Happy 80th, John Williams
On Saturday at Tanglewood, there was a big to-do celebrating John Williams 80th birthday (which actually happened on Feb. 8). A milestone for anybody, but for a national icon like Williams, it provided a unique…
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Solving the Mystery of Android Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Looper
httpv://youtu.be/gPVzv6m1u-o Perhaps I’m the only one who has experienced this, but when I saw the trailer for Looper the first time, I thought “wow, that guy looks a lot like Joseph Gordon-Levitt.” Then I thought,…
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Damn, Tony Scott…
At this point, sad as it is, you come to expect tragedy from Hollywood. It’s a tough town, and produces more early deaths than it should. But the passing of Tony Scott is exceptionally haunting. The director…
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Six Home Invasion Movies (Discussed During a Home Invasion)
It was a knock on the door, same as any other knock. Nothing indicated that opening the door would be any different this time than the thousands of times I’d done it before. It was…
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Walter Corleone: The Shared Evil of the Godfather and Breaking Bad
If you’ve never seen Michael Carleone in Walter White, look harder. Sure, one is a mafia don in 1950’s New Yorkand the other is a methamphetamine distributor in current day New Mexico, but they are,…
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Have Time, Will Travel
(click to enlarge) Ah shit. When I posted this, I thought it was real, but now I can see that it’s just a rather clever photoshop, one that combines the two most iconic time travel…
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If Star Wars Was an ’80s Teen Movie
You should recognize this art style by now. It’s from Denis Medri, the man responsible for both Steampunk Spider-Man and Grease Batman. Now he’s back with a new franchise and genre. That’s right, it’s ’80s…
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Five Fascinating Religious Implications Behind Five (Mostly Fascinating) Movies
Ever since the dawn of humanity, religion has played a monumental role in the cultural evolution of our species. We’ve still got the words “In God We Trust” on our currency, for chrissakes. And while…
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Movie Recommendation of the Week: Starman
If there’s one 80s sci-fi movie that you guys have to see it’s Starman. This movie was out well before any of the recent sci-fi shows we see today and I definitely hold it in…