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Movie Review - Suicide Squad
In our recent opinion piece regarding the cinematic rivalry between Marvel and DC and how the critics weigh in, well, when I wrote that,...
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Aug 23, 2016
Impulse Buy Theater - Caligula
For the last 153 minutes, that’s two and a half hours folks, I’ve seen so much dick that I think it broke my mind. Don’t get me wrong,...
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Aug 21, 2016
Impulse Buy Theater - Fire City: End of Days
Well, they can’t all be good. While I’m certain that this isn’t the first or the last time an Impulse Buy Theater review goes negative,...
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Aug 17, 2016
Kung Fu Concussion Discussion - Bruce Against Iron Hand
Plunging his fists into the molten heart of Shou-Lao the Undying, a fire-breathing serpent, gave Danny Rand the power of the "Iron Fist",...
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Aug 15, 2016
Opinion - Marvel Studios VS DC Films: Is There a Critic Conspiracy?
[We should make it clear that at the time of this writing, the author has not yet seen Suicide Squad. – Ed.] With the recent pummeling...
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Aug 7, 2016
Movie Review - Dune (1984)
Arrakis. Dune. Desert Planet. When we last left the saga of Dune, Alejandro Jodorowsky had failed to secure the funding necessary for...
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Aug 5, 2016
Opinion - The Death of Epic Films and the Need for Their Resurrection
There was a time when going to the movies was an experience. People would get dressed up. Once there, there were Newsreels and cartoons...
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Aug 2, 2016
Kung Fu Concussion Discussion - Kung Fu Arts
Uncle Monkey. It’s really the only thing I remember vividly from Kung Fu Arts…aside from being utterly confused. Let’s see if the...
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Jul 27, 2016
Kung Fu Concussion Discussion - Shaolin Temple
For our second Kung Fu Concussion Discussion, well, there’s a bit of a setup. [Again?!? – Ed.] I’ll keep it short this time though,...
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Jul 22, 2016
Kung Fu Concussion Discussion - The Master
Welcome to a new feature here at The Cat…the Kung Fu Concussion Discussion! [Because we’re not unfocused enough. – Ed.] I have to...
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Jul 20, 2016
State of the Franchise - Transformers Films
With all four movies reviewed (HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE), and the fifth film, The Last Knight, on its way, we now take a step back and...
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Jul 18, 2016
Movie Review - Transformers: Age of Extinction
Transformers: Age of Extinction has some problems; some of it with the humans, as usual, but some of it with the bots too. That’s...
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Jul 16, 2016
Movie Review - Transformers: Dark of the Moon
It was about a year ago when I started to review the Transformers series of films with the intent of doing something similar to what I...
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Jul 14, 2016
Impulse Buy Theater - Freaks of Nature
One week. The film was only out for one week. You see, I remember seeing the trailer for Freaks of Nature a week before it was released...
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Jul 4, 2016
Impulse Buy Theater's Avengers - Captain America (1990)
As any dog with a hankering for Christmas tinsel will tell you…sometimes a shiny shit makes all the difference in the world. And that’s...
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Jun 1, 2016
Movie Review - Captain America: Civil War
Let’s rewind to the start of 2016. As the ball dropped in NYC, we had a year ahead of us that was full of potential for comic book...
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May 29, 2016
Impulse Buy Theater's Avengers - The Incredible Hulk TV Movies
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is not unique. There, I said it. And no, I’m not alluding to DC’s nascent effort into that arena. Hell,...
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May 1, 2016
Opinion - I'll See Your "Whitewashing" and Raise You an Archetype and a Monomyth
With the first picture from the live-action adaptation of Ghost In The Shell having hit the Internet, the nerd community, as usual, is in...
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Apr 29, 2016
Movie Review - Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
Back in the late 70s, three writers sat in the library at DC Comics, puffing Havana cigars and talking about Superman. Two of them, Cary...
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Mar 28, 2016
State of the Franchise - Superman Films
Let’s talk about James Bond for a moment. Yes, yes, I know, we’re supposed to be giving a State of the Franchise Address for the...
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Mar 18, 2016
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