As someone who was raised on R.L. Stine’s original series of Goosebumps books, and the TV adaptation that followed, I must admit that I entered the theater this past weekend with an equal amount of excitement and caution. Any doubts I had were soon replaced by chuckles and wide-eyed wonder as one monster after another […]
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What is there left to say about Mad Max: Fury Road that hasn’t already been said? Well over a decade since its troubled production began, George Miller somehow managed to achieve the impossible: resurrect a 30 year old franchise WITHOUT its iconic leading man, WITHOUT much in the way of plot relating to the previous […]
Tagged with: action, Blu-Ray, Charlize Theron, Fury Road, George Miller, Mad Max, post-apocalyptic, Tom Hardy
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Making a Case For the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reboot… It’s Not As Bad as You Think
I feel the need to preface this with a disclaimer: This is by no means a traditional film review. My sincerest apologies if that’s what you were looking for, but by now you can read about the critics ripping this flick to shreds (no pun intended… well, maybe a little) on hundreds of other sites […]
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With 6 months to go I’ve yet to see much about the upcoming ROBOCOP reboot that has impressed me, but after watching this trailer for the third time it’s the first thing that comes close. Sure, we’ve all seen the awful all-black suit and wondered “What the hell were they thinking?!” but the trailer reveals […]
Tagged with: action, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, remake, RoboCop, Samuel L Jackson, sci-fi, trailer
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I’m sure you’re all familiar with the saying “so bad, it’s good.” It’s typically used to describe something that, for whatever reason, lacks quality but offers some sort of appeal. The fact remains that it’s bad… and yet we still love it. That’s the purpose of this new column; a chronicling of all the schlocky, […]
Tagged with: 90s, action, Christopher Lloyd, comedy, Hulk Hogan, Suburban Commando, wrestling
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Not due to hit theaters until July, the promotional trailers for Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming film Pacific Rim have already begun dropping. From the looks of it, this film has plenty of fast-paced action and a large-scale Hollywood feel. If the Hellboy films are any indication of how Del Toro will handle the action sequences, […]
Tagged with: Godzilla, Guillermo del Toro, Gundam Wing, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Pacific Rim, sci-fi, Transformers
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As you should know by now, the Rube is a big fan of Legos. To me it’s not only a way to relax, but when you don’t have a lot of time (or space) to build and paint a teetering stack of monster model kits, Lego kits are the next best thing. They come in […]
Tagged with: Hunger Games, Legos, pirates, sci-fi, Spongebob Squarepants, The Flying Dutchman