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Movie Review: Crawlspace

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IMDB, Crawlspace“Crawlspace” on IMDB

Sci-fi/Horror, 86 Minutes, 2012

Stop me if you heard this one before: a bunch of scientists in a secret underground base are creating monsters. Something goes very wrong (or very right, I suppose) and the monsters get out. The base goes dark. The government sends in a crack squad of soldiers to clean up the mess and kill anybody left breathing. When they get there it’s more than they bargained for and everything goes pear-shaped. One of the experimental subjects turns out to be the former lover of one of the commandos. He ignores his orders to kill her on sight. The head scientist doesn’t want to see his greatest achievement killed and he tries to sabotage the mission…

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Movie Review: 47 Ronin

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47 Ronin“47 Ronin” on IMDB

Sci-fi/Horror, 126 Minutes, 2007

The tale of the 47 Ronin is based on an actual event that took place in Japan early in the 18th century. It’s widely considered to be the most important example of the samurai’s code of Bushido. The tale describes how a feudal lord was unjustly forced to commit ritual suicide and how his former Samurai planned for almost two years to avenge him knowing that they would share, and accept, the same fate. It has come to epitomize the Japanese sense of loyalty, honor and duty and is one of the most adapted stories in Japanese culture. Some call it, the country’s “national legend”.

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Movie Review: The Host

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IMDB, The Host“The Host” on IMDB

Horror, 120 Minutes, 2006

I’m not sure where this movie has been hiding for 10 years, but it should have come out and waved a long time ago! Classically themed monster movies are something of a rarity; especially in the United States. Luckily, as is often the case, the foreign market – in this case South Korea – is often ready to step in and pick the slack when Hollywood decides that moony-eyed-teen-love-triangles is the only thing that will sell.

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Movie Review: Hansel and Gretel Get Baked

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IMDB, Hansel and Gretel Get Baked“Hansel and Gretel Get Baked” on IMDB

Comedy/Horror, 86 Minutes, 2013

The best thing this movie could think of for a tag on its poster is: “From the Producer of Twilight”. Sadly enough, that may very well be the best thing about it. I’ve never seen “Twilight” and have now idea who produced it, but still, it may be. I’ll be honest, I only watched because it starred Molly C Quinn [IMDB] whom I adore in “Castle” and who has done a great job of building up geek cred with various comic/sci-fi related projects and appearances lately.

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Movie Review: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

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IMDB, Anchorman 2, The Legend Continues“Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” on IMDB

Comedy, 119 Minutes, 2013

This is, hands-down, the most ridiculously self-indulgent movie I’ve ever seen. It wanders from location to location for no other reason than to set up a new crop of gags. The characters are bizarre and totally unrealistic. The people who made this movie just threw everything at the wall to see what would stick.

It’s a good thing that they happen to be freaking geniuses.

 

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Personal Archaeology: Virtual Reality, 1995 Style

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Virtually Wired 1995, Virtuality 2000With the simmering success of the Occulus Rift, Sony’s announcement of their “Project Morpheus” device for the PS4 and persistent rumors that Microsoft is doing something similar for the XBox One this definitely seems to be the year when head-mounted VR will make its push into our living rooms. What people forget is that this is far from the first time that this has been promised.

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1001 Movies You Must See (Before You Die) by Jonathan Keogh

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Jonathan Keogh spent a year producing this 10-minute love affair with film based on Steven Jay Schneider’s book of the same name.

Remember, these aren’t the best movies or the more important movies: they’re just movies that, for good or ill, you should see. So, before you head out to the YouTube to vent your anger that this shouldn’t be on the list or that should be, close your eyes, take a breath and find your center.

Movie Review: Return of the Killer Shrews

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IMDB, Return of the Killer Shrews“Return of the Killer Shrews” on IMDB

Horror, 84 Minutes, 2012

There’s a long, ignoble tradition of terrible movies taking advantage of good – or at least popular – movies. A movie really can’t be considered a success unless a loosely veiled B-version (and at least one even less loosely veiled porn parody) are available within two months of release. This may be the first one to try take advantage of a mostly forgotten horrible movie.

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