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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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Event Horizon (1997) – Review

July 14, 2019October 7, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Barclay Wright, Event Horizon, Holley Chant, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, Joely Richardson, Kathleen Quinlan, Laurence Fishburne, Noah Huntley, Paul W. S. Anderson, Peter Marinker, Richard T. Jones, Robert Jezek, Sam Neill, Sean Pertwee

Laurence Fishburne receives top billing but the real star of Event Horizon is the wonderful production design. This is a

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Adventures of Aladdin (2019) – Review

May 19, 2019May 19, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Adam Holick, Adventures of Aladdin, Glen Campbell, Havon Baraka, Tionne Williams

Disney’s potential blockbuster live-action adaption of Aladdin is coming to theaters in the upcoming weeks so that must mean there

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Aquaman (2018) – Review

April 3, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Amber Heard, Aquaman, dolph lundgren, James Wan, Jason Momoa, nicole kidman, Patrick Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

After a succession of underwhelming films, Wonder Woman being the lone bright spot, DC and Warner Bros have finally produced

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Wing Commander (1999) – Review

March 15, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1999, Chris Roberts, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jürgen Prochnow, Matthew Lillard, Saffron Burrows, Tchéky Karyo, Wing Commander

Wing Commander hit the big screen a few weeks before The Matrix arrived and changed sci-fi films for the next

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The Fifth Element (1997) – Review

March 7, 2019April 29, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, bruce willis, Chris Tucker, Gary Oldman, ian holm, luc besson, milla jovovich, The Fifth Element

The Fifth Element is Luc Besson’s grand operatic cinema experience. It’s a decidedly oddball mixture of science fiction and romance

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Drive Angry (2011) – Review

March 5, 2019April 29, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2011, Amber Heard, Billy Burke, Drive Angry, Nicolas Cage, Patrick Lussier, William Fichtner

Drive Angry comes closer to capturing the 1970s grindhouse vibe than either Robert Rodriquez or Quentin Tarantino were able to

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The Wolverine (2013) – Review

March 1, 2019March 24, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2013, Famke Janssen, Hiroyuki Sanada, hugh jackman, The Wolverine, Will Yun Lee

James Mangold brings his first-class skills to the superhero genre with outstanding results in a morose, exciting, and gorgeously designed

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