Category: Movie Reviews
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
5 outta 5 After two movies (and a couple of guest-starring efforts in other Marvel Cinematic Universe films) the superhero space heroes return in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. This is an emotional finale for the Guardians crew, with awesome stylistic flourishes courtesy of writer and director James Gunn. It’s a bit darker than…
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (’17 review)
4 outta 5 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is an energetic and enjoyably wild return to the outer space heroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It doesn’t quite have the lazerbeam plot focus on the original; Vol. 2, like many sequels, it tends to amble with sub-plots, but it comes together for a cohesive,…
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Guardians of the Galaxy (’14 review)
4 outta 5 Even though Guardians of the Galaxy has the Marvel label, it’s not a superhero film. If the Marvel adaptations are to endure they need to branch out, so each of the “Phase 2” Marvel movies have dabbled in genre swapping. Now Guardians almost entirely disbands superhero tropes for an outer-space fantasy action…
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Quasi
2 outta 5 Quasi, the latest film from comedy troupe Broken Lizard (Super Troopers), is not exactly consistently hilarious. Or even providing a solid amount of laughs. It is, however, admirably dopey, and intermittently amusing. It does owe a bit to Monty Python’s Holy Grail where there’s bursts of comedic violence in a Medieval setting,…
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Evil Dead Rise
4 outta 5 The Evil Dead series has gone through various permutations across the decades. There’s the original Sam Raimi directed trilogy, plus the (very awesome) Ash vs. Evil Dead TV series, and the 4th remake/sequel Evil Dead. Evil Dead Rise is the fifth Evil Dead movie and probably one of the messiest. Considering how…
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Evil Dead (’13 review)
4 outta 5 The Evil Dead trilogy is actually one of the more inventive series out there because each take bounces into a different genre. Evil Dead is an indie horror exploitation flick, Evil Dead 2 is a gore horror comedy and the third, Army of Darkness, is a slapstick horror medieval quest film. Now…
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Renfield
4 outta 5 Renfield is an interesting take on the iconic Dracula vampire mythos, with the main character being the mostly forgotten Count Dracula sidekick. The movie is breezy, funny and has so much excessive splatter it becomes absurdly comedic. It takes an interestingly modern perspective of how the relationship between Dracula and his servant…
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Blog – Easter viewing – Ghost Rider vs Passion of the Christ
Johnny Blaze as the Ghost Rider using the Penance Stare to make some fool contemplate on their abundance of sins and immolate in the 2007 Nicolas Cage starring Ghost Rider is way more spiritually fulfilling than watching Jesus get beaten to death in 2004’s Passion of the Christ. Mostly because it’s about Ghost Rider using…
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Ghost Rider (’07 review)
3 out of 5 Since all of the mainstream Marvel properties like X-Men, Spider-Man and Hulk have been snagged up, film studios are really reaching into the dregs of Marvel’s back catalogue of superheroes to make new films. Hence, Ghost Rider starring Nicholas Cage. As a bona-fide comic book geek, and even a card-carrying Marvel…
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie
4 outta 5 2023’s animated adaptation The Super Mario Bros. is a step up from the live-action 1993 attempt. That was… liberal with the source material, to put it mildly. This version, made by Illumination Animation that also put out all those Minions movies, is much closer to the source. It may be guilty of…
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