Tag: Movies
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Starship Troopers: The Only Good Bug is a Dead Bug!
I’ve been playing a lot of ‘Helldivers II’ recently. What can I say? I love spreading Democracy and blowing up bots! I’m basically addicted to what is essentially a ‘Starship Troopers’ simulator. But I must confess: I’ve never actually seen ‘Starship Troopers.’ Not all the way through, at least. I saw a portion of it…
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Superman VS the Elite: What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, & the American Way?
I’ve been an ardent Superman defender for a while now. He’s a far more interesting and important character than a lot of people give him credit for. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it twice, and I’ll say it a thousand more times. But I’ve never really given an example as to why. So…
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The Rocky Franchise: Final Thoughts and Ranking
What a wild ride we shared these last few months, eh? My marathon through the Rocky movies was an intriguing one. Not simply because some movies were good and some were bad. In fact, it was never so simple. However bad they got, these movies always had something interesting, compelling, bizarre, or entertaining. Like, look…
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Creed III is Basically Live-Action Naruto
This is it, folks. Six Rocky films and two Creeds later, we’re finally at the last movie. Feels like I should get a championship belt for getting here… Like Creed II, I didn’t know much about III going into it. I remember hearing in some interviews forever ago that Michael B. Jordan loved shounen battle…
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Creed II: Putting the Past to Rest
I didn’t know much about this movie going in. Some friends told me they didn’t enjoy it, and that’s about it. I was basically blind. Still, it couldn’t be that bad. This series has seen some historic lows in the past. Besides, the first Creed movie was great! So, what did we get? Oh. It’s…
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