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5 Reasons Kylo Ren Is a Good Villain
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker opens soon.ย The wait is finally over. The Skywalker family will wrap up with this end to the storyline (though not the series).ย And audiences will get to take one last adventure with Rey, Leia, Lando, Chewie, Finn, Poe, C-3PO, and R2D2. It also means another visit…
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What is the best all-time series franchise?
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in Action, Blockbuster, Classic Movie List, Disney, Entertainment News, Horror, Movie awards, Movie News, Movie Opinions and Lists, Movie summary, Ranking Movies, Remakes and Reboots, Rewatch Reviews, Science Fiction, Sequels and Prequels, Shared Universe, Star Trek, Star Wars, Superheroes, ThrillerSo many movie franchises, so little time. While it’s easy for producers to add yet another movie to any long-running series, it’s not so easy to have every one of them qualify as good, quality films. And in some series, all are decent, but none are outstanding. How to decide who gets the top spot…
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Never Surrender – A Galaxy Quest Retrospective
I just smiled my ass off for 95 minutes. And you will too, if you’ve loved Galaxy Quest since it premiered in 1999. I’ve been telling everyone in earshot for decades that Galaxy Quest is one of the best “Star Trek” movies ever made. It was kind of fun to hear this exact sentiment expressed…
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5 Incredible Sci-Fi Adaptations That You Didnโt Know Were Books First
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For centuries, sci-fi has been our guiding star when it comes to the future. The best science fiction movies, from Star Wars to The Matrix, broaden our imaginations immeasurably, making us dream of planets far beyond our own, and what might yet be. But not all science fiction films are wholly original. In fact, many…
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The Essential Will Smith
Gemini Man opens October 11.ย The name Will Smith has become synonymous withย sci-fi action films.ย Smith has had a long and varied career, even if his genre roles are my favorite.ย I’ve been a fan of his since I was a kid.ย Somewhere I have a Soundtracks cassette of eight-year-old me rapping (or…
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Deep Blue Sea – First View Movie Review
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I just watched 1999s Deep Blue Sea for the first time, during Shark Week 2019. DBS is sort of like Jurassic World if the Mosasaurus started hunting the lab techs. With some Samuel L Jackson on the side — although someone else got his famous line. And there’s a nod to Jaws. (Licence plate, but…
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Easter Eggs in Aladdin and The Lion King
Who knew classic, straight-laced, non-Pixar, Original Flavor Disney would start using Easter Eggs? It’s possible they’ve been doing this all along and I haven’t noticed, but usually there’s not a whiff of cross-pollination between, say, Princess properties. No nods to Snow White in Sleeping Beauty, for example, even though both feature winsome lasses in comas…
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Fast & Furious 1 & 4 Is Really ONE MOVIE
I finally watched a couple of Fast & Furious movies. Even though the upcoming film is called Hobbs & Shaw, I do know they are a F&F spin-off, and was curious about WHY WHY WHY there are all these movies out there about fast cars and criminals? Why these are movies so popular? I adore…
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Hobbs & Shaw – The Entire Backstory from Fast and the Furious
The preview for Hobbs & Shaw looks like an exciting action comedy, but these two characters have a long backstory from the Fast and The Furious franchise.ย If you haven’t seen all, or any, of the F&F movies, then you’re probably wondering what you need to know about Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson/The Rock) and Deckard…
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Tears in the Rain – RIP to Icon Rutger Hauer
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Rutger Hauer sadly passed away July 19th, 2019. Hauer was a character actor best known for genre films.ย His most famous and beloved role was the replicant (a type of cyborg) Roy Batty in the 1982 movie Blade Runner.ย If Hauer had done nothing else, he would still be fondly remembered for this performance.ย It…