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Box Office Bomb month 4 – Strange World

This blog post could also double as Disney Animated Movies 61, but I think I’m done with being a completionist in that sense. I enjoy doing these theme months enough that I’m no longer going to look at every single … Continue reading

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Box Office Bomb month 3 – Waterworld

This post is later than I would like because my thermostat failed over the weekend … right in the middle of a heat wave. Well, it’s fixed now – turns out it was just a blown fuse on my furnace’s … Continue reading

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Box Office Bomb month 2 – John Carter

Not all box office bombs are bad movies. Some are actually quite good, and were just either too ambitious for their own good, or suffered from terrible marketing. Some, like Blade Runner, were misunderstood masterpieces that have since become very … Continue reading

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Box Office Bomb month 1 – Oogieloves

This movie is actually the main inspiration behind me wanting to do a theme month on box office bombs. Everything about this movie, from its very conception, to tossing in a number of well-known celebrities, to the insane budget, begs … Continue reading

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Hilariously Bad Movies Month 5 – Battlefield Earth

The first four movies I looked at this month are all low-budget films. As much as it’s fun to watch quirky little movies by directors not skilled enough to make it big, hilariously bad movies are not limited to the … Continue reading

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Hilariously Bad Movies Month 2 – Plan 9 from Outer Space

I strongly considered not covering this movie for this month’s theme. Not because it’s not hilarious, but because pretty much everyone in the bad movie culture talks about this one at some point. There’s really not much I can add … Continue reading

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Ridley Scott Month 4 – Kingdom of Heaven

Most of the time, when you’ve got an extended cut or the Director’s Cut of a movie, there isn’t a huge level of difference in terms of quality. The Lord of the Rings movies are fantastic even if you watch … Continue reading

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Ridley Scott month 3 – Blade Runner

Even if I wasn’t spending a month focusing on Ridley Scott movies, Blade Runner is worth fitting into a fairly nerdy blog that’s been doing a variety of movies for a while now. It’s often considered to be among the … Continue reading

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Jumanji month 2 – Zathura: A Space Adventure

Jumanji is generally considered a classic movie, and both of the recent reboot movies are generally liked. Zathura: A Space Adventure is another board-game based adventure movie, based on a book written by Chris Van Allsburg. It is technically the … Continue reading

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MCU Movies 26 – Eternals

This review will be formatted differently than usual for this blog. Instead of starting with the behind the scenes details, I’ll be sprinkling it throughout the review. Partly to experiment a bit, but I’ve got movie specific reasons for this. … Continue reading

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