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Movie Review: Seven Psychopaths

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Director: Martin McDonag Starring: Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, and Woody Harrelson Plot: A screenwriter gets wrapped into his best friends dognapping business. Review: The title of the film refers to the… Continue reading

‘Aliens’ vs ‘The Thing’: Cinematic Showdown

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Alien movies can be used in many different ways. Independence Day is an example of alien invasions being used for big budget action spectacles, District 9 and Alien Nation went for social commentary,… Continue reading

Movie Review: Argo

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Directed by: Ben Affleck Starring: Ben Affleck, John Goodman, and Alan Arkin Plot: During the Iran Hostage Crisis, a CIA agent poses as a Hollywood producer to sneak Americans out of the country. Review: In 1979,… Continue reading

John Carpenter in Review: Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)

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Starring: Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, and Sam Neill Plot: Nick is a yuppie who is turned invisible after a freak accident. He tries to earn the love of a beautiful woman while the CIA tries… Continue reading

John Carpenter in Review: They Live (1988)

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Starring: Rowdy Roddy Piper and Keith David Plot: A drifter stumbles on to a rebellion’s inventory of special sunglasses. These sunglasses allow him to see subliminal messages and the aliens who are hiding as society’s… Continue reading

John Carpenter in Review: Prince of Darkness (1987)

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Starring: Donald Pleasance, Victor Wong, and a cameo by Alice Cooper Plot: A vat of mysterious liquid is found in a church. A research term is asked to come in and figure out… Continue reading

Nine Reasons I Don’t Like Kevin Smith Anymore

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Towards the end of the 1990s I finished high school and went on to study cinema at university, and for the first time in my life I was surrounded by people who were… Continue reading

House of Geekery’s Favorite Horror Movies

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October is the time to celebrate our love for horror and what better way to do that then to discuss each of our favorite movies from the horror genre. Presented here, in no… Continue reading

John Carpenter in Review: Starman (1984)

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Starring: Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen Plot: An alien takes the form of a woman’s dead husband. He needs her to take him across the country, but the government tries to intervene. Review: This is… Continue reading

John Carpenter in Review: Christine (1983)

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Starring:  Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, and Alexandra Paul Plot: A high school geek buys a beat up Plymouth Fury and fixes it up. Unbeknownst to him the car has a life of its own… Continue reading