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TV Review: Terra Nova, Pilot
Friends, fanboys, and countrymen, lend me your laptop screens. For I may not have come to bury “Terra Nova”, but I sure as hell haven’t come to praise it. You remember “Terra Nova”, the...
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World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries (2011) Movie Review
Do we really need another “Zombie Diaries” movie? Better question, do we really need another zombie film cluttering up the IMDB? In between films, comics, novels, television shows, merchandising–the walking dead have lost their...
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Hellraiser: Revelations (2011) Movie Review
Steven Craven and Nico Bradley head off on a road trip to Tijuana, but things take a strange turn on their tequila fueled getaway. A mysterious vagrant approaches them in a bar, giving them...
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Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) Movie Review
The most supernatural thing about “Paranormal Activity 2″ is that it’s scarier and more effective than the original. It’s little wonder Lionsgate backed off and pushed “Saw 3D” back a week; it’s doubtful the...
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Book Review: Handling the Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Undead is the new black. Vampires used to hold sway in horror fiction, with the fashionably black clad children of the night reigning in the 90′s and early 2000′s. But bloodsuckers are so 2003;...
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Book Review: Just When You Thought It Was Safe — A JAWS Companion
With the 35th anniversary of “Jaws” arriving, it’s a bit surprising Universal Studios hasn’t done much to commemorate this landmark film. No Blu-ray release, no reboot, not even a theatrical re-release. Thankfully, author Patrick...
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The Return of Swamp Thing (1989) Movie Review
“Batman” wasn’t the only comic book film that came out in the summer of 1989, “The Return of Swamp Thing” managed to beat it by over a month. That’s about all ol’ Swampy has...
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Jonah Hex (2010) Movie Review
As unlikely as it sounds, the best film this weekend doesn’t concern a tired assembly of discarded playthings gussied up in 3D. “Jonah Hex” is a testosterone fueled thrill ride, a flawed but fantastically...
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The Watcher (2000) Movie Review
Whenever you find chance to trawl the DVD bargain bin at your local superstore, keep an eye out for this smartly done serial killer flick. Largely ignored during its release ten years ago, “The...
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MacGruber (2010) Movie Review
“MacGruber” is not a funny film, in no way, shape, or form. It’s the type of thing shown to Guantanamo Bay detainees to spiritually break them, to make them beg for mercy and tell...
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) Movie Review
If there’s a sudden run on No-Doze and Red Bull, thank the folks over at Platinum Dunes. Their latest effort is a frighteningly crafty film, one that keeps viewers perched on the edge of...
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Clash of the Titans (2010) Movie Review
The much hyped remake of “Clash of the Titans” finally unfurls on screens pretty much everywhere, and is greeted with the skepticism usually reserved for a Barry Bonds home run. The 1982 original holds...
Read More »The Ghost Writer (2010) Movie Review
It’s a shame the media circus Roman Polanski’s messy personal life almost overshadowed the release of the actual movie. Granted the director having to edit the film from prison because of a statutory rape...
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The Boondock Saints: All Saints Day (2009) Movie Review
Troy Duffy has been promising for years that the Saints would again come marching in, but for a while it looked like Halley’s Comet would show up before a sequel. After a limited theatrical...
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The Wolfman (2010) Movie Review
The road to the silver screen hasn’t been an easy one for the latest remake of a classic Universal monster. Numerous script revisions, reshoots, issues with the musical score, editing woes, the abrupt departure...
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DVD Review: Jennifer’s Body (2009) Movie
“Jennifer’s Body” never seemed to find it’s audience last September, barely making back its’ $16 million budget while “Paranormal Activity” was selling out showings despite being made for the cost of a medium grade...
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) Movie Review
The midnight showing was sold out and electricity rocketed through the air from the excitement. It was as if a viewer was attending a midnight mass for a Goth Christmas, and when everyone got...
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The St. Francisville Experiment (2000) Movie Review
As with any massively profitable film, “The Blair Witch Project” quickly became the foster parent to a legion of parodies and imitations trying to cash in on the hype. It didn’t matter that the...
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Book Review: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
With all the hype surrounding the new Dan Brown novel, you’d expect to achieve orgasmic bliss upon turning the final page. The plot was deemed mega secret, and by some incredible miracle didn’t get...
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