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Fright Night and Vamp

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Steve

When did the trend of Emo-Wussy vampire films really begin? I blame Coppola’s weak Dracula, Rice’s adaption of Interview with the Vampire and White Wolf’s RPG. These bad precedents made crap such as Twilight and all its current knockoffs acceptable. Thanks … Continue reading →

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Don’t You Forget About Me

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Steve

It has been a year since John Hughes died suddenly. I was pretty sad over the news, I welled up some during the ending of Sixteen Candles last Summer for Alamo’s Girlie Night. Recently I stumbled upon this documentary via … Continue reading →

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John Bloom aka Joe Bob Briggs

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Steve

Last Friday morning, I was flipping through all the FaceBook noise I receive from all the things I “like” along with the Right-Wing diatribes and there was the announcement about Joe Bob hosting two movies Sunday evening Alamo Ritz! How … Continue reading →

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The Last Airbender

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Steve

Hollywood loves to make TV shows from an earlier generation (Miami Vice, The A-Team, Lost in Space, etc.) into terrible movies because they know there’s a built-in familiarity factor that leads to making money. Why a five-year-old Nickelodeon cartoon was … Continue reading →

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Toy Story 3

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Steve

The Summer of 2010 has so far been rather tepid in the movie department…until now; nothing has motivated us to hit the theaters with much urgency, even Iron Man 2. Originally, I was disappointed when Pixar decided to release its … Continue reading →

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Kick-Ass

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Steve

Another Summer filled with Comic Book-based characters is upon us: Iron Man 2, Jonah Hex and Scott Pilgrim readily come to mind. Seems Hollywood will stay fixated on the obscure franchises because nothing seems certain regarding the more accessible characters: … Continue reading →

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Weird Al Yankovic & UHF at the Paramount

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Steve

Weird Al Yankovic taking questions from the audience after the movie. Picture courtesy of this nice Austinite. The Alamo Drafthouse is the gold-standard for going to the movies, not this overpriced Yuppie upstart. Last night they continued to prove it with … Continue reading →

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2010 in 2010

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Steve

An interesting little look back/contrast on what we thought the future would be like back in 1984 through this sequel to Kubrick-Clarke’s odd original 2001. It’s certainly an Eighties movie with its greater emphasis on action (relatively more compared to … Continue reading →

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Drag Me To Hell

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Steve

Sam Raimi proves he still can do a humorous Horror-Action movie after spending about a decade on Spider-Man which was like all contemporary superhero franchises, it had diminishing returns with every sequel; in his defense, he did a  better job … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 2, 2010 by Steve

James Cameron has rightfully taken the Sci-Fi/Fantasy mantle away from George Lucas with his latest film. Maybe it can be a shared title with Peter Jackson for the Rings trilogy. I was more excited to see him working with Sigourney … Continue reading →

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