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Rogue One: the Star Wars prequel we all really wanted.

26 December 2016 by particle.shock.actual

I’m showing my age here but, Rogue One is the Star Wars prequel I’ve been waiting over thirty years to see (counting from 1983’s Return of the Jedi).

Categories Movies, Weekend Rewind Tags Felicity Jones, Gareth Edwards, Robots, Space Opera, Star Wars 3 Comments

Interstellar: Wormholes are Alright Alright Alright!

25 December 2016 by particle.shock.actual

Interstellar received a lot of praise from both critics and scientists. Seldom do I find a movie of such critical acclaim to be awesomely bad.

Categories Awesomely Bad, Movies Tags Alternate Universe, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Matthew McConaughey, Time Travel

Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are Passengers

27 November 2016 by particle.shock.actual

Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, passengers on a long distance space flight, are released from suspended animation ahead of schedule.

Categories Movies, Weekend Rewind

At least Ghost in the Shell was visually on the mark

11 November 2016 by particle.shock.actual

When I first learned this adaptation of “Ghost in the Shell” was in production with Scarlett Johansson in the lead roll, I was somewhat disappointed.

Categories Movies, Weekend Rewind Tags Anime, Cyberpunk

Shin Godzilla: The king of monsters looks gross

20 July 2016 by particle.shock.actual

Godzilla Resurgence? For as long as American film makers have been making Godzilla movies, I have maintained that this subject should be left to TOHO Japan.

Categories Movies Tags Japan, Monsters, Reboot, video 1 Comment

Mary Elizabeth Winstead visits 10 Cloverfield Lane

26 June 2016 by particle.shock.actual

Cloverfield Lane isn’t really a sequel to the 2008 film, This feels like an entirely unrelated film shoe-horned into the cloverfield universe.

Categories Movies, Weekend Rewind Tags Aliens, Apocalyptic

Event Horizon is a spaceship from hell

14 April 2015 by particle.shock.actual

How can a movie starring Laurence Fishburne possibly go wrong? A wrong turn at Neptune takes Event Horizon on an inter-dimensional trip… to Hell!

Categories Awesomely Bad, Movies Tags Alternate Universe, Jason Isaacs, Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill 1 Comment

Vin Diesel reconnects with Riddick’s Pitch Black roots

10 September 2013 by particle.shock.actual

Riddick manages to shrug off some of the absurd concepts from the previous film and reconnects to the Pitch Black roots of Vin Diesel’s anti-hero.

Categories Movies, Weekend Rewind Tags Antihero, Space Opera 1 Comment

Dredd: Karl Urban passes judgment

20 October 2012 by particle.shock.actual

I thought hard-core Judge Dredd fans would flock to any film adaptation, no matter how flawed as long as Sylvester Stallone was not involved. I was wrong.

Categories Movies, Weekend Rewind Tags 2000 AD, Comic Books, Dystopian 1 Comment

Westworld: Yul Brynner is a killer robot cowboy

20 October 2012 by particle.shock.actual

Westworld is a 1973 action drama. Things go very wrong in a high tech resort which allows guests to explore one of three historically themed environments.

Categories Awesomely Bad, Movies Tags Artificial Intelligence, Robots
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