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Annihilation is a real conversation piece

Writer / director Alex Garland is no stranger to the sci-fi genre having scripted many well-regarded titles including 28 Days Later, Sunshine (a personal favorite), and Dredd, and both wrote and directed the modern science fiction classic Ex Machina. Garland ...
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February 22, 2018 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: ★★★, Annihilation, Benedict Wong, David Gyasi, Gina Rodriguez, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Schwab, Movie Reviews, Movies, Mystery, Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Paramount Pictures, Sci-Fi, Sonoya Mizuno, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny / Leave a comment

The Monkey King 3 is a fun if befuddling addition to the Chinese film series

One of the most famous pieces of Chinese mythos is the 16th Century novel 'Journey to the West' by Wu Cheng’en, and it has inspired many, many adaptations. One of the best is the prequel version by director Stephen Chow, ...
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February 16, 2018 / by Jeremy Fogelman / tags: ★★, Aaron Kwok, Adventure, Fantasy, Feng Shaofeng, Foreign, Him Law, Lin Chi-ling, Movie Reviews, Movies, The Monkey King 3, Well Go USA, Xiaoshenyang, Zanilia Zhao / Leave a comment

Black Panther is a new breed of superhero

The last few Marvel movies have been all about the spectacle, cramming as much into the movie as possible sometimes successfully (Thor: Ragnarok) and sometimes a little less so (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; Avengers: Age of Ultron). I ...
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February 15, 2018 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: ★★★, Adventure, Andy Serkis, Angela Bassett, Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Disney, Forest Whitaker, Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Freeman, Marvel Studios, Michael B. Jordan, Movie Reviews, Movies, Sci-Fi, Sterling K. Brown, Winston Duke / Leave a comment

Flaming Star Is What Awaits Elvis Presley Over His Shoulder

I started a blog site last year, Elvis Is Everywhere. Because it's true: Elvis, indeed, is everywhere.It's been a running gag ever since I first heard musician Mojo Nixon's iconic single 'Elvis Is Everywhere' originally released in 1987. ('Elvis is ...
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February 14, 2018 / by Michael Noble / tags: ★★, Barbara Eden, Dolores del Rio, Elvis Presley, Flaming Star, Home Viewing, John McIntire, Musical, Steve Forrest, Twentieth Century Fox, Western / Leave a comment

Star Trek: Discovery :: Passing the torch

We've been building up to this big Federation / Klingon conflict for weeks now and wondering how the war with the Klingons can be course corrected in order to make things mesh with Star Trek canon as we know it ...
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February 12, 2018 / by Chuck Duncan / tags: CBS all access, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Discovery Season 1, Television, TV Commentary, Will You Take My Hand / Leave a comment

Innocent Blood Review :: Warner Archive Collection brings the classic vampire movie to Blu-ray

In 1992, John Landis brought us the world of vampires mixed with the mob, a movie I never knew I needed. The director of An American Werewolf in London returned to the horror genre with Innocent Blood, a film that ...
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February 12, 2018 / by Justin Moore / tags: ★★, Angela Bassett, Anne Parillaud, Anthony LaPaglia, Chazz Palminteri, Crime, Don Rickles, Home Viewing, Horror, Innocent Blood, Luis Guzman, Robert Loggia, Tony Sirico, Warner Archive, Warner Bros. Pictures / Leave a comment

Tom of Finland Blu-ray Review :: Tom of Finland reveals the man behind the art

You probably don't know the name Touko Laaksonen, but you've probably seen his artwork, what was once very underground that is now pretty mainstream. But when Laaksonen began drawing his highly erotic, hyper-real depictions of strong, handsome, gay men he ...
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