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Favorite Movies: Aliens, Jaws, Inglourious Basterds, the Mad Max movies except the kid read more parts of Thunderdome, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starship Troopers, the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, They Live, Pandorum, The Warriors, Darkman, The Thing, The Untouchables, a good percentage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, B-movies, Westerns

Likes: Mass Effect, ginger, the 1960s Batman TV show, diversity, Fallout, non-iron read more shirts, Angela Bassett, comics, funk, making and/or consuming satisfying meals, xenomorphs, the Elric saga, weird art, volume, She-Hulk, freeze-frame credits, my goofy cats, green things, transdimensional travel, vindication

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Weird Science again?

Wow, the Moviehole cats have the buzz today on all the remakes and sequels that may either thrill or depress you (GOONIES 2 and GREMLINS 3!! — but direct to DVD?). Another case in point: a planned remake of the...
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Indy 4 date?

UPDATE from Spielbergfilms.com — the release date is official, and it’s a WORLDWIDE release on that day. And I still think LAST CRUSADE kinda stinks. For years, there has been a constant whirlwind of speculation regarding a fourth INDIANA JONES...
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Hidden remake cast

Remakes of 80s genre movies are still getting cranked out at a steady rate, and the tentacle-filled fun of the minor classic THE HIDDEN is on the way in a new form. Retitled THE SEED, the update has a pair...
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Barbarella’s new man

Just the other day I mentioned that the cheesecake-filled sci-fi classic BARBARELLA was getting some kind of update or sequel or other fresh non-remake treatment. And now we know who’ll be directing the libidinous exploits of the titular interstellar agent:...
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Ghostbusters 3: CG?

Remember when Tom Arnold would continually talk about how TRUE LIES 2 was just a few months away from filming? I’m starting to get that vibe from Dan Aykroyd, and it makes me a little sad, mostly because I don’t...
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Hulk 2 tidbits

Of all the Marvel movies so far, HULK definitely has the best scene of a guy being blasted into a white outline. What interesting visual oddities will the next HULK movie feature? We’ll have to wait until the green behemoth...
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Smokin’ reviewers

He’s an original way to turn a frown upside down. SMOKIN’ ACES is the kind of movie that revels in its own ballistic bliss, which may not necessarily appeal to some of the “professional” reviewers out there. So writer-director Joe...
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Knocked Up R trailer

Update: Yahoo Movies has now posted the official full North American trailer for this film RIGHT HERE. Some of the funniest stuff in THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN spilled from Seth Rogen’s mouth, but can he carry a film? We’re...
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007 needs director

James Bond will require someone other than M to give him mission directives next time around — Martin Campbell, who has already defibrillated the 007 franchise twice, will apparently not be returning to the director’s chair for BOND 22 (catchy...
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Jordana Smith?

We don’t normally cover a lot of TV news here, but this is of interest for a couple of reasons: 1.) It’s based on a movie, and 2.) It concerns the transcendently gorgeous Jordana Brewster. It seems as though the...
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