Category: Movie Monday
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The Warcraft Movie: The Biggest and Prettiest Video Game Movie Disaster
I didn’t think I’d ever talk about Warcraft again after my ‘At What Point Should World of Warcraft Stopped Expanding’ article. But then they announced Burning Crusade Classic and I got dragged right back in. So… here we are. Even if they’ve recently been improving, the reputation surrounding video game movies is still a disastrous…
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Really Good One
You know how I mentioned the first two movies felt really weird compared to the rest of the series? Yeah, that’s because of this movie. Prisoner of Azkaban is where the Harry Potter movies really found their identity. The stories start walking a finer line between whimsical and dark. The pacing is better. The visuals…
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Making My Peace With Godzilla ’98
Yup. I’m at it again. Don’t worry, I’ll leave the series alone until Godzilla VS Kong comes out. Godzilla ’98 is one of the most infamous movies of all time. People who weren’t familiar with the original franchise saw it as nothing more than a lame Jurassic Park ripoff. But fans of the series tore…
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The Martian: Adapting a Modern Classic
Nearly a year ago now, I finally got around to reading a book that’s been sitting on my to-read list for ages: The Martian. When I finally got around to it, I quickly realized that it was worth it. It quickly became one of my favorite modern sci-fi stories. But then I didn’t learn from…
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Robocop (1987): The Dumbest, Bloodiest Movie I’ve Ever Seen
So… with all the shit that’s been going down in the last few months, can we all agree that this is a horror movie now? Robocop is like a Michael Bay movie before Michael Bay movies were a thing. The story is incredibly stupid, featuring cheesy dialogue, awkward acting, and gore so over-the-top that you…
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