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Oct 25, 2019
Opinion - Scorsese and Coppola Vs. the MCU: Are we focusing on the wrong argument?
There’s been a lot of buzz lately to a topic that has been discussed in one way or another ever since the concept proved successful...
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Aug 17, 2019
Movie Review - Hellboy (2019)
It’s not horrible. Per se. In some ways, much like what I had to say regarding X-Men: Dark Phoenix, it really seems to be that nerd...
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Jul 28, 2019
Movie Review - Shazam
So…how do you follow up a billion dollar fish story? Well, if you’re DC Films and Warner Bros, you cross the old 80s film Big with...
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Jul 23, 2019
Movie Review - Aquaman
Crap…can’t believe I forgot to write up a review for this. So, coming to the box office a year and some change after the mixed bag that...
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Jul 20, 2019
Movie Review - Spider-Man: Far From Home
There are only seven stories in the world, as the saying goes…and if you’re the second film of a superhero series, it’s a good bet you’re...
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Jul 12, 2019
Movie Review - The Dark Tower
“The man in black fled into the desert and the gunslinger followed.” It’s from this single sentence that Stephen King’s massive Dark...
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Jul 6, 2019
Opinion - #ReleaseTheSnyderCut
In going back over my initial Justice League review, wow…I can’t believe I left out the Russians. You know what I mean, the Russian...
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Jun 28, 2019
Movie Review - X-Men: Dark Phoenix
You know, personally, I think most reviewers are just butt-hurt over the fact that Wolverine’s not in this one. But, truth be told,...
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Jun 24, 2019
Movie Review - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Better, Warner Bros. Better. Yeah, there are still some nits to pick, and we’ll get to those, but it’s encouraging to see that when it...
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May 31, 2019
Movie Review - Brightburn
Talk about your ‘Red Son’… Sure, it can be easy to simply dismiss, or advertise, Brightburn as ‘Superman as a slasher film’…and it does...
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Mar 23, 2019
Movie Review - Captain Marvel
Since you’re likely a nerd reading this site, I’m hoping I won’t have to overly explain myself with the following analogy. You know how...
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Dec 15, 2018
Movie Review: Bumblebee
Paramount and I have walked a similar path. Have you ever found yourself in a relationship where it stopped being satisfying a long time...
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Sep 10, 2018
Now Showing on Midway Screen 2: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
I’m a part of a dying breed. Sure, usually when I say that, I’m depressed or speaking hyperbolically…or both. But given the steady...
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Aug 28, 2018
Nuking The Podcat - Episode 9: The Calamari Wrestler
[Note: This podcast is track 5 on the player above. Even though it’s episode 9. Yes, we know. We can count…kinda.] Hey, remember when we...
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Aug 23, 2018
Field Trip! Marvel: A Universe of Superheroes Exhibit at MoPop
With the continued dominance of Marvel Studios at the cinemas, as well as the ever-increasing weight of the House of Mouse behind them,...
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Jul 17, 2018
The Joe Bob Briggs Experience: Port Orchard and Shudder's The Last Drive-In
It was total happenstance. I’d just come off of the BoneBat Comedy of Horrors Film Festival and, aside from the parking debacle [Detailed...
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Jun 2, 2018
Movie Review - Solo: A Star Wars Story
Meh. The sound of indifference. The sound you make when you don’t necessarily want the time you just spent back…but you could think of a...
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May 15, 2018
Movie Review - Another Wolfcop
It had eluded me for ages. First, there was a double header in Vancouver…but the stupid day job prevented me from going. Then…there was...
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Apr 27, 2018
Movie Review - Avengers: Infinity War
This is what pisses me off. You had every chance, Warner Brothers…you really did. You remember that time you beat Marvel to the punch...
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Apr 3, 2018
Movie Review - Pacific Rim: Uprising
Pacific Rim: Uprising commits, for me, two cardinal sins of cinema that makes reviewing the movie difficult. You see, all the robot on...
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