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Battle of the Babysitters
Many, many, many people have complained about how Hollywood has run out of ideas. Of course, this is usually regarding the motion picture industry’s propensity of remaking old movies and TV shows, as well as adapting everything under the sun. The few original movies that make it to the theaters are breaths of fresh air […]
Stephen King’s #1 Fans
There probably has been no other author in history that has had such a success in Hollywood as Stephen King. To date, over 30 movies plus countless sequels have been based on his novels or short stories (including The Lawnmower Man, which only stole the name of his story), plus King wrote Sleepwalkers directly for […]
Releasing Movies – When Holiday Films Collide
Updated 11/24/11, original article published 11/23/11 The holiday movie season is upon us. Thanksgiving is one of the biggest times for people to go to the theater in the United States since most of us have a four-day weekend (excluding, among others, those who are forced to work in retail thanks to Black Friday sales). […]
How Cinematic Are the Star Trek Films?
As everyone knows, Star Trek began life as a TV series in the ’60’s that lasted three years. This was followed by a short-lived animated series that continued the adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise, and a subsequent live-action show ended up transformed into the first big-screen adventure, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (though with ten […]
Dominion – An Alternate Prequel That Exorcises the Other One
The Exorcist series has had a strange, and some say cursed, history. The movies have gone from the best to the worst of what cinema has to offer, and has been a constant source of controversy. In the early 2000’s, a fourth film was made–and then re-made. These back-to-back films were prequels, telling of the […]
The Future of Star Wars
We live in a Star Wars culture. For nearly 35 years, this cinematic phenomenon has affected our society in more ways than it just being a movie series. It changed the entire motion picture industry, for instance. We’ve now had two generations weaned on the exploits of Luke Skywalker and friends with six movies, several […]
‘Tis the Season for an Unappetizing Meal
Maybe I’ve lived in a cultural cocoon, but I have now been introduced to an apparent Thanksgiving tradition that’s gone back for a couple hundred years in one form or another. Of course, I’m talking about the turducken. This is a meaty treat that’s a composition of turkey, duck, and chicken (TUrkey-DUCK-chickEN).
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