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Franchise Friday - Friday the 13th (1980)
“Anyone can die at any time.” Of the many ways one can describe the body count of a ‘drive-in movie’, that’s definitely one of the most...
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Feb 11, 2022
Thriller Thursday - Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Now this is what I’d wanted all along! But the weird thing is…well, wait a sec, let me find a better way to say this: critics definitely...
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Feb 10, 2022
Vampire Vednesday - Dracula (1979)
There are many reasons to get into horror films. Every horror fan will tell you a unique story as to how they came to embrace the genre....
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Feb 9, 2022
Movie Review - Mindwarp
With The Matrix Resurrections having come and gone from Theaters (mostly)…and maybe HBO Max briefly…we turn our attention to a pre-Matrix...
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Feb 7, 2022
Movies Against Whitey! Super Fly
I don’t want to say that I pick these films at random, but at the same time, I can honestly say that I didn’t plan this. But rather...
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Feb 6, 2022
Movies Against Whitey - Shaft (1971)
Maybe I’m just an east coast kind of guy. See, with Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song [SSBS], all the action happened on the west coast,...
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Feb 5, 2022
Movies Against Whitey! Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Now this is how I wanted to start Black History Month. Welcome to the MAW – Movies Against Whitey! This segment won’t be confined to...
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Feb 4, 2022
KaiJuly: Shin Godzilla
In 2014, WB and Legendary Pictures launched their Monsterverse in earnest with their version of Godzilla. And, in 2016, as one would...
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Jul 31, 2021
Movie Review - Godzilla Vs Kong
“You be boss down there, I’m boss up here.” Those of you that have seen the movie will know what I mean, those of you that haven’t won’t...
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May 6, 2021
Impulse Buy Theater - Bravestorm (2017)
“And I hate givin’ bad news to good people.” Leading off with that quote, well, kinda colors the whole review, doesn’t it? I fought off...
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Apr 21, 2021
Impulse Theater: Bubba Ho-Tep
Sometimes, all it takes is a song and the right weather. Let me see if I can explain. The thing is, and on some level, it’s been a pretty...
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Apr 14, 2021
Movie Review: Zack Snyder's Justice League
Wow...it's been a while huh? Well, let's dust off this keyboard and see if I've still got it, shall we? November 17, 2017. Yes, I saw...
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Mar 30, 2021
Toon Review - Transformers: The Movie
You know, it’s hard to write about a movie you’ve seen about a hundred times. That should be an exaggeration, but if I had the...
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Oct 8, 2016
Movie Review - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
So the Turtles were back in theaters this summer…and very few people came. That’s kind of a shame. Easy there internet, this isn’t going...
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Oct 6, 2016
Movie Reivew - Tomorrowland
You know, I’ve already written about John Carter, but I seriously need to sit down and write up a piece on Disney bombs and why they...
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Oct 4, 2016
Nuking the Podcat - Episode 2: Buckaroo Banzai
For the Podcast itself, click HERE to listen via Google Podcasts. Well, most of the feedback was positive…so we’re back for a second...
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Sep 20, 2016
Movie Review - Midnight Special
“Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.” And with that Yoda quote from The Empire Strikes Back, I feel like I’ve already summed...
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Sep 13, 2016
Nuking the Podcat Episode 1 - Disney's The Black Hole
Yes! We have a podcast! No! It probably isn’t very good! Still, cut us some slack. Like any first episode or season of a series,...
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Sep 7, 2016
Movie Review - Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
It was April 2005 when the first Sin City film came out. Now, truth be told, I’ve got some sentimental attachment to the film…it was the...
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Aug 27, 2016
Kung Fu Concussion Discussion - The Assassin
It’s almost not right to throw this in with the usual fare I’ve come to associate with the Kung Fu Concussion Discussion, but it was the...
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Aug 25, 2016
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