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Review: Jodorowsky’s Dune

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Take a moment to think about the most influential science fiction movie.  Chances are that most people have several of the same movies on their lists: Star Wars, Blade Runner, Alien, Avatar, Terminator, just to name a few. However, there is a movie that is potentially more influential than any of the ones I’ve listed, and yet that movie was never made.  Such is the tale told by Jodorowsky’s Dune, a recent documentary that chronicles the failed attempt by director Alejandro Jodorowsky to make a film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic novel Dune. Continue reading

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Review: The Satanic Rites of Dracula (Elvira’s Movie Macabre)

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Although B movie creators are not strangers to the sensational movie title, The Satanic Rites of Dracula is among the most eyebrow raising titles in the genre. Sadly, the title is probably the most interesting part of this movie. That being said, this film is well worth a watch, which is just what I gave it. Continue reading

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Editorial | Review, X-men: Days of Future Past *Spoilers*

***** SPOILER ALERT *****

This review will be discussing plot points which may be considered spoilers. Consider yourselves warned.

The phrase “summer blockbuster” may as well have been coined for X-men: Days of Future Past.  This monolith of cinema was released on Thursday, just in time to dominate the long, holiday weekend, and I went and saw it twice in preparation for this review (mostly because I forgot my notebook the first time, but I digress).

While comic fans probably have a lot of gripes about this movie, and rightly so (yes, this was supposed to be Kitty Pryde’s movie; yes, some of the characters were not true to their comic book profiles), the movie itself was an entertaining ride from start to finish.
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Guest Blog: Godzilla Review *Spoilers*

***** SPOILER ALERT *****

This review will be discussing plot points which may be considered spoilers. Consider yourselves warned.

When I think of the embodiment of raw, awesome, power, Godzilla is the first thing that comes to mind. Pulverizing humanity’s great cities, brushing aside the world’s militaries, and slugging it out with other big honking monsters, Godzilla did it all. Seeing these movies as a young boy I loved the giant radioactive dinosaur dragon. Admittedly, in the sixty years since his debut in 1954, Godzilla’s movies have ranged between wildly entertaining, to reflective and poignant, to just plain laughably and ridiculous. It is just hard to not like Godzilla, and truth be told, it is really hard to mess up a Godzilla movie, (although it has happened). When I first learned that a new Hollywood Godzilla film was coming out in 2014, I was cautiously optimistic. Continue reading

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