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Number of Posts: 22

The “Gray Ones” Fade To Black

Published on June 3, 2011 by
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  “How come you only show us clips from movies none of us ever heard of?” She was 30, a single mom who’d admirably gone back to school for a business degree to better things for her and her family.  … [Read the Rest]

For the Love of Greendale – The Very Best of ‘Community’

Published on May 26, 2011 by
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If you are not yet familiar with Dan Harmon’s Community, now’s as good a time as any. The NBC series (which airs on Thursday nights at 8:00 PM) ranks as one of the three best comedies currently still airing; which … [Read the Rest]

Six Best Films Based on a Television Series

Published on May 4, 2011 by
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Many times, producers have attempted to turn a successful television series into a big blockbuster movie. Sometimes the resulting movie requires too much knowledge of the original series and non-fans are lost (The X-Files: Fight the Future). Sometimes, the film … [Read the Rest]

Busting an Old Wives’ Tale: Are odd-numbered Star Trek movies really that bad?

Published on March 17, 2011 by
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Until the release of the all-new, re-branded, back-to-the-beginning Star Trek in 2009 (dir. J. J. Abrams) commentators all over the world, from hardened Trekkies to critics landed with the job of reviewing the next Trek movie, were unanimously agreed on … [Read the Rest]

Five Films That Blur The Line Between Fantasy And Reality

Published on February 24, 2011 by
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Many unsuspecting cinema-goers who clearly hadn’t read the reviews got quite a shock when they went into Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan expecting a nice movie about ballet. Black Swan is a fully-fledged (pun intended) horror movie full of fantastical elements … [Read the Rest]

Chasing Mr. Brainwash: The Final Word on “Exit Through the Gift Shop”

Published on February 13, 2011 by
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Please check out Sound On Sight Radio (shortlisted four years running as one of the best film review shows world wide) No film has ever generated the type of controversy enjoyed by Exit Through the Gift Shop; the film’s notoriety … [Read the Rest]

Mohammed Ali: The Greatest (documentary subject) Ever

Published on January 21, 2011 by
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Very few people have had a great movie made about them. Fewer still have been the subject of a great documentary, mostly because docs about famous people are usually of the A&E variety or produced by those people as promotion. … [Read the Rest]