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Movie Review: ‘The Hateful Eight’ (Second Opinion)

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  Plot:  1870s Wyoming.  Bounty hunter John “The Hangman” Ruth (Kurt Russell) is transporting known murderer and thief Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to the town of Red Rock for trial.  Waylaid by… Continue reading →

Why Quentin Tarantino Is Batshit Crazy Insane

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I’m a firm believer that many geniuses are partly mad.  History bares this out.  Michelangelo rarely changed his clothes and walked away from conversations mid-sentence.  Famous Japanese author Yukio Mushima stormed the Japanese… Continue reading →

Movie Review: ‘The Revenant’

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Plot:  Inspired by true events, The Revenant details the story of Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), a fur trapper and tracker who after being mauled by a bear is left for dead by his companions John… Continue reading →

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 →