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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Oct 24, 2018

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Over 25 years before Young Frankenstein hit cinemas, another classic comedy involving Mary Shelley’s creation made a memorable impression on audiences. That movie, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, was ambitious for a number of reasons. One of these was…

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· by Thomas Ricard · Oct 23, 2018

Top 10 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (#1-#5)

Halloween is upon us, which is why I’m counting down the ten best episodes of the ’90s Nickelodeon series Are You Afraid of the Dark? In case you missed it, you can read part one of this list here. #5 …

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· 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…

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· by Thomas Ricard · Oct 18, 2018

Top 10 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (#6-#10)

Halloween season is upon us, so you know what that means: Drunk costume parties, an excuse to buy a truckload of candy for trick-or-treaters only to eat most of it yourself, and of course, binging on old horror or Halloween-related…

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· by Jordon Davis · Oct 17, 2018

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 3 of 8)

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 Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 16, 2018

Star Trek: Short Treks "Runaway"

To build up hype for January’s second season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery, CBS All Access will be posting a series of “Short Treks” over the next few months. These are basically the service’s latest attempt to drag the…

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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 Rob Kirchgassner · Oct 11, 2018

Star Trek "Catspaw"

October is here again, and for many, that means the start of Halloween season. So why not look at the only episode in Star Trek franchise history that was an actual Halloween episode? This is the reason “Catspaw”, actually the…

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· by Jordon Davis · Oct 10, 2018

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 2 of 8)

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 Tyler Peterson · Oct 8, 2018

The Official Drinking Game of the New Picard Series

In an unprecedented step for the Star Trek franchise, it’s been announced that Sir Patrick Stewart will trek through the stars once again in a new series about the further adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Picard was a natural choice…

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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 of 8)

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 Rob Kirchgassner · Sep 24, 2018

You Can’t Do That on Television (1979-1990)

You Can’t Do That on Television is a Canadian series which initially aired on the CTV station in Ottawa in 1979. Just two years later, it began broadcasting on American TV via the cable network Nickelodeon. Cable TV itself was…

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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 Rob Kirchgassner · Sep 10, 2018

Xena: Warrior Princess “Callisto”

I’ve noted before that, despite being a spin-off of another show, Xena: Warrior Princess didn’t take long to become the syndicated ratings champion of the 1990s as Star Trek: The Next Generation had been before it. There were many reasons…

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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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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Top 10 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (#1-#5)

Solo, and the appeal of smaller storylines

Top 10 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? (#6-#10)

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 3 of 8)

Star Trek: Short Treks "Runaway"

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

Star Trek "Catspaw"

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 2 of 8)

The Official Drinking Game of the New Picard Series

Hit or Bomb? October 2018 movie predictions

Hot Bot (2016), a recap (part 1 of 8)

You Can’t Do That on Television (1979-1990)

The Happytime Murders (2018)

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Xena: Warrior Princess “Callisto”

Ready Player One (2018)

Hit or Bomb? September 2018 movie predictions

Movie Duel: The Thirteenth Floor vs. eXistenZ

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

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