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Truman Show

Truman Show Before Jim Carrey in recent months wound up committing what can best be construed as career suicide, it’s easy to forget that (in the 90s at least) he had one heck of a career going, mostly in comedies, with one classic after another. This release in 1998 saw him make a stab at […]

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12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men With all the controversy over the acquittals in a number of high profile trials recently, it’s easy to forget that the burden rests on the prosecution in order to prove guilt BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT, and the reason certain people got off was more due to incompetence on the prosecutor’s part than […]

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Twelve Monkeys

Twelve Monkeys Movies with multiple layers of meaning can be extremely hard to pull off historically, especially when you take into consideration the tolerance level of most viewers along with their attention spans, leading most to agree that it’s a rather futile effort. Keep it simple and one dimensional, and you’ve got yourself a winner, […]

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28 Days Later

28 Days Later Zombie films, despite being popular staples with amateur low-budget (and low-talent) filmmakers, are always a Catch-22 subgenre of horror since George Romero essentially said everything there is to say with his Living Dead films, but occasionally a fresh idea or two pops to the surface. Here, Danny Boyle makes his contagion a […]

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24: Redemption

24: Redemption Serving as a bridge between Seasons 6 and 7 of the acclaimed action TV series, this was actually thrown together ¾ of the way through the filming of Season 7, whose production was held up due to star Kiefer Sutherland’s legal problems as a way to satisfy the fans’ craving while waiting over […]

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24: Season 4

24: Season 4 At this point in time I would tie it with Season 3 as the best yet, the main reason being that it has a focus from the first episode on until the end, and doesn’t twist twenty different ways from Sunday to overdo with the villains. Many props go to having the […]

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24: Season 5

24: Season 5 The show that has consistently been the best on television has their Day 5 here, and while not reaching the highs (or the lows) of the series in its past, should always be remembered as the one that captured the Emmy for Best Drama and got Kiefer his win for Best Actor. […]

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24: Season 6

24: Season 6 It becomes evident to this viewer as the 6th season begins that America in the 24 world is a vastly different place than what we’re used to in real life: America is under a now constant siege by terrorists, and one in particular has offered to give up the location of his […]

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24: Season 7

24: Season 7 By now, all longtime fans of the show know what to expect when it comes to the elements of the series, such as Jack Bauer’s tendency to torture, ANYONE can be a turncoat, and the mastermind villains have more back-up plans than you can shake a stick at. For this season, you […]

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24: Season 8

24: Season 8 All great TV shows are invariably known to sooner or later “jump the shark” so to speak, so in many ways I guess we should be happy that not only did the greatest concept in TV history do so during its final season, it did so in its last few hours as […]