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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: The Witch
Let’s face it, the Puritans are/were pretty awful. As Ronald Hutton says, they ruined all our fun. Robert Eggers’ excellent debut film The Witch features a Puritan family in seventeenth-century (complete with awesome seventeenth-century dialogue!) rural America, who, after being exiled from their … Continue reading
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The Reviewinator: London Has Fallen (2016)
Olympus Has Fallen was hardly a classic, but it was a moderately entertaining and happily mindless action movie with its fair share of laughs. One element of its success was that it coincided with the release of the abysmal A Good … Continue reading
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The Reviewinator: Deadpool (2016)
“Deadpool. Rated R!” That seemed to be at the forefront of many fanboys’ minds in the months leading to this movie’s release, as if the rating makes the movie. But anyone with a few years’ movie experience knows that’s complete and … Continue reading
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Review: Fuller House
Of all the kitschy, shamelessly sentimental shows, the 90’s sensation Full House isn’t fondly remembered for its progressive humor or tearjerker subtlety. There is nothing worse than when an unintentionally corny product begins to become meta and self-aware. It’s like … Continue reading
The X-Files Miniseries Review (Episode 6 – My Struggle II)
This miniseries (or Season 10) of The X-Files has been divisive to say the least. It’s had stratospheric highs and lows. More than anything, fans are hoping for a sense of closure for Mulder and Scully before Chris Carter issues … Continue reading
Review: Better Call Saul (Season 2, Episode 1)
Will this be the format of every season opener? A glimpse into Jimmy a.k.a. Saul’s forsaken existence now at a Cinnabon where he is cautiously incognito as a worker bee. If so, please be in perpetuity because I love that … Continue reading
The X-Files Miniseries Review (Episode 5 – Babylon)
After a hiatus to coordinate the efforts of other notable contributors to the series (Glen Morgan, Darin Morgan, James Wong), Christ Carter has wrestled back writing and directing duties. This might be a precedent where the show acknowledges Islamic religious … Continue reading
Review: Vinyl (Season 1, Episode 1)
When Martin Scorsese, a titan of industry, elects to direct a feature-length pilot for his executive-produced series, one tends to take notice of it. “Gimme Shelter” is an anthem that Scorsese has recycled several times for his gangster movies so … Continue reading
The X-Files Miniseries Review (Episode 4 – Home Again)
With a title card like Home Again, fans can be forgiven for believing that this episode is a direct descendant of the iconic Season 4. Alas, there are no inbred brethren around for Mulder and Scully to play around with. … Continue reading
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The Reviewinator: The Revenant (2016)
Leonardo DiCaprio. Or Di-CRAP-io, as I used to call him. Between Titanic and Inception, I avoided his movies like they were pregnant ex-girlfriends. Even the trailers seemed enough to get under my skin. And if he happened to be doing … Continue reading
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