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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Dec 21, 2019

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019): a spoiler-filled review

For many, the big moment is here. The final story of the Skywalker saga officially hits theaters this weekend. But I for one wouldn't be surprised if there were more film entries in this series, with or without Skywalkers. After all, Star Wars does have the backing of some studio that uses a mouse as its mascot. But onto the movie itself.

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Dec 4, 2019

Hit or Bomb? December 2019 movie predictions

It’s the Christmas movie season, where studios typically roll out lots of big blockbusters and awards bait, but much like two years ago, the release schedule is pretty light this year, because the assumption seems to once again be that…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 2, 2019

Hit or Bomb? October 2019 movie predictions

It’s October, and since Halloween lasts an entire month nowadays, that means plenty of dark, gothic, creepy, and emo films are on the release schedule. Here to determine which of this month’s movies will put a scare into audiences (or…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jan 31, 2018

Hit or Bomb? February 2018 movie predictions

February looks to be yet another month where a Disney release runs laps around its competitors at the box office. But that’s not going to stop us from once again getting judgmental about this month’s big releases and deciding if…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Aug 1, 2017

Movie Duel: Baby Driver vs. Drive

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 Jonathan Campbell · May 23, 2016

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016): Halfway to a good movie

“The characters are all well acted and mostly well written; it’s just a pity that they all got sidelined not just for an action-disaster movie, but for a boring action-disaster movie.”