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Ten Reactions to the 2016 Academy Award Nominations
The 88th annual Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday morning and just about everyone has an opinion. Although most of the nominations are what we expected, there were still some surprises and a few snubs that got the internet chatting. Here is a list of our ten biggest reactions to the 2016 Academy Award nominations. [divider] 10. Inside Out Is both Snubbed and Surprised Disney/Pixar’...[Read More]
Movie Review: Creed
One of the great strengths of the Rocky franchise is its sense of a true continuing narrative, rather than a momentum-devoid series of rehashes orchestrated purely for financial gain. From the original Rocky through Rocky III, and again with 2006’s Rocky Balboa, the series’ characters actually change in interesting, logical, and significant ways from film to film. We’ll neglect the more perfunctor...[Read More]
Movie Review: Fantastic Four
Don’t let all the bad reviews and months of overwhelmingly negative buzz about Fantastic Four fool you: there are absolutely some praiseworthy elements to the film. There’s just not close to enough of any of them. Even setting aside the common fanboy complaint that this new take on the comic-book team is unnecessarily “dark and gritty,” there are undoubtedly flashes of a perfectly decent movie her...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Marvel’s First Family is Back in Fantastic Four
I hope that you all enjoyed the Super Bowl dear readers! For all you football fans, whether you supported the Patriots or the Seahawks, I hope you enjoyed the game. Personally, I’m just wait to see all the movie spots that are shown during the game. In the meantime, this week’s belated installment of Trailer Trashin’ is our third Marvel Comics adaptation in a row, with the first ...[Read More]