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Tagged: Marley Shelton

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Aug 29, 2019

Battle of the Cheerleader Films: Bring It On vs. Sugar & Spice

School is back in session in many areas, and as anyone who’s been to one knows, one prominent aspect of high school is cheerleading. This is why I’m now comparing two movies involving cheerleaders. Bring It On (2000) This film…

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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 · Feb 7, 2018

Looking back at Pleasantville, 20 years later

This year is the 20th anniversary of Gary Ross’s 1998 fantasy/comedy/drama Pleasantville, so what better time to revisit this classic film? Our story begins with shy teenager David (Tobey Maguire) and what seems to be his awkward attempt to…

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Apr 19, 2016

A look back at the Scream franchise, 20 years later

“Whether Courteney Cox’s presence was a coincidence or not, the Scream series became less of a scare-fest as it went on, and more like Friends with murders sprinkled in. ”

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Dec 14, 2015

Bubble Boy (2001)

“Bubble Boy is such a misfire all around that it should be considered a medical nightmare.”

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Apr 18, 2015

Planet Terror (2007)

“I wonder if it ever crossed Rodriguez’s mind that the grainy film and ‘missing reel’ scenes of such movies were not put in there intentionally.”

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Feb 12, 2015

Valentine (2001)

“Easily one of the worst films released as part of the Scream-inspired slasher renaissance of the late ‘90s and early ‘00s.”

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· by Ivan K · Oct 14, 2014

Sin City’s biggest sin: Making violence boring

“By the time we get to Elijah Wood with all his limbs chopped off being eaten alive by a wolf, it’s just tiresome.”

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· by Ed Harris · Jan 17, 2012

Death Proof (2007) (part 5 of 5)

“I should note that we’re about thirty minutes in right now, and so far three women have gone to a bar, and another one has met Kurt Russell.”

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· by Ed Harris · Jan 17, 2012

Death Proof (2007) (part 4 of 5)

“I should note that we’re about thirty minutes in right now, and so far three women have gone to a bar, and another one has met Kurt Russell.”

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· by Ed Harris · Jan 17, 2012

Death Proof (2007) (part 3 of 5)

“I should note that we’re about thirty minutes in right now, and so far three women have gone to a bar, and another one has met Kurt Russell.”

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· by Ed Harris · Jan 17, 2012

Death Proof (2007) (part 2 of 5)

“I should note that we’re about thirty minutes in right now, and so far three women have gone to a bar, and another one has met Kurt Russell.”

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· by Ed Harris · Jan 17, 2012

Death Proof (2007) (part 1 of 5)

“I should note that we’re about thirty minutes in right now, and so far three women have gone to a bar, and another one has met Kurt Russell.”