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The Types of Movies That Currently Dominate Each Month of the Year
When you study movies all the time, you start to notice interesting patterns. This week I took a long hard look at movie release schedules over the past few years, and I noticed that certain types of films seem to … Continue reading
Shall We Play a Game? Let’s See How Symmetrical WarGames Is
How about a nice game of guess how symmetrical WarGames is? The answer is quite simple: It’s completely symmetrical. I grew up loving this movie, so I feel like it’s a privilege to share just how awesome this movie is. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, chiasmus, cold war, films, movie review, movies, science fiction, wargames
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10 Movies About Aliens That Don’t Have Any Language Barriers
Science fiction is a funny business. You want to have just enough scientific realism to be believable, but you don’t want to spend the whole film talking about hardware or the linguistics problems involved in human-alien communication. Some movies manage … Continue reading
Posted in Random Stuff
Tagged 1980s, action movies, alien, aliens, comedy, dark city, ed wood, et the extra terrestrial, fantastic four, films, fun, funny, guardians of the galaxy, humor, masters of the universe, movie review, movies, mst3k, mystery science theater 3000, plan 9 from outer space, santa claus, science fiction, sequels, superman, thor
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What Makes the Trailer for Aliens (1986) Perfect
Are you in the mood for a perfect movie trailer? Look no further than the trailer for the 1986 masterpiece Aliens: The first time I saw this trailer was on a VHS copy of Aliens: Special Edition, which includes deleted … Continue reading
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Tagged action movies, alien, aliens, films, james cameron, movies, science fiction, sequels, trailers
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Why Terminator: Genisys Is a Good Movie
Terminator: Genisys ends the series on a high note by bringing back a lot of what made me love this series in the first place. It shows that all that stuff may be old, but it’ll never be obsolete. Continue reading
Unidentified Flying Oddball – What Were They Thinking?
I had planned on writing a Forgotten Film Gem article this week about a 1979 Disney film called Unidentified Flying Oddball. I hadn’t seen it in years, but I remembered enough good things about it that I figured it would … Continue reading
Posted in Random Stuff
Tagged bad movies, comedy, disney, films, fun, funny, humor, jokes, movie review, movies, movies based on books, NASA, puns, relationships, romance, science fiction, space, space exploration, time travel
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10 Obscure TV Shows I Loved as a Kid
This is going to be fun. I have compiled a list of 10 little-known TV shows I watched as a kid. Instead of spouting off dry facts about them, I have written about them based solely on my memories of … Continue reading
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Tagged 321 contact, bobbys world, denver the last dinosaur, eek the cat, eerie indiana, exo-squad, fun, funny, humor, kids shows, noozles, nostalgia, science fiction, shirt tales, snorks, todays special, TV shows
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Is Superman II as Good as It Gets for Superman Films?
I saw the trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice this weekend, and I couldn’t help asking: Is this what they think we want in a Superman film? It looks dark, depressing, and charmless – the exact opposite of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, action movies, films, movie review, movies, relationships, romance, science fiction, sequels, spiderman, superman
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5 Reasons Why Star Trek V Needed to Exist
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is generally considered one of the worst Star Trek films, if not the worst. It certainly has ambitious ideas, but the perfect storm of a writers’ strike, an overburdened Industrial Light & Magic, and a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, action movies, box office bombs, film score, films, george takei, jerry goldsmith, movie review, movies, music, science fiction, sequels, soundtrack, star trek, william shatner
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