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Avengers: Endgame Re-Release Extra Footage Explained
In an attempt to knock Avatar (2009) off the Biggest Box Office high horse, the Marvel Cinematic Universe opened their vaults and added some extra footage to Avengers: Endgame in a ‘re-release’. Normally a re-release happens after a movie has been gone awhile, but with MCU fever still running high, Marvel Studios added six minutes…
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What Makes Men In Black Tick? Looking Back on the MIB Series and Why It Works
Note: contains minor spoilers for the Men in Black trilogy Men In Black: International opens this week. Now is as good a time as any to revisit the series and examine it. What makes these films so successful? What is their secret? Let’s take a look at the original trilogy to find out. Men In…
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Does It Better than The Hustle – A Rewatch Review
Although Dirty Rotten Scoundrels came out 30 years ago, it’s still the movie to beat when compared with the 2019 female-led remake The Hustle. Starring Steve Martin, Michael Cain, and Glenne Headley (who died last year — RIP), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels provides a witty journey with a pair of cons who are as likely to…
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Movie Review – Tolkien – Biography of the Master of Middle Earth
I don’t normally watch biographies. We don’t usually get Peetimes for them either, but this was TOLKIEN. The author of my favorite novel, movie, and world: The Lord of the Rings. So it wasn’t just any biopic to me, and Tolkien wasn’t just any author. Lord of the Rings (or LOTR) is a magnificent 1000+…
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Spoiler Avoidance Strategies If You Can’t See Endgame Opening Night
Chances are good most Marvel fans won’t get to see the long-awaited Avengers: Endgame film on April 26th’s opening night. There just won’t be any tickets left. If you’ve been following the 22-movie superhero saga, waiting will be hard to handle. Damn hard. Some of us are feverish with hope and apprehension to learn how…
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The Matrix Trilogy After 20 Years – A Retrospective: Different Kind of Hero, New Kind of Science Fiction
The year was 1999 and all any sci-fi fan could think about was: finally, another Star Wars movie. Had Phantom Menace come out in the age of social media it would have been, well, pretty much what we’re seeing with Avengers: Endgame right now. But, I remember reading an article online — I don’t recall…
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Captain Marvel vs the Internet Trolls – A Common New Film Controversy
Even before Captain Marvel began battling the Skrulls in theaters on March 7, she was facing another foe online: internet trolls. On Rotten Tomatoes, the comment section for the Marvel film was filled with negative reviews before it opened. Some were most likely in response to comments star Brie Larson had made about diversity and…
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The RunPee Family Chats Pre-Event on the 2019 Oscars
Here’s a list of every Oscar movie nominee for 2019, and the RunPee Family‘s thoughts about who might and should win, and who we think will be snubbed this year. All links go to RunPee’s reviews if we have one, and the (post-Oscar) winners are listed in bold. Best Picture Black Panther: RunPee Mom –…
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Making Models – the Jenny Haniver Airship from Mortal Engines
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Mortal Engines has the best models and miniatures I’ve seen in a movie outside of the original Star Wars movies and the Lord of the Rings. This should come as no surprise, since Mortal Engines came from WETA Workshop, the same crew who designed The Lord of the Rings. Remember all those rolling cities…
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Why Newt Scamander is a Fantastic, Yet Underrated Hero
Not every hero has to fit the typical mold we’re so very used to in epic storytelling. It’s always either the manly man’s man who is the big, strong, authoritative handsome guy, like Thor and Captain Kirk. (This really doesn’t even have to be a man — look at fighters like Black Widow and Wonder…
