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Retro Review: ‘No Holds Barred’
Professional wrestling is unlike any other sport. The winner and loser of each contest is already pre-determined so the job of the competitor is to make it entertaining. It is a lot like Roman...
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Greatest Movie MacGuffins
Legendary director Alfred Hitchcock coined the term MacGuffin as a name for an object the actions which take place in a movie revolve around. No matter the size or origin, these objects propel the...
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Five Most Controversial Movies Ever
Just like any other form of art, film is a medium where entries have ruffled feathers to say the least. Numerous movies have featured elements which were crude or offensive which decent people find...
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Retro Review: ‘Akira’
Every so often moviegoers are exposed to something radically different, from anything they have seen before. That must have been what Western audiences felt in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s when the...
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Classic Scene: the Maltese Falcon Reveal
the Maltese Falcon reveal The Maltese Falcon (1941) Dir. John Huston The Scene: Hard boiled Private Eye Sam Spade has reluctantly gathered together with the three miscreants who have plagued him the...
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Predathon Part 1: ‘Predator’
The Predator, second only to the Xenomorph in bad ass, nostalgia inducing terrifying alien hunters, is returning to cinema screens by way of The Predator, helmed by the excellent Shane Black. The...
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Movie Review: ‘Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween’
Director: Ari Sandel Cast: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Madison Iseman, Caleel Harris, Chris Parnell, Ken Jeong, Mick Wingert, Jack Black Plot: Two young boys find R.L. Stine’s unfinished...
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Holiday Review: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
An individual may go through their entire life thinking themselves ordinary, when unbeknownst to them, they have had a tremendous impact on those around them. That is the driving lesson in one of the...
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Criterion Channel Movie of the Week: ‘Mikey and Nicky’
On November 29th, 2018, FilmStruck was killed. FilmStruck was a movie streaming app that specialized in actually curating a library of must-sees. It including offerings from the Criterion Collection,...
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Movie Review: ‘The Standoff at Sparrow Creek’
Directed by: Henry Dunham Starring: James Badge Dale, Patrick Fischler, and Chris Mulkey Plot: A militia holds up in their headquarters when they suspect one of their members of being a mass shooter....
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Classic Scene: Train to Tomorrow
Train to Tomorrow Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) Directed by Leo McCarey The Scene: After losing everything materially in the Great Depression and losing their dignity to their ungrateful grown children,...
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Movie Review: ‘The LEGO Movie 2’
Director: Mike Mitchell Cast: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Beatriz, Charlie Day, Alison Brie, Nick Offerman Plot: After the Duplo invasion reduces Bricksburg to...
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Movie Review: ‘Shazam!’
Director: David F. Sandberg Cast: Zachery Levi, Asher Angel, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan, Djimon Hounsou, Grace Fulton Plot: Orphaned teen Billy Baston find his life turned around when an ancient wizard...
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Classic Scene: Boarding the Plane
Boarding the plane Casablanca (1942) Dir. Michael Curtiz The Scene: At the climax to one of the greatest films ever made, we finally get to the point where Victor Lazlo will escape Casablanca and...
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Movie Review: ‘Aladdin’
Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Mena Massoud, Will Smith, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, Numan Acar, Alan Tudyk, Frank Welker Plot: A homeless thief on the streets of ancient...
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Grading Robin Hood Movies
A heroic figure who has been remembered and talked about for centuries, Robin Hood has provided countless storytellers with material to work with. Over the decades this has also applied to cinema and...
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Movie Review: Downton Abbey (Second Opinion)
Earlier our Head of the House took a look at this movie from the perspective of a newcomer to the saga. But now I feel it is time for the opinion of a reviewer who was there in front of the TV every...
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Donny and Brook: The Greatest Sequel of All Time
Brook: I have determined the greatest sequel of all time. Want to guess? Donny: Oh, is it The Dark Knight? It effectively elevated the adventure-thriller elements of Batman Begins, while delivering a...
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Criterion of the Month: ‘Night of the Living Dead’
Spine #909 SPOILERS “Zombies, man! They creep me out.” These are the words uttered by Dennis Hopper’s character in Land of the Dead, the third official sequel to Night of the Living Dead. It is a bit...
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Retro Review: ‘Twins of Evil’
With this Retro Review I will be looking at one of the more obscure productions from the famed Hammer Films. While the 70’s is regarded as a dip in their quality and the end of their heyday, the studio...
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