Category: Movies
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American Psycho: Remember When Batman Murdered the Joker With an Axe?
I couldn’t think of a clever title for this one, sorry guys. I’m not usually much a fan for horror or slasher movies. There are a few exceptions, namely the Alien movies (Alien is a slasher, right? Or did I just start an argument?), but generally I’m not into movies all about serial killers. Not […]
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The Lion King (1994): Hamlet, Furry Edition
More than a few animated classics have been ‘remade’ in the last few years. And by remade, I mean ‘butchered by live-action adaptations’. Dumbo, Beauty and the Beast, and Mulan are just a few examples. But not one of them are so offensive as what happened to this movie. The Lion King is widely regarded […]
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John Wick: A Modern Action Masterpiece
Action thriller movies are hardly a rare breed of films. However, it is rare for them to be executed well, as it is easy for a single mistake to bring it all down. Poor editing or shaky cam can sink the ship before it even leaves the port. Then there are movies like John Wick. […]
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Does Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Live Up to the Hype?
This’ll be the last Batman article for a while, I promise. During a discussion my friends and I had about the new Batman movie, one of them brought up Mask of the Phantasm. I hadn’t seen it in ages, so I couldn’t really give my input on it. But it got me thinking: is that […]
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The Batman: Fixing a Damaged Man
In the last few years, I have suffered major burnout on the character of Batman. Once, he was my favorite superhero. But between the Snyder movies that butchered the character, the over-abundance of animated movies or shows that range from middling to decent, and the overuse of characters like the Joker and Harley Quinn, I […]
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