People love nostalgia in movies, and that’s why plenty of legacy characters get a comeback decades later. The first Beverly Hills Cop was released 40 years ago in 1984, Eddie Murphy was just a young'un 23-year-old at the time. Dayum, the comedian still looks pretty darn good for being 63! I had only seen the …
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FlixChatter Review – Netflix’s Leave The World Behind (2023)
The psychological/end-of-the-world genre never really clicked with audiences even though it's been around for a long time. Hollywood tried to ignite the genre recently. George Clooney made The Midnight Sky a few years ago and again it didn't click with audiences. Earlier this year, M. Night's Knock at the Cabin came and went quickly in …
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Guest Review: Patriots Day (2017)
Directed By: Peter Berg Written By: Peter Berg, Matt Cook and Joshua Zetumer Runtime: 2 hrs 13 minutes Watching Patriots Day is a stressful experience, but not for the reasons I expected. I expected it to be hard to watch because it is a retelling of a violent moment in recent American history, but instead I was …
NOT-SO-SECRET SANTA REVIEW SWAP BLOGATHON: TREMORS 1990
This post is part of Cinematic Katzenjammer's NOT-SO-SECRET SANTA REVIEW SWAP blogathon spearheaded by Nick. When I signed up to do this a month ago, I was a bit nervous what movie I'd end up getting, ahah. Well, it turns out to be a pretty fun movie! TREMORS (1990) A small town gradually becomes aware of …
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Upcoming Flix Spotlight: R.I.P.D and interview w/ extra Tim Jacobs
Summer is a great time for action comedies! When I first saw this trailer earlier this year, I thought this is a crazy mash-up of Men In Black (but with dead people) meets Ghostbusters... with The Dude and Green Lantern, no less. After Detective Nick Walker (Ryan Reynolds) is killed by accident, he is recruited …
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Guest Post – ‘X-Men: First Class’ Review
[WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS] Despite my high expectations and fear of being disappointed, I really liked X-Men: First Class. Director Matthew Vaughn did serve up the Bond movie/political thriller cocktail that he promised, and, contrary to his own statement, there is no sappy love song to gum up the works [rtm's note: see comment in this …
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