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Movie Review: ’99 Homes’

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Plot:  Set circa 2010 during the real estate bubble, 99 Homes follows the story of Dennis Nash (Andrew Garfield) and his family.  A recently unemployed construction worker, Nash is evicted from his home despite… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens’

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***MINOR SPOILERS BELOW*** Plot:  Set several decades after the events of Return of the Jedi, the new First Order has risen from the ashes of the Empire.  Among the leaders of this evil new… Continue reading

Knee Jerk Racism When Casting Movie Roles

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This is a delicate post for me to write.  I live in a country (USA) where the issue of racism is probably more prevalent in the media than it’s been in twenty years.… Continue reading

Batman and Superman Don’t Kill People….Except When They Do

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  There’s a lot of animosity towards the upcoming Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice film.  It extends back not just to the casting of Ben Affleck (which I’m glad that bitch-fest has died down,… Continue reading

WTF Hollywood??? Stop Splitting Movies Up Unnecessarily!

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Some stories, especially ones based on novels, need more than one movie. The content is just so vast and expansive that collapsing the material into one 2 1/2 movie just wouldn’t work.  An… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Creed’

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Plot:  Adonis “Donnie” Johnson (Michael B. Jordan) never knew his famous father, heavyweight champion Apollo Creed.  The offspring of an affair between Creed and Adonis’ mother, Johnson grows up amidst foster homes and… Continue reading

Why Cisco Ramon is the Best Character on ‘The Flash’

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As superheroes go, the Flash never really did it for me growing up.  I was always more of a Batman/Superman kind of guy.  Forgive the horrible pun but a guy who could run… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘SPECTRE’

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Plot:  Picking up shortly after the events of Skyfall, SPECTRE finds the indomitable MI-6 agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) on a mission to kill a man at the request of the recently deceased M (Judi… Continue reading

Timey Wimey Talk: Doctor Who: Series 9: Episode 7: The Zygon Invasion

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It’s just a generally accepted fact that almost every Doctor Who episode since the moment BBC restarted the series has been strong.  In over 100 episodes I’ve yet to see an episode that rated less… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Beasts of No Nation’

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  Plot:  When civil war approaches a small West African village, many of the townspeople are forced to flee to the capital for sanctuary.  Among those is the family of a adolescent boy… Continue reading