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Glass (2019) – Review

January 14, 2021December 24, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Anya Taylor-Joy, bruce willis, Glass, james mcavoy, M. Night Shyamalan, samuel l. jackson, Sarah Paulson

M. Night Shyamalan’s impromptu trilogy (spanning 19 years) comes to a satisfying conclusion in Glass. The story that began with

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Warcraft (2016) – Review

January 13, 2021December 24, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2016, ben foster, Ben Schnetzer, clancy brown, Daniel Wu, Dominic Cooper, duncan jones, paula patton, Robert Kazinsky, Toby Kebbell, Travis Fimmel, Warcraft

Have you ever wondered what one of those SYFY channel movies would look like if it were endowed with a

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Shazam! (2019) – Review

January 8, 2021December 24, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Asher Angel, David F. Sandberg, Djimon Hounsou, Jack Dylan Grazer, Mark Strong, Shazam!, zachary levi

Shazam, the world’s mightiest mortal, gets his own vehicle in this blast of a film that brings a sense of

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Mom and Dad Save the World (1992) – Review

January 5, 2021December 26, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1992, Dwier Brown, Eric Idle, Greg Beeman, Jeffrey Jones, Jon Lovitz, Kathy Ireland, Mom and Dad Save the World, Teri Garr, Thalmus Rasulala, Wallace Shawn

There exists a little-seen oddity of a family film named Mom and Dad Save the World. It was released briefly

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Serenity (2019) – Review

January 1, 2021November 22, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Jason Clarke, Matthew McConaughey, serenity, Steven Knight

In an era when marketing gives away nearly every plot detail to the moviegoing public, Serenity holds its secrets close

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Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) – Review

December 27, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2020, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Gal Gadot, Kristen Wiig, Patty Jenkins, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright, Wonder Woman 1984

Wonder Woman 1984 opens with a fantastic action sequence set on the Amazonian home planet of the titular character. This

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Equalizer 2000 (1987) – Review

October 22, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1987, Cirio Santiago, Corinne Wahl, Don Gordon Bell, Equalizer 2000, Richard Norton, robert patrick

The 1980’s craze of subpar Mad Max knock offs continues in schlock maestro Cirio Santiago homage, Equalizer 2000. Martial Arts

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Godzilla (1998) – Review

May 18, 2020May 19, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1998, godzilla, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Jean Reno, kevin dunn, Maria Pitillo, Matthew Broderick, Michael Lerner, roland emmerich

Godzilla is the underwhelming follow up film from director Roland Emmerich (and co-scripter Dean Devlin) after their smash hit Independence

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Gemini Man (2019) – Review

April 5, 2020April 5, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Ang Lee, Clive Owen, Gemini Man, mary elizabeth winstead, will smith

Director Ang Lee has once again proved that at this stage in his career he’s only interested in providing cinematic

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Stay Tuned (1992) – Review

March 24, 2020June 28, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1992, Bob Dishy, David Tom, Eugene Levy, Heather McComb, Jeffrey Jones, John Ritter, Joyce Gordon, Pam Dawber, peter hyams, Stay Tuned

The odd concoction that is Stay Tuned doesn’t work as well as it should. The film has a great premise

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The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) – Review

February 11, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1996, David Thewlis., Marlon Brando, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Val Kilmer

The Island of Dr. Moreau is, undoubtedly, one of the worst films of 1996. The backstage drama between stars, a

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Alien: Resurrection (1997) – Review

January 8, 2020June 29, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Alien: Resurrection, Brad Dourif, Dan Hedaya, Dominique Pinon, J.E. Freeman, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Michael Wincott, ron perlman, sigourney weaver, winona ryder

Alien: Resurrection is a disappointment in every way possible. Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet is adrift in his Hollywood debut, working from

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The Frighteners (1996) – Review

January 5, 2020May 12, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1996, Chi McBride, Dee Wallace Stone, Jake Busey, Jeffrey Combs, John Astin, Michael J. Fox, Peter Dobson, peter jackson, The Frighteners, Trini Alvarado

The Frighteners started as a concept for an episode of the 1990’s HBO series Tales From the Crypt. Series executive

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My Favorite Martian (1999) – Review

September 23, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1999, Christine Ebersole, Christopher Lloyd, Daryl Hannah, Donald Petrie, Elizabeth Hurley, jeff daniels, My Favorite Martian, Ray Walston, Wallace Shawn

It’s an accepted rule that every adult character in a Disney movie circa 1990s’ is a complete moron. For any

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Zombie Tidal Wave (2019) – Review

August 10, 2019August 18, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Anthony C Ferrante, Erich Chikashi Linzbichler, Ian Ziering, Shelton Jolivette, Zombie Tidal Wave

This is the first summer since 2012 that we haven’t been treated to another Sharknado flick from the Asylum and

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