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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Feb 18, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “Saints of Imperfection”

Previously: Mirror Georgiou recruited Voq/Tyler AKA Vyler into Section 31. Lt. Spock was wanted for the murder of his doctors. Tilly started to see the ghost of her junior high classmate May, who turned out to be a “multidimensional fungal…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Feb 13, 2019

Fantastic Four (2015), a recap (part 1 of 7)

In 2015, 20th Century Fox achieved a remarkable feat: At a time when comic book movies and Marvel superheroes in particular were seen as a license to print money, they still managed to make a massive bomb out of their reboot of Marvel’s Fantastic Four. Even more remarkably...

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Feb 11, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “An Obol for Charon”

Previously: Discovery was out to track down the source of “seven signals” that seem to foretell appearances of the Red Angel. Spock knew about the signals months before they were detected, which in some way led to him voluntarily committing…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Feb 8, 2019

The 30 most popular posts of 2018

It’s time once again to revisit this website’s most popular posts from the previous year, and it looks like 2018 was a time when people really, really wanted to read about 1) movie predictions, and 2) Suicide Squad. Note:…

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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 · Feb 4, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “Point of Light”

Previously: Michael Burnham fell in love for the very first time with Lt. Ash Tyler, a man who—whoops—turned out to be a surgically-altered Klingon sleeper agent better known as Voq the Torchbearer. Together with his Klingon lover L’Rell,…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 31, 2019

Hit or Bomb? February 2019 movie predictions

It’s a new month, and this one isn’t quite as much of a dumping ground as the last one, but still not a whole lot better. Nevertheless, our box office gurus are going to persevere and again take the time…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 28, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “New Eden”

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Captain Christopher Pike arrived to take command of the Discovery, due to the detection of mysterious “red bursts” all throughout the galaxy that need investigating. But instead of a Red Burst, Discovery found an…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Jan 24, 2019

Battle of the Star Trek Western Episodes

Gene Roddenberry originally pitched Star Trek to NBC as “Wagon Train to the stars”. This was for the simple reason that westerns were at their height of popularity on both TV and the big screen during the 1960s. While…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 21, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “Brother”

Last season on Star Trek: Discovery: Michael Burnham’s mutiny aboard the USS Shenzhou led to the death of her captain Philippa Georgiou, though not to the protracted war with the Klingons that followed, but everybody blamed her for it…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Jan 17, 2019

5 things Blade Runner got right and wrong about 2019

On New Year’s Day 2001, I saw an article in my local newspaper comparing the world as it was then with the world that was presented in Stanley Kubrick’s classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey. With this in mind,…

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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 Steven Birkner · Jan 11, 2019

Comedy Meets Horror: When blending genres works

It seems incongruous at first glance to bring together the genres of comedy and horror, and to have this recipe be a success. The blending of the two genres can go very much awry if the execution isn’t done in…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Jan 8, 2019

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

Previously on Warcraft: The hell, guy? You just started reading here? What gives? The demon’s death causes an explosion of Fel magic that radiates from the top of Medivh’s penthouse and expands, denuding trees for miles around. Khadgar and…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 7, 2019

Star Trek: Discovery “The Escape Artist”

And finally, we come to the last of the four Short Treks released on CBS All Access in anticipation of the second season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery. My initial viewing of “The Escape Artist” was honestly a bit…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 3, 2019

Hit or Bomb? January 2019 movie predictions

It’s January, Hollywood’s usual dumping ground for lackluster movies, and this year might be the Januariest January in recent memory. Despite a paltry slate consisting mostly of films you can’t believe didn’t go straight to streaming, our box office gurus…

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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 Tyler Peterson · Dec 20, 2018

Holiday Movie Duel: Home Alone vs. Dial Code Santa Claus

I usually try to keep a pretty level playing field here on Movie Duels. If I tried to compare Transformers to Transmorphers, it probably wouldn’t be very interesting, at least not in the way I intended it. My…

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Star Trek: Discovery “Saints of Imperfection”

Fantastic Four (2015), a recap (part 1 of 7)

Star Trek: Discovery “An Obol for Charon”

The 30 most popular posts of 2018

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

Star Trek: Discovery “Point of Light”

Hit or Bomb? February 2019 movie predictions

Star Trek: Discovery “New Eden”

Battle of the Star Trek Western Episodes

Star Trek: Discovery “Brother”

5 things Blade Runner got right and wrong about 2019

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

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

Comedy Meets Horror: When blending genres works

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

Star Trek: Discovery “The Escape Artist”

Hit or Bomb? January 2019 movie predictions

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

The Great Wall (2016)

Holiday Movie Duel: Home Alone vs. Dial Code Santa Claus

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