20s and ’30s there was a near worldwide fascination with aviation. In the United States, after the Great War, there was a phenomena known as “barnstorming”, where veteran pilots would tour the country selling rides in their aircraft…

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· by Steven Birkner · Apr 4, 2017

Why movie villain schemes have gotten ridiculously complicated

If the Joker’s plan from 1989’s Batman is an obvious called strike right in the middle of the plate, The Dark Knight’s Joker’s plan is the equivalent of the infield fly rule.

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Apr 3, 2017

How influential are film critics?

Recently, director Brett Ratner claimed that the relative failure of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, which his company RatPac Entertainment co-financed, can be solely blamed on the website Rotten Tomatoes. For those not in the know, Rotten Tomatoes…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Mar 30, 2017

Hit or Bomb? April 2017 movie predictions

April is upon us, and it appears to be a time for quiet reflection between the blockbuster releases of March and May, because almost nothing of interest is being released this month. We have only one surefire hit in April,…

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· by Daniel Dockery · Mar 29, 2017

Bad Superhero Movie Showdown 2005: Elektra vs. Fantastic Four

I understand the appeal of making a Fantastic Four film. They’re characters that people sort of recognize, so why not ruin them for a decade?

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· by Tyler Peterson · Mar 27, 2017

5 things War for the Planet of the Apes should do (but probably won't)

War for the Planet of the Apes comes out this July. It’s the third film in the Planet of the Apes prequel trilogy (or maybe more than a trilogy?), the others being Rise of the Planet of the Apes and…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Mar 22, 2017

Pulp Masterpieces, Part 1: The Shadow (1994)

I love the Pulp era. I’m talking about a hardboiled detective looking for a blackbird statue, or a husband/wife team sleuthing it with a precocious dog. I’m talking about a guy taking to the skies with a rocket strapped to…

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· by Marion Stein · Mar 20, 2017

Bitchsploitation: Baby Jane and 5 other movies that prove nothing is scarier than an old lady

Ryan Murphy didn’t just give aging actress Jessica Lange (and Kathy Bates, and Angela Bassett) some meaty (but bizarre) roles, in his American Horror Story anthology, he gave Lange a whole new career, which is ironically not unlike the late…

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· by Daniel Dockery · Mar 15, 2017

Bad Superhero Movie Showdown 2004: Blade Trinity vs. Catwoman

I am so utterly indifferent to Catwoman’s cast that I would give it an award for Best Ensemble as long as I never had to endure Ryan Reynolds machine-gunning his dialogue at me in another Blade movie.

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· by Susan Velazquez · Mar 14, 2017

Logan (2017): A fitting farewell to an aging franchise

Logan says goodbye to the Wolverine in a way that's respectful to Hugh Jackman's tenure and tackles what mortality means, which is generally difficult to do for characters who are either literally immortal or too iconic to fade away.

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· by Tyler Peterson · Mar 13, 2017

Movies that Predicted Trump: Being There (1979)

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· by Daniel Dockery · Mar 2, 2017

Bad Superhero Movie Showdown 2003: Hulk vs. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

What’s worse: bored confusion or pure nothingness?

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Mar 1, 2017

Hit or Bomb? March 2017 movie predictions

It’s a new month, and time for another batch of box office predictions. We’ve finally escaped the movie dumping grounds better known as January and February and entered that time of the year when there’s at least some small chance…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Feb 28, 2017

Movies that Predicted Trump: My Fellow Americans (1996)

It’s now been one month since Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States, and already his standing with the public is at an all-time low. In addition, people are withdrawing from his cabinet or from…

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· by Jonathan Campbell · Feb 20, 2017

Movies that Predicted Trump: Recount (2008)

This is part of a series of reviews we’re calling Movies that Predicted Trump, where we discuss the films that foretold (in ways both large and small) the election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States. (Read …

Category: Movies

Pulp Masterpieces, Part 3: The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Franchise Evolution: I Know What You Did Last Summer

Bad Superhero Movie Showdown 2006: X-Men: The Last Stand vs. Superman Returns

Movies that Predicted Trump: Meet John Doe (1941)

Movie Duel: Snow White and the Huntsman vs. Mirror Mirror

Pulp Masterpieces, Part 2: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

Why movie villain schemes have gotten ridiculously complicated

How influential are film critics?

Hit or Bomb? April 2017 movie predictions

Bad Superhero Movie Showdown 2005: Elektra vs. Fantastic Four

5 things War for the Planet of the Apes should do (but probably won't)

Pulp Masterpieces, Part 1: The Shadow (1994)

Bitchsploitation: Baby Jane and 5 other movies that prove nothing is scarier than an old lady

Bad Superhero Movie Showdown 2004: Blade Trinity vs. Catwoman

Logan (2017): A fitting farewell to an aging franchise

Movies that Predicted Trump: Being There (1979)

Bad Superhero Movie Showdown 2003: Hulk vs. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Hit or Bomb? March 2017 movie predictions

Movies that Predicted Trump: My Fellow Americans (1996)

Movies that Predicted Trump: Recount (2008)

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