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Cool World (1992) – Review

August 9, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1992, brad pitt, Cool World, Gabriel Byrne, Kim Basinger, Ralph Bakshi

Cool World contains many of the same elements that made Who Framed Roger Rabbit? so successful a few years before.

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) – Review

March 2, 2021March 1, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Brian Thompson, Irina Pantaeva, james remar, John R. Leonetti, Lynn "Red" Williams, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Robin Shou, Sandra Hess, Talisa Soto

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation isn’t the worst film adapted from a video game, that dis-honor goes to Street Fighter: The Legend

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Hotel Artemis (2018) – Review

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2018, Brian Tyree Henry, charlie day, Dave Bautista, Hotel Artemis, jeff goldblum, Jenny Slate, jodie foster, Sofia Boutella, Sterling K. Brown, Zachary Quinto

Hotel Artemis disguises a thin concept by wisely casting recognizable faces in nearly every role. The performers bring their defined

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Starman (1984) – Review

February 9, 2021January 25, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1984, Charles Martin Smith, jeff bridges, john carpenter, Karen Allen, Richard Jaeckel, Starman

Director John Carpenter turns away from the horror genre that made him famous and instead focuses his immense talent on

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The 6th Day (2000) – Review

January 29, 2021December 31, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2000, arnold schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, michael rooker, Robert Duvall, Roger Spottiswoode, terry crews, the 6th day, tony goldwyn

The 6th Day is a solid, if forgotten, entry in the Schwarzenegger cannon. It contains nearly all the elements of

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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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