Five Movies That Know They Are Movies
We can now add movies to the growing list of things that are becoming self aware that we probably need to be concerned about. It starts with robots. They vacuum for us, and do other…
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We Need to be Grown-Up About Children’s Movies
The general public’s acceptance of sci-fi is on the rise. Superhero movies like X-Men and Spider-Man paved the way by striking a chord with contemporary politics and societal pressures. Batman, who used to be brushed…
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Movie Recommendation of the Week: Back to School
This is a very obvious recommendation but one that the newer generation of people need to know about. While it’s hard for me to believe that not everyone knows the movie Back To School, I…
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Fantastic Lord of the Rings Stained Glass Art
For as geeky as this site is, we don’t often feature LOTR stuff that much. Sure, we’ve got Star Wars galore, but that other trilogy doesn’t get enough love from us as it should. I aim…
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Seven Movies That Made Me Hate Alcohol
I got to watch an early screening of the indie dramedy Smashed, which hits theaters this weekend. The movie stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead like you’ve never seen her before. She plays a first-grade schoolteacher who…
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Body Language: A Love Letter to Tom Hardy’s Bane
[Note: This open letter to Tom Hardy’s Bane is intended for audiences that have already seen The Dark Knight Rises; and is inappropriate for people who have a tendency to be late to the party….
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Six Non-Horror Films That Are Far More Disturbing Than Most Horror Films
Just because something is horrific, does not mean it’s horror. Or does it? At times, it seems, I have some problems differentiating that. Let’s say there was a drama movie about a rape and murder….
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The B Movie is Alive and Well: My Favorite Asylum Mockbusters
We’ve all been there: cruising the algorithm-based Netflix Watch Instantly page on any given evening, searching for something decent to watch. Let’s see, you’ve got your instant queue, filled with all the Fellini, Godard, and…
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The Plight of a Modern Fanboy
A few weeks ago, one of the members of our comment section made the understandable assertion that my unequivocal support of Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis is simply due to my being a fan of his. And I…