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Bruce Willis month 1 – The Fifth Element
Before I get into this blog post, this past week I celebrated my third houseversary. Usually I write some sort of blog post related to that around the time of my houseversary, but this year, I’m working on completely redoing … Continue reading
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Tagged action movie, bafta, bruce willis, cannes film festival, cesar awards, cgi, chris tucker, columbia pictures, french cinema, gary oldman, ian holm, jean-baptiste emanuel zorg, korben dallas, leeloo, luc besson, milla jovovich, movie review, movies, patrice ledoux, roger ebert, ruby rhod, sci-fi, sci-fi movie, science fiction, sony pictures, the fifth element, vito cornelius
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Hilariously Bad Movies Month 4: Shock! Shock! Shock!
This review is going to be a relatively short one. Not because this movie isn’t worth talking about, but because I scoured the internet for any information on the making of this film, but couldn’t find anything. In fact, the … Continue reading
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Tagged allan lewis ricman, arn mcconnell, b-movie, bad movies, cyndy mccrossen, hilariously bad movies, horror movies, james gandolfini, movie review, movies, musical, sci-fi, sci-fi movies, science fiction, shock! shock! shock!, superhero movies, todd rutt, zont-el
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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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Tagged blade runner, blade runner final cut, box office bomb, daryl hannah, director's cut, do androids dream of electric sheep?, harrison ford, j.f. sebastian, mary sean young, movie review, movies, philip k. dick, pris, replicant, rick deckard, ridley scott, roy batty, rutger oelsen hauer, sci-fi, sci-fi movie, science fiction, vangelis, warner bros, warner brothers, william sanderson
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Ridley Scott Month 1 – Alien
This month, I’ll be looking at four movies from legendary film director Ridley Scott. Let’s start with the movie that put him on the map, Alien. I’ll also be looking at Gladiator, Blade Runner, and Kingdom of Heaven, most likely … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century fox, alien, bolaji badejo, brandywine, chestburster, chris foss, da o'bannon, david giler, gene siskel, h.r. giger, harry dean slanton, horror, horror movie, ian holm, jean girauld, john hurt, movie review, movies, nostromo, ridley scott, ripley, roger ebert, ronald shusett, sci-fi, sci-fi movie, science fiction, sigourney weaver, tom skerritt, veronica cartwright, walter hill, yaphet kotto
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Batman/Superman movies 4 – Superman 1978
This is it, the big one. The main reason I wanted to start this blog series. Superman, directed by Richard Donner, is a very significant movie. It featured what was then groundbreaking visual effects, its massive success proved that superhero … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, alexander salkind, bafta, christopher reeve, comics, david newman, dc comics, gene hackman, guy hamilton, ilya salkind, john williams, jonathan kent, jor-el, krypton, leslie newman, lex luthor, lois lane, margot kidder, mario puzo, marlon brando, pierre spengler, richard donner, robert benton, saturn awards, sci-fi, sci-fi movie, science fiction, superhero movies, superman, superman movie, tom mankiewicz, warner brothers
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Sean Connery Month 4 – Zardoz
Apologies for the delay with this post. Long story short, I worked a lot of overtime in the last couple of weeks at work, and felt pretty drained. Anyway, to conclude my blog’s celebration of Sean Connery’s career, let’s look … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century fox, arthur frayn, beethoven, burt reynolds, charlotte rampling, consuella, cult, david munrow, drugs, empire magazine, IRA, ireland, irish travelling community, john boorman, niall buggy, post-apocalyptic, roger ebert, sara kestelman, sci-fi, sci-fi movie, science fiction, sean connery, sean connery month, william stair, zardoz
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Indiana Jones movies 4 – Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The first three Indiana Jones movies all released within the 1980’s. I don’t remember where I read this theory from, but there’s a theory where film sequels should either be released within 5 years of its predecessor, or at least … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure movie, aliens, cate blanchett, cgi, cold war, david koepp, george lucas, harrison ford, hawaii, iguaza falls, indiana jones, indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull, irina spalko, jim broadbent, john hurt, karen allen, kingdom of the crystal skull, Lawrence Kasdan, marion, movie review, movies, mutt williams, paramount pictures, razzie, sci-fi, science fiction, shia labeouf, soviet union, steven spielberg, young indiana jones chronicles
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MCU movies 15: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
After the massive success that was the first Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel Studios actually moved up the original release date for its sequel by several months. Writer/director James Gunn began working on the film mere months after releasing the … Continue reading
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Tagged adam warlock, baby groot, bradley cooper, chris pratt, dave bautista, drax, drax the destroyer, ego the living planet, gamora, groot, guardians of the galaxy, guardians of the galaxy vol. 2, james gunn, kurt russell, mantis, marvel cinematic universe, marvel studios, mcu, mcu movies, peter quill, pom klemantieff, rocket raccoon, sci-fi, sci-fi movie, science fiction, stan lee, star lord, superhero movies, vin diesel, yondu
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MCU Movies 10 – Guardians of the Galaxy
As great as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s track record was in 2014, there was worry that people would start to get sick of superhero movies. You could argue that’s starting to happen now, in fact I have several friends who … Continue reading
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Tagged awesome mix vol. 1, bradley cooper, chris pratt, dan abnett, dave bautista, disney, drax, drax the destroyer, gamora, groot, guardians of the galaxy, hooked on a feeling, infinity stones, james gunn, lee pace, marvel, marvel cinematic universe, marvel studios, mcu, mcu movies, movies, nicole perlman, peter quill, rocket raccoon, ronan the accuser, sci-fi, sci-fi movie, science fiction, starlord, thanos, tyler bates, vin diesel, zoe saldana
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