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Symmetrically Speaking, Dreamscape Is a Dream Come True
If you were to go back in time a couple of months and predict that one of my readers would be able to pick three films that are each perfectly symmetrical in their story structure, I would have answered, “In … Continue reading
Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus
Tagged 1980s, chiasmus, dennis quaid, dreamscape, films, movie review, movies, science fiction
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My Younger Brother Hates Every Martin Short Performance Except This One
Martin Short is an acquired taste. He plays an obnoxious guy really well. Think Father of the Bride, Three Amigos, and Captain Ron. So I can’t really fault anyone for not enjoying his schtick. Personally, I find him endearing. My … Continue reading
Posted in Forgotten Film Gems
Tagged 1980s, comedy, films, innerspace, martin short, movie review, movies, science fiction
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What Happened After the End of Flight of the Navigator?
I know I already talked about Flight of the Navigator last week, but there’s just so much more to say about it. After all, it has one of the best science fiction premises I’ve ever seen put to film. What … Continue reading
Posted in After The End
Tagged 1980s, alien, films, flight of the navigator, relationships
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Flight of the Navigator Predicted Modern Discourse in a Few Lines
Flight of the Navigator is a good movie that inadvertently predicted the contradictory depths of the way some people speak these days. There seems to be a lot of confusion on topics that have never really been up for debate. … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Scenes, Videos
Tagged 1980s, disney, films, flight of the navigator, movie review, movies, science fiction
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My Improved Version of ‘Uninvited’ from City of Angels
Uninvited has a hauntingly beautiful melody and terribly lame lyrics. So I rewrote them to make them mean much more than unrequited love. Continue reading
Posted in Random Stuff, Videos
Tagged angel, city of angels, films, movies, music, pop songs, romance, songs, soundtrack, uninvited
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Let’s Explore the Symmetry of Escape from New York
This is getting scary. In the Tron Cinematic Chiasmus, I noted that it wasn’t my idea to analyze that movie. But once I did, I couldn’t deny it worked perfectly as a chiasmus. I have to give all the credit … Continue reading
Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus
Tagged 1980s, action movies, chiasmus, escape from new york, films, john carpenter, kurt russell, movie review, movies
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Get with the Program! Tron Is a Symmetrical Film
Cinematic Chiasmus is no longer my sole domain. I’ve had help from my wonderful readers to complete my Spider-Man chiasmus and to see the chiasmus of Alien and Alien3. In those cases, I had abandoned my Spider-Man chiasmus, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus
Tagged 1980s, action movies, chiasmus, films, movie review, movies, science fiction, tron
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Do Rotten Sequels Spoil Great Previous Films?
I recently rewatched 2006’s Casino Royale. I hadn’t seen it in many years, and I really liked returning to it. It feels so simple and quaint in some ways. And yet something was nagging at my mind the whole time … Continue reading
Posted in Random Stuff
Tagged action movies, alien, aliens, films, movie review, movies, science fiction, sequels, spiderman, star trek, star wars, superman, terminator
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Who Was The Road to El Dorado Made for?
I remember hearing about The Road to El Dorado in 2000 during my senior year of high school. It looked too juvenile for me. However, I did hear that it had some adult stuff in it, like characters getting naked … Continue reading
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