Why The Muppets (2011) Actually Worked
Before watching it for myself, I simply couldn’t fathom why 2011’s The Muppets was as popular and as well-received a film as it ended up being. The Muppets were those fuzzy, rainbow-colored puppets from the…
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Reviewing Foxcatcher Before it Comes Out
It’s no secret that I was a fan of Foxcatcher after watching that first teaser trailer. (you’ll find me gushing about it here, here and oh here) Hailing it as my most anticipated movie of…
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Will Finding Dory Live Up To Finding Nemo?
Already pushed back to 2016 from it’s original 2015 date, is Finding Dory going to dry up before it ever hits the cinema screen? Finding Nemo is up there on my list of great animated…
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5 Classic Movies I Couldn’t Trick Myself Into Liking
Classic movies are classics for a reason. They’re widely recognized as important movies, movies of quality, movies that defined a moment in time. You can quibble about ranking, you can debate the way they stand…
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James Cameron’s ‘The Potential Spider-Man’: What Almost Was
In June of 2002 I had my first real Spider-Man experience. Seeing Raimi’s web slinger swinging through New York City was a spectacle that really struck a chord with me. And it obviously stuck, because…
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If You’re Ever Considering a Big Lebowski Themed Wedding, This is the Reference You Use
So here’s how the story goes. At the end of their first date, Jesse and Chelsea watched The Big Lebowski. It became an anniversary tradition every year to revisit the film together. However to many…
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Why I’m Actually Excited for a Dead Space Movie
It’s tough to get excited for video game movies in this day and age when so many are really, really terrible. The “best” video game movie to date is probably the original Resident Evil as…
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Why the Ending of Fury Works… but Not in the Way You Might Expect
A couple weeks ago, Devin Faraci of Badass Digest wrote up a piece that delved into the problems filmgoers might find in the climactic sequences of recent war movie Fury. He’s not the only one…
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Charlie Brown Gets a 3D Makeover in The Peanuts Movie
Say it ain’t so! One of the few and most classic cartoons left that’s managed to stay in 2D all these years just got a makeover. Perhaps because Charlie Brown and Snoopy turn 65…