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Per Matt When a friend asked me the premise for Ready Player One, I sarcastically replied with the following two sentences: Have you ever heard of Steven Spielberg? And have you ever played a video game before?
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is the beautiful vision of a mature French filmmaker with an almost fifty-year-long love affair with the source material, which began in 1967 and ran for 43 years, comprising a collection of… Continue Reading →
June 23 marks the birthday of one of pop culture’s most influential artists. Joss Whedon has distinguished himself as a writer, director, producer, filmmaker and pop-culture icon. Born Joseph Hill Whedon on June 23, 1964 in New York City, he… Continue Reading →
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (T2) is arguably two improbable things: the best sequel of all time, and / or the best action movie of all time. Like Jurassic Park, another early ’90s masterpiece, T2 is a film that seems to transcend space… Continue Reading →
In less than a week, the 89th Academy Awards will commence. For the everyday moviegoer, the Oscars have commemorated a selection of niche films until recently. Though, often, art-house movies come away with the top awards, relatively popular movies clean… Continue Reading →
Ah, I remember the year of 2004 as if it was yesterday. Janet Jackson had her infamous “wardrobe malfunction” in front of millions of shocked football fans. The final episode of Frasier aired, signalling the end of the Cheers era. Casey… Continue Reading →
Per Matt: In preparation for R.I.P.D. I took the extraordinary measure of getting ripped, for our Redbox Review.
Per Matt: By far one of the highlights of ScareFest 2012 was attending the panel of Josh Gates, the host of Syfy’s Destination Truth and Ghost Hunters Live. I’m a huge fan of Destination Truth and used to watch Ghost… Continue Reading →
Last year, I was pretty excited to see how the Steven Spielberg-produced sci-fi/fantasy, Terra Nova, would perform on network TV. Alas, at the last moment, it was pushed, due in part, to continuing to work on the special effects. The… Continue Reading →