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Two new crossover comics for the Summer of ’16
It’s always exciting to see favorite characters from different owners/licensees get together! Judge Dredd works on numerous levels despite many people forgetting that it’s mostly a British parody of America’s love of violence: Dirty Harry and other unhinged, plays-by-his-own-rules cop. IDW … Continue reading
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Tagged Alien, Dystopia, Horror, Judge Dredd, Predator, Science Fiction, Sixties
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Interstellar: Rental at Best
The defending mantra I’ve heard from Interstellar‘s fans have been, “it’s just a movie.” It sure was, a movie with a mediocre plot and terrible science pushing it through. I’m in the same camp as Dr. Plait, I can accept a … Continue reading
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is so far my number one pick for the Summer ever since I watched the trailer last Winter. Whether or not I’m right will be disclosed later but overall the Summer 2014 movie season … Continue reading
X-Men: Days of Future Past: Worth Seeing*
* – This chapter in the X-Men films isn’t terribly concerned whether or not non-comic book movie goers are very knowledgeable of this venerable storyline. There is some exposition but the flick doesn’t concern itself if general audiences get it. I gave up … Continue reading
Mars Attacks Judge Dredd
Yeesh! I haven’t written a decent story covering any actual comic books in almost two years. Well I’m trying to get back on track with one of the oddest crossover mini-series to hit the shelves since Predator v. Magnus Robot Fighter. … Continue reading
Elysium: Worth Seeing/Rental
Neil Blomkamp returns with another dystopian tale about the near future. There isn’t a strong social message like District 9; it’s there but the action-flick/intrigue angles drown out any possibility of this being a strong, anti-One Percent tale. Elysium not being liked as much as 9 could … Continue reading
Russellmania was a fantastic day
Matters are calming down enough for me to finally share with everybody some rather past-due stories, especially all the hype I pushed last month over Alamo’s first and hopefully not its last Russellmania. I won’t put a Roman numeral after … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Comedy, Drama, Dystopia, Science Fiction, Thriller
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Looper: Worth Seeing
Time travel movies rock! I may have only a high-school-level understanding of Temporal Physics but I’m fascinated by the arguments Sci-Fi movies raise: is Time/History set in stone as per The Planet of the Apes pentalogy (the original Sixties/Seventies films, … Continue reading
Dredd 3D: Acquired Taste
Let’s get the most obvious question/statement out of the way…why was this movie (re)made given how awful Stallone’s version was in 1995? It is a fair yet cliche question I think I can answer. Firstly, Comic book characters are hot … Continue reading
Logan’s Run: digitally restored showing
Alamo Drafthouse had a late-night showing Somara and me couldn’t pass up, especially with the rumors of a remake underway starring…ugh, Ryan Gosling and Rose Byrne. I know the 1976 film has little in common with the original novel but … Continue reading
Summer of 1982 II: Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
I had to delay this installment by a day because Alamo Drafthouse’s official showing was a Rolling Road Show down at a racetrack in Kyle, TX. It sounded really awesome, or in ’82-speak…awesome to the max (for the record, I … Continue reading
Idiocracy: Must See
Mike Judge’s latest film is a black comedy in the same vein as his legendary Office Space. It’s funny in a subtle yet very painful way as it “hurts” to watch at times because there are numerous real-life examples of human … Continue reading