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Tagged: Arnold Schwarzenegger

· by Thomas Stockel · Mar 30, 2020

Conan the Barbarian (1982), a recap (part 6 of 6)

When we last left our band, they abducted the princess but Valeria paid with her life. And now with Thulsa Doom on his way to reclaim what is his, Conan and Subotai must prepare for the fight of their lives!…

Movie Recap / Movies / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Mar 23, 2020

Conan the Barbarian (1982), a recap (part 5 of 6)

Last time, Conan attempted to stealth his way through a level and got caught, tortured, and left for dead. His friends saved him, but at what cost? Conan practices the katas his masters in the East had taught him, seemingly…

Movie Recap / Movies / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Mar 16, 2020

Conan the Barbarian (1982), a recap (part 4 of 6)

When we last saw our hero, he had left his friends Subotai and Valeria behind to pursue his path of vengeance against Thulsa Doom. After a considerable ride, he came across pilgrims traveling to Doom’s “mountain of power”, as well…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Mar 9, 2020

Conan the Barbarian (1982), a recap (part 3 of 6)

When we last left our (ahem) heroes, Conan and Subotai had met a new friend, a woman (played by Sandahl Bergman). Whose name is never, ever stated in the movie. She’s Valeria, by the way, and yes, for convenience’s sake…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Mar 2, 2020

Conan the Barbarian (1982), a recap (part 2 of 6)

When we last left our favorite (and apparently last) Cimmerian, he had gone from boy to man, and from pushing a wheel to dealing death to the roar of the crowd. We open now with him being “taken to the…

Movie Recap / Movies / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Feb 24, 2020

Conan the Barbarian (1982), a recap (part 1 of 6)

There are those who trash the United States, but for me I think it’s a wonderful place. Where else can an Austrian body builder become one of the most iconic personalities in the world, having an impressive Hollywood career, marrying…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 30, 2019

Hit or Bomb? November 2019 movie predictions

It’s almost November, that time of year reserved for films that are a bit too small-scale to qualify as summer blockbusters, but not good enough for the big holiday and awards season. Here to judge the box office potential of…

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· 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…

Movies / Text

· by Tyler Peterson · May 29, 2019

Terminator: Dark Fate’s trailer hints at a surprising twist

The teaser trailer for Terminator: Dark Fate, the sixth movie in the Terminator franchise, dropped last week, and uh… it’s pretty wild: Before this dropped, we knew a total of two things about the movie: one, it was going to…

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· 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…

Text / TV

· by Steven Birkner · Oct 5, 2017

Top 6 metafictional TV episodes

Metafiction in TV and movies is a technique or style that’s getting a lot of attention these days. Whether writers feel comfortable going meta due to audiences demanding increasingly sophisticated material, or due to the way that new forms of…

Agonizer / Science News / Text

· by Rick Lewis · Sep 1, 2017

How is science fiction becoming reality this week? (9/1/17)

Zapping mice in the brain with lasers isn’t just for fun anymore.

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Thomas Ricard · Aug 23, 2017

Movies that Predicted Trump: The Running Man (1987)

The year is 2017 and everything has pretty much gone down the crapper: the world economy is in tatters, food and oil are in ever-decreasing supply, and the United States of America, once a shining beacon of freedom to the…

Movies / Text

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

Female superhero movies, ranked

Expectations are sky-high for this weekend’s debut of Wonder Woman, the very first female-led superhero movie to premiere since the era of cinematic universes kicked off roughly ten years ago. And if it proves to be a hit, it’ll…

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Daniel Dockery · Feb 15, 2017

Bad Superhero Movie Showdown 1997: Batman & Robin vs. Spawn

Welcome to the Agony Booth’s second ever Bad Superhero Movie Showdown, in which we compare two justifiably reviled superhero movies to definitively answer the question of which one fails the most. If the exact tone of Batman Forever had…

Movies / Text

· by Nathan Kerner · Jan 5, 2017

Why long-awaited sequels are never that good: The long-awaited followup

I've rewatched the four major sequels that were released in 2015 and 2016 to see if I was right about the nature of releasing a sequel to a property that's been dormant for almost a decade.

Text / TV / TV Recap

· by Marion Stein · Sep 16, 2015

Faded Movie Star/Political Has-Been Gets New Role on Television

Arnold Schwarzenegger has followed as far as he can in Ronald Reagan's footsteps, so he's now determined to be the next Donald Trump.

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Joel Schlosberg · May 8, 2015

Maggie (2015): Arnold does indie zombie drama

“Both Maggie and Schwarzenegger’s performance show potential, even as their novice missteps prevent them from fulfilling it.”

Movies / Text

· by Nathan Kerner · Mar 26, 2015

Why long-awaited sequels are never that good

“If you’ve been waiting decades for the return of your favorite franchises, there’s a good chance you’ll be pleased by what’s coming in the next few years. But there’s a much better chance you won’t, because it’s all going to be terrible.”

Movies / Text

· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 22, 2014

The least anticipated movies of 2015

“These are the movies that almost nobody is excited about, and that almost nobody is looking forward to seeing (though, if history is any guide, people will still turn out in droves to pay to see them anyway).”

Tagged: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Conan the Barbarian (1982), a recap (part 6 of 6)

Conan the Barbarian (1982), a recap (part 5 of 6)

Conan the Barbarian (1982), a recap (part 4 of 6)

Conan the Barbarian (1982), a recap (part 3 of 6)

Conan the Barbarian (1982), a recap (part 2 of 6)

Conan the Barbarian (1982), a recap (part 1 of 6)

Hit or Bomb? November 2019 movie predictions

Kull the Conqueror (1997)

Terminator: Dark Fate’s trailer hints at a surprising twist

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

Top 6 metafictional TV episodes

How is science fiction becoming reality this week? (9/1/17)

Movies that Predicted Trump: The Running Man (1987)

Female superhero movies, ranked

Bad Superhero Movie Showdown 1997: Batman & Robin vs. Spawn

Why long-awaited sequels are never that good: The long-awaited followup

Faded Movie Star/Political Has-Been Gets New Role on Television

Maggie (2015): Arnold does indie zombie drama

Why long-awaited sequels are never that good

The least anticipated movies of 2015

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