Tag: movies
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Evil Dead Burn
It doesn’t seem possible, but Evil Dead Burn may actually be the goriest entry in the Evil Dead series. The excessive violence and cackling dismembered Deadite heads fit the tone of the last few installments. The 3rd film, Army of Darkness and the TV show Ash vs Evil Dead are much more comedic than 2013’s…
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Supergirl
3 outta 5 Supergirl is the second film of the once again rebooted DC Universe after 2025’s Superman but tonally it could have fit into the old DCEU Snyder-verse. More than anything, this movie feels of a piece of director Craig Gillespie’s previous output like I, Tonya, Cruella, Pam and Tommy and Fright Night. His…
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Disclosure Day
4 outta 5 Disclosure Day is Steven Spielberg going back to space aliens, a topic he excels at, with 2005’s War of the Worlds so far sitting at the top of 21st Century Spielberg movies. This movie is less about murderous aliens and more about unknowable awe and possessed folk of Close Encounters of the…
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War of the Worlds (2005 review)
5 outta 5 I’m convinced Steven Spielberg has a great horror movie inside of him once per decade. Think about it: Jaws in the 70s. Temple of Doom in the 80s. Jurassic Park in the 90s. And now War of the Worlds in the 2000’s (I’m not saying “naughts” dammit! It sounds stupid.) Once every…
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Masters of the Universe
4 outta 5 Masters of the Universe is intentionally corny and camp adaptation of the toy line and animated series, which itself was pretty campy. The show and comics was primarily a venue to sell toys, a sci-fi action line that Mattel made up after kicking themselves for passing on Star Wars. There’s a decent…
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
4 outta 5 The Mandalorian and Grogu, a spin-off of the Disney Plus show, is fun and action packed. Very action packed. It is so action packed that the film is basically a constant string of action scenes that may be a bit wearying after a while. There are a few characters pulled from previous…
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 review)
3 out of 5 In fall 2008, the Star Wars series comes to TV in the form of a computer-animated cartoon called The Clone Wars. Right now, there is the animated feature by the same crew, also called Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The movie isbeing released as a sort of big-screen pilot episode /…
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Mortal Kombat II
4 outta 5 Mortal Kombat II is a movie that acknowledges its video game roots. When the game first came out in the 90s it set off a moral panic, sold a bunch of copies, dumped a lot of quarters into arcades, spawned a bunch of spin-offs, adaptations, sequels with an ever deepening lore. This…
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Mortal Kombat (2021 Review)
3 outta 5 While there have been a few attempts at adapting the ‘90s bloody fighter videogame phenomenon Mortal Kombat, it hasn’t taken off. The latest reboot/remake of Mortal Kombat doesn’t sanitize the game’s goofy, gory goodness and goes for full carnage. This makes it one of the more faithful and decent videogame adaptations. Sure,…
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The Devil Wears Prada 2
4 outta 5 The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a worthy 20 years later sequel to the original film. It features a really apt storyline about mergers, buyouts, layoffs and how mega corporate moves are erasing publishing history. While the boss is still very snarky, she seems to have warmed slightly; she is less the…
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