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What an Aborted Cinematic Chiasmus Looks Like

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

After doing my massive Dark Knight Trilogy cinematic chiasmus, I took a step back and considered how incredible it was that those three films managed to be perfectly ordered to create something beautiful. And then I realized that after doing … Continue reading →

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10 Directors Who Seamlessly Transitioned to Sci-Fi on Their First Try

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Great directors are ones who thrive even when making films in genres they’re not particularly familiar with. Science fiction is a great one to test a director’s mettle because films in this genre could so easily be dismissed as mindless … Continue reading →

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The Subtle Symmetry of the Entire Dark Knight Trilogy

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

My readers deserve a better class of article. And I’m gonna give it to ‘em. You will never look at Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy the same. This one is a real doozy. Remember my Cinematic Chiasmus on the entire … Continue reading →

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Cinematic Chiasmus: The Dark Knight Trilogy

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

This is not a typical Cinematic Chiasmus. I have written an ambitious article detailing how Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises mirror each other quite breathtakingly. The only problem is that the article is so huge that I have … Continue reading →

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10 Villains Who Think They Are Heroes

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Not every movie villain is interested in being evil. Some are misguided or wrongly believe that they are completely in the right. They see the supposed heroes of the story as hindrances to their righteous cause. Let’s examine 10 bad … Continue reading →

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Something New to Admire About The Last Starfighter Besides Its Special Effects

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I have to admit I was wrong about The Last Starfighter. In one of my first articles on this website, I mocked that film and said that it was a bad movie with good music. A few years later, I … Continue reading →

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10 Movies Whose Hero and Villain Never Actually Meet

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Some movies are so well-constructed, they don’t even need their hero and villain to be anywhere close to each other to create lots of suspense and conflict. They might talk with each other over the phone, but they never have … Continue reading →

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Movie Matchups: Atlantis: The Lost Empire vs. Stargate

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Stargate debuted in theaters exactly 20 years ago today. It was so good that they released it again seven years later, except that time it was called Atlantis: The Lost Empire. These movies are so closely related that it’s crazy that Roland … Continue reading →

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‘I’ll Be Back’ Takes on New Meaning: Terminator 2: Judgment Day’s First Half Mirrors Its Second Half

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

October 26, 2014 marks the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of The Terminator. That was James Cameron’s first real directing job, and he followed it up with the even better Aliens and The Abyss. In 1991, he returned to … Continue reading →

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10 Good Sequels That Sowed the Seeds of Their Series’ Destruction

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

It’s really hard to make a good sequel to a hit movie. The filmmakers have to please fans of the first film while also adding something new to the mix to make the sequel stand on its own. But something … Continue reading →

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