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George A. Romero’s Land Of The Dead

George A. Romero’s Land Of The Dead One would think that the Godfather of the Zombie Subgenre himself would have been able to look around and see the hordes of little-to-no-talent amateur filmmakers who have devoted countless hours to ripping off his work and seen that it was probably better to let the subgenre die […]

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Get Shorty

Get Shorty Hollywood movies about Hollywood life (especially comedies) can be amongst the trickiest for any filmmaker to adequately pull off, in many ways because the subject matter can come across as being bizarrely unrealistic for those involved in the industry who were not involved directly in the movie itself and thus can see the […]

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Ghost

Ghost Sometimes, a film can come out that can not only literally make the careers of its three stars, but also take what should have been (and in some ways still is) an incredibly dreary premise and find a way to make it such light entertainment that it becomes a worldwide box office phenomenon and […]

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Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider Sometimes in the neverending cycle of comic book movies, some of the best and most interesting ones were those that covered the second tier or “B” level heroes of the genre (The Punisher, The Crow, Judge Dredd) while the so called “mainstream” heroes with their movies can get increasingly boring and repetitive, possibly […]

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Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters Pop culture phenomenons happen all the time nowadays in our spoonfed entertainment media, but to have something still retain its “coolness” factor almost 30 years later is a rare thing indeed. But, that is what has happened with this release from 1984, a convergence of some of the best and most brilliant minds in […]

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Ghostbusters 2

Ghostbusters 2 At one time there was a feeling that the best example of any given sequel would be where it can be described as definitely “solid”, something that could even be argued was the highest possible compliment which it could receive. The positive dynamics of a typical franchise chapter were actually not so complicated: […]

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Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter After the near overwhelming success of the original Woodstock concert in 1969, a number of other festivals were held in an attempt to (if nothing else) recreate the positive vibes of the era that the granddaddy event had brought to the table and none was planned to be any bigger than the Altamont […]

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Girl Next Door

Girl Next Door The first thing that struck me like a lightning bolt about this failed attempt at a romantic teen comedy is the woeful miscasting of Emile Hirsch in the lead role: When casting for the part of a high school geek who can’t get laid, it’s really NOT prudent to cast a pretty-boy […]

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Girl’s Nite Out

Girls Nite Out In some ways this can be looked at as a “fun” slasher film, with the mystery killer bumping off the school mascot first and using his goofy costume as a disguise, and there’s certainly a good bit of gore and a smidgen of suspense. The enterprise is brought down though, by a […]

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Gladiator (Boxing Movie)

Gladiator (Boxing Movie) A film and story that clearly inspired the MMA and UFC phenomenon of later years, director Rowdy (Roadhouse) Herrington makes the best use of a low budget here to tell the story of Tommy Riley (James Marshall), who moves with his dad (John Heard) to the slums of Chicago and starts to […]