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Training Day

Training Day Denzel Washington certainly confirms his status as one of the most powerful actors of our time as Alonzo Harris, corrupt narcotics cop. The story develops slowly, and director Antoine Fuqua slowly peels away the layers of the character as he goes from being a hardass street cop to a murdering thief and finally […]

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Trick Or Treat

Trick Or Treat Despite its persecution as a musical genre along with its listeners (a far cry from the hands off, politically correct embracing of the far more offensive hip hop gangster rap style), the irony is that heavy metal as a musical art form has always carried underlying messages of both self empowerment and […]

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The Trip

The Trip While many may look at this film and decry the fact that there is really no plot, the truth is that this may be one of the more accomplished efforts by legendary b-movie maven Roger Corman (though that’s not saying much). Intended to be a cautionary tale against the dangers of LSD use, […]

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The Tripper

Tripper It’s always pretty hilarious to hear a liberal try to badmouth former President Ronald Reagan (or even funnier, liken him to Obama) because it’s obviously always a classic case of sour grapes, with these people being green with envy that they haven’t had a strong, definitive leader to call their own since arguably FDR, […]

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Tromeo And Juliet

Tromeo And Juliet The minions at Troma Films and their fearless leader (Lloyd Kaufman) spent years and years trying to perfect the art of the trashy, low budget scum movie using their requisite formula (sex, nudity, foul language, and lots and lots of gore) in order to make films that would if not change the […]

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TRON

TRON A groundbreaking film at the time of its release in 1982 that would be the first big advancement in computer animation en route to the advent of CGI, nonetheless it is perplexing, holding up well today in some ways and in other ways not so much. The ideas in the story must have surely […]

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TRON: Legacy

TRON: Legacy The original TRON was quite the cinematic anomaly when released back in 1982, what with its then state of the art computerized FX setting it apart from almost everything else back then (along with Jeff Bridges in his leading man movie star prime), which led many to misunderstand and underrate it in its […]

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Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder: Director’s Cut Ben Stiller’s return to the director’s chair has resulted in a comedy of epic proportions, successfully spoofing both war movies and the massive Hollywood egos that make them. The fact that he combines the visceral experience of war with belly-laughs is a good example of his skill here. Admittedly the film […]

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Troy

Troy: Director’s Cut It’s been a long time since the heyday of the truly epic movie, films that spanned the length of being over 3 (or 4) hours in length and featured a multitude of big name actors playing a wide variety of characters. Films such as Gone With The Wind, Cleopatra, and Lawrence Of […]

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True Grit

True Grit (Original) A Respect Oscar in many ways is both a good and a bad thing: It recognizes an actor who’s never won and probably will never get another shot at it for an amazing body of work, yet it’s usually for a performance that may not necessarily be his best. Thus is the […]