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Now Streaming – The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Josh Zyber — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:00:17 +0000

Netflix’s new epic event series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is what happens when you give Jim Henson’s gentle 1982 fantasy parable to the director of Transporter 2 with instructions to Game of Thrones the hell out of it. Is that a good or a bad thing? Honestly, it could be a little of...

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Now Streaming: The Boys Season 1

Josh Zyber — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:00:47 +0000

We may have already hit the saturation point for movies and TV shows about superheroes but, vague title aside, Amazon’s The Boys has a fun take on the genre. If super powers really did exist, isn’t it likely that most people who get them would be dicks about it? Of course, this series isn’t the...

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout Review: Go Ahead and Accept

Deirdre Crimmins — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 17:00:40 +0000

Like The NeverEnding Story before it, Mission: Impossible continues to dominate the field of inaccurately named movies. Unlike The NeverEnding Story, Mission: Impossible keeps its high quality consistent into the sixth entry of this summer staple. This year’s contribution is Mission: Impossible – Fallout. I am incredibly tempted to make a pun about all of...

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‘Ready Player One’ Review: Culture Popped

Luke Hickman — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:00:39 +0000

As the influence of nerd culture continues to spread throughout the entertainment industry, I’ve started to become bitter toward it. I like my entertainment to stand on its own. I don’t want to see it milk the nostalgic teat of its predecessors. ‘The Martian’ bugged the hell out of me, so when I learned the...

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‘Star Trek Beyond’ Review: Boldly Dumber than Before

Philip Brown — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:00:04 +0000

‘Star Trek Beyond’ is essentially an elaborate single episode of the original 1960s TV series, with the crew visiting a distant planet, getting in trouble, and eventually kicking some alien butt. There’s very little to it other than that. But with Simon Pegg on script duties, the quips run high. And with ‘Fast Five’ action...

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‘Ice Age: Collision Course’ Review: Fifth Time Ain’t the Charm

Philip Brown — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:00:35 +0000

The fifth movie in the ‘Ice Age’ franchise, ‘Collision Course’… Wait a minute… I need to pause for a second. The FIFTH ‘Ice Age’ movie since 2002?! How did that happen?! Sure, these movies make money, but do people actually like them enough to justify four sequels? Is there really that much story to tell?...

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‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ Contest Results

Josh Zyber — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 20:00:04 +0000

Before we leave you for a long holiday weekend, we have some last-minute Christmas presents to deliver. Three of our readers will take home free copies of the action blockbuster ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ on Blu-ray. Let’s see which boys and girls are on Santa’s nice list this year. As explained in the original...

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‘Man Up’ Review: Corny, Funny, Delightful

Philip Brown — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:00:18 +0000

An interesting trend has developed in the rom-com world lately. Even though Hollywood has pretty much given up on the genre (well, unless Judd Apatow is involved), “date nights” remain a thing so these movies haven’t completely died out. However, now they tend to fall into the indie sector and come from filmmakers who genuinely...

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‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ Review: Tired Spy Games

Philip Brown — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:00:22 +0000

It’s bizarre to think that Tom Cruise managed to will an old TV series into a film franchise that’s kept trucking for 19 years and counting. Yet here we are with a fifth ‘Mission: Impossible’ movie that’s really starting to show some franchise fatigue. Thus far, the series has thrived on hiring distinct directors like...

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Weekend Movies: Deus Ex Cinema

Luke Hickman — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 17:00:20 +0000

A few very promising new movies are finally hitting the big screen this weekend. Unfortunately, they’re opening opposite a cinematic atrocity that just so happens to be the solitary wide release. The only movie with the grit stand against the powerhouse ‘Furious 7’ is yet another Nicholas Sparks adaptation. From the director of the terrible...

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‘The BoxTrolls’ Review: Creep-Outs for Kiddies

Philip Brown — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 19:00:31 +0000

‘The BoxTrolls’ is a spectacular children’s animated feature, but it’s not a film for anyone whose idea of family entertainment starts and ends with Disney. It’s dark to the point of being horrific, gleefully gross, and pithily British in its humor. The movie owes more to Roald Dahl than Uncle Walt. In other words, it’s...

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Weekend Movies: This Is Where We Look for Something to See

Luke Hickman — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:00:50 +0000

The post-summer slump may actually rebound this weekend as counter-programming delivers three potentially interesting offerings. Fox takes another crack at the YA market with ‘The Maze Runner‘. I’d never heard of the book until the studio began advertising the movie version, but it’s apparently very popular and widely known. Following suit with ‘The Hunger Games‘,...

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