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Reynolds Wrap (Part 1)
With or without his trademark mustache, Burt Reynolds was a demigod on two legs and four wheels. His most crowd-pleasing sleeper was ‘Smokey & The Bandit’ but Burt was more prolific than just vehicular mayhem and Southern-fried charm. For every … Continue reading
Demographic Demolition
I understand that some movies elude my breadth of appeal. Non-Disney animated movies, Bollywood musicals, wrestling documentaries, anything by Terrence Malick. None of these are of particular interest to me or fall within my purview. Then there’s a category of … Continue reading
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Tagged jem and the holograms, jerry lewis, slapstick
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Console Consolations
Ever been to your friend’s house and they’ve bought a new video game? They hype it up, put in the disc/cartridge and you two anxiously watch the spinning wheel of the loading screen. Then, before you can read the strategy … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Lists, Movies
Tagged adaptations, final fantasy, silent hill, video games
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Other Masters of Disasters
We know on any given Sunday, the football will be tossed around on the NFL gridirons across America. But in other pockets of the US, people are passing the pigskin back and forth for an entirely different bloodsport. These hardcore … Continue reading
Bad Movie – Bad Review: Feature Films For Families (Rigoletto/Horse Crazy)
Feature Films For Families (FFFF) make movies with an agenda. Well, more than one agenda, if we are to address the elephant in the room here (hint: the elephant is money). Their work takes the shape of movies that are … Continue reading
Commedia Dell’Arte Deuce
Bad Santa 2 recently invaded the cineplex recently and rightfully so, it tanked and perhaps sullied the coal-black memories of its funnier 2003 ancestor. Many rationales can be attributed to its downfall: the widening gap between films, the behind-the-scenes change of … Continue reading
Wildly Obscure (Part 2)
This article is the second part of castordurden’s tribute to Gene Wilder. Click here for part one! The Frisco Kid (1979)- A pattern has started to emerge from this litany of under-the-radar Gene Wilder films. Almost consistently each one begins … Continue reading
Wildly Obscure
At the ripe age of 83, our intrepid chocolatier and curly-haired jester Gene Wilder passed through the factory gates. In his wake, he left us a trove of classics to cherish for years to come. From his Mel Brooks collaborations … Continue reading
Great Cinematic Comic Book Adaptations (Part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cInu82fWFfQ Comic books are a wonderful medium where dreams, fears, fantasies and desires are brought to life through illustrations and words. From superhero adventures and nightmarish tales, to hardboiled crime stories and existential slices of life, comics have enjoyed a … Continue reading
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A Case of X-Phobia (Part 1)
There is usually an ebb and flow to television. Maintaining a level of consistency is almost impossible. In spite of my addiction to the X-Files, not every episode is first-rate. Some episodes resemble the notorious Fly filler from Breaking Bad: … Continue reading
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