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Before They Were Stars: 10-Year Robert Downey Jr. in “Moment to Moment”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66i6w7lwT7I Later today, we will posting our latest Shouts From the Back Row podcast episode about the career of Robert Downey Jr.. In case of you’ve ever been curious about his father, Robert Downey Jr., he was a director who liked … Continue reading
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What are you?
Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp, a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site … Continue reading
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Everything is a Remix: The Force Awakens
https://vimeo.com/167069783 Everybody agrees that The Force Awakens was a remix of A New Hope…but is that a bad thing? Let Kirby Ferguson, who’s a lot smarter than I am, explain why we may have hit peak remix culture.
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You really wanna go back up there, huh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzWIGFiGrlA Bones has a point. Do we really want to go for another ride with this branch of the Star Trek franchise after Star Trek Into Darkness left audiences completely underwhelmed? Well, the first trailer for Star Trek Beyond made … Continue reading
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Spooky Morgan
A corporate troubleshooter is sent to a remote, top-secret location, where she is to investigate and evaluate a terrifying accident. She learns the event was triggered by a seemingly innocent “human,” who presents a mystery of both infinite promise and … Continue reading
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Castor’s Underrated Gems: A New Leaf (1971)
Years before she would direct the notorious box office fiasco Ishtar, writer-director Elaine May was a frequent collaborator with Mike Nichols. You may have heard of him considering he was the journeyman behind classics like Carnal Knowledge, The Birdcage and … Continue reading
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Last Link of the Day: Wizard of Meh
Follow follow follow! Reach the wizard!
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Honest X-Men: The Animated Series
Boy, the 90’s really were a bastion of amazing superhero animated series, weren’t they? With X-Men: Apocalypse receiving tepid reviews as it hits theatres this weekend, it’s time to look back with Honest Trailers upon one of the best comic … Continue reading
The Reviewinator: X-Men – Apocalypse (2016)
Eight movies in, not counting Deadpool, and any franchise would start to feel stale. They’ve already travelled through time once, so what’s to stop them from doing it again? It’s created a sort of “nothing matters anymore” kind of feel to it, stripping off … Continue reading
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Drive 2: The Uber Years
Like all parody trailers, this one goes on just a little too long, but damn if this concept isn’t perfect. And the star even looks like Ryan Gosling! A tip of the hat to Joey Thompson for absolutely nailing Drive … Continue reading
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