Thor (2011)—A Un-Marvelous Origin Story
After their success with Iron Man (2008), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and a slight bomb with 2008’s The Incredible Hulk,...
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Noah Kloss
Nov 1, 20214 min
Captain Marvel (2019): The Definition of Average
Marvel set the standard of how a superhero movie should be and they continue to redefine that standard. When it was announced that...
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Noah Kloss
Oct 30, 20215 min
Midsommar (2019): A Horror Fan’s Acid Trip
Did George A. Romero get reincarnated as the new up and coming film director Ari Aster? Because holy hell can this man create a horror...
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Gray Kruse
Oct 28, 20214 min
Van Helsing (2004): A Less-Than-Classic Take on a Classic Character
In terms of characters from the Dracula mythos, Professor Abraham Van Helsing is second to the titular count in terms of recognizability....
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Michael Li
Oct 27, 20214 min
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)—A Live-Action Video Game and Anime
In 2004, Canadian author and comic book artist Bryan O’Malley created Scott Pilgrim, a series of graphic novels about a part-time...
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Noah Kloss
Oct 26, 20214 min
Hot Fuzz (2007): A Homage to Buddy Cop Movies
Ahhh, Edgar Wright. You can do no wrong can you? I mean you gave us the great horror comedy Shaun of the Dead (2004) and what seems to be...
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Noah Kloss
Oct 25, 20213 min
Baby Driver (2017): An Inventive Stylish Ride!
When it comes to some of the most entertaining and stylish movies of the last two decades, none have made them better than...
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Noah Kloss
Oct 24, 20214 min
Dune (2021): A Movie Too Big to Fail
Safe to say the anticipation for this movie was high, like in the stratosphere high. After the disaster that was Dune (1984), many had...
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Owen Gonzalez
Oct 23, 20217 min
BFF After Hours- The Wicker Man (2006): A horror film sacrificed for a comedy
The 2006 film The Wicker Man is a terrible film, but that has become well known at this point. This film has joined the likes of The Room...
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Michael Li
Oct 21, 20215 min
Hellboy (2019)—Look How They Massacred My boy!
In 2019, Hellboy was rebooted after Guillermo Del Toro and Ron Perlman decided not to complete their Hellboy trilogy saying that no...
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Owen Gonzalez
Oct 20, 20214 min
The Descent (2006): A Claustrophobic Masterpiece
There are many horror classics that are frequently talked about: The Thing (1982), Alien (1979), Halloween (1978), Texas Chainsaw...
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Michael Li
Oct 20, 20215 min
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)—A Gorgeous Comic Book Film Ahead of Its Time
After the success of his first Hellboy film in 2004, Guillermo Del Toro decided to make a sequel that was released in 2008, around the...
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Noah Kloss
Oct 19, 20215 min
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): Executive Kryptonite
The DCEU is a mixed bag to say the least. They tried to get their universe started by the time Marvel was well established. Batman v....
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Michael Li
Oct 18, 20214 min
Zack Snyder vs. Joss Whedon: Justice League: Dawn of Executive Failure
Justice League (2017) is perhaps one of the most disliked movies of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Most of it has to do with the failed...
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Michael Li
Oct 17, 20214 min
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)— A Forgotten Gem
One of the most underrated Batman films, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) is an animated Batman film that follows Batman Beyond,...
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Owen Gonzalez
Oct 15, 20214 min
Titane (2021): What the hell was that?!?
So…. Titane…. where to start? Titane (2021) is a French film that is said to be a horror film. It was written and directed by Julia...
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Michael Li
Oct 14, 20214 min
Resident Evil (2002)—Video Game Adaptation Gone Wrong
In honor of the new Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) trailer release, let’s take a look back at the classic 2000’s Resident...
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Gray Kruse
Oct 13, 20215 min
The Mitchells vs. the Machines: Family, Growing Up, and the Robot Uprising
If you told someone in 2017 that one year after the release of The Emoji Movie, Sony Pictures Animation would put out the best animated...
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Noah Kloss
Oct 12, 20213 min
Rango (2011): A Hilarious Homage to Classic Westerns
Love or hate Johnny Depp, you have to admit his filmography is diverse. He played a gangster in Public Enemies (2009), a pirate in...
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Michael Li
Oct 10, 20215 min
No Time to Die (2021)—A Satisfying Send-Off to Daniel Craig's 007
The name’s Bond. James Bond. Daniel Craig’s Bond comes to a conclusion in his fifth and final movie playing the titular MI6 superspy....
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