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Feb 23, 2018
Movie Review - Black Panther
Black Panther is everything you could hope it would be. And, like Wonder Woman before it, given the subject matter, there’s this...
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Dec 15, 2017
Movie Review - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
We’re often warned against ever meeting our heroes…as such an encounter more often than not leads to disappointment. This, in a way,...
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Nov 18, 2017
Movie Review - Justice League
Let’s just go ahead and get this out of the way right off the bat: This is not DC’s Avengers. After seeing the film twice within the...
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Nov 4, 2017
Movie Review - Thor: Ragnarok
The short version is to just say ‘Go see it, it’s amazing.’ But since when have I ever been short about anything? There’s a lot to...
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Oct 31, 2017
Review of the Dead - Land of the Dead (2005)
Oh no…just because this is the start of a new set of films doesn’t mean you can just jump in here! Look at our previous George A. Romero...
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Oct 31, 2017
Review of the Dead - Day of the Dead (1985)
DON’T START HERE! Make sure you check out Night and Dawn first…HERE and HERE! When George Romero talks about his original Dead trilogy,...
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Oct 27, 2017
Review of the Dead - Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Don’t start in the middle! Be sure to check out the first in this series of reviews, Night of the Living Dead, HERE! While most would...
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Oct 24, 2017
Movie Review - Dracula Untold
Dracula as a superhero. Well, it’s not completely out of the ordinary…ish. After all, Marvel Comics had a book, Tomb of Dracula, that...
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Oct 23, 2017
Review of the Dead - Night of the Living Dead
In July of this past year, we lost a master…the godfather of the modern-day zombie, George A. Romero. As we get to the closing days of...
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Oct 22, 2017
Impulse Buy Theater - This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse
Having wrapped up one long-running series here with the Blind Dead films, let’s turn our attention to our favorite Brazilian ne’er do...
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Oct 21, 2017
Impulse Buy Theater - Night of the Seagulls
It’s been a while, but let’s finish this series off! Today we’re taking a look at the final chapter of the Blind Dead films…Night of the...
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Oct 7, 2017
Movie Review - Blade Runner 2049
I never really thought about it before, but it’s safe to say that I grew up with Blade Runner. While I was too young to see the original...
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Aug 9, 2017
Opinion - Political Rant Part 4: So You've Been Called a Racist... The Rise of the Social Justi
So. It finally happened. You’ve been called a racist. First off…DON’T PANIC. I guess it’s like hitchhiking the galaxy in that way. If...
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Aug 2, 2017
Nuking the Podcat - Episode 5: The Super Inframan
[NOTE: On the player above, skip to track 5 to hear the latest Podcat!] In an effort to try and be more relevant, [But never timely. –...
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Jul 29, 2017
Movie Reivew - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
I was hoping that Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets would be Luc Besson’s way of saying “fuck you…THIS is how it’s done” to...
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Jul 16, 2017
Movie Review - Spider-Man: Homecoming
So, here it is…Spider-Man’s solo debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. [Solo? Did we watch the same movie? – Ed.] We’ll get to that. ...
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Jun 30, 2017
Movie Review - Transformers: The Last Knight
[Mild Spoilers within…you’ve been warned. – Ed.] We talked about this earlier when we were looking at the state of the Transformers...
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Jun 7, 2017
Movie Review - Wonder Woman
Early in the life of this website, I reviewed the DC Animated direct-to-video movie, Wonder Woman. In that review, I stressed that if...
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Jun 4, 2017
Movie Review - Alien: Covenant
Ridley Scott needs to seriously consider throwing rose petals at the feet of Michael Fassbender any time the two are within close...
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Jun 4, 2017
Opinion - Political Rant Part 3: This One's for the Ladies
The instant the recent Wonder Woman film was deemed a success, I knew this would happen. I’m only a little surprised how quickly it...
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