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Movie CliffsNotes: Green Lantern

Posted 9 years ago

Star Ryan Reynolds is making his move into the more fitting role of DEADPOOL this week, but in case you want to revisit the better-off-forgotten first attempt at a major superhero role, we take a pass at 2011’s GREEN LANTERN...

Movie CliffsNotes: Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor

Posted 9 years ago

Director Michael Bay is set to debut his latest film, the fact-based military thriller 13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI this Friday, but back in 2001 he put out another military thriller that mixed a little more fiction with...

Movie CliffsNotes: Point Break (1991)

Posted 10 years ago

The POINT BREAK remake is heading our way later this month, for better or for worse, and what better time to revisit Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 original starring Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Lori Petty, and Gary Busey? Join host Matt Kerkhoff...

Exclusive: Movie CliffsNotes – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Posted 10 years ago

The final chapter in the game-changing THE HUNGER GAMES franchise drops this week and it's sure to draw in a massive audience in completing the YA adaptation. For those looking to do a little homework or catch-up prior to heading...

Exclusive: Movie CliffsNotes – Paranormal Activity

Posted 10 years ago

While as a whole, the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY franchise has received mixed reviews from critics, the films have been incredibly profitable, earning more than $800 million worldwide with a combined budget of just $18 million. The sixth and final (sure it...

Exclusive: Movie CliffsNotes – Prometheus

Posted 10 years ago

One of the most hot-and-cold sci-fi films in recent memory, Ridley Scott's PROMETHEUS has been a source of debate, ridicule, adoration, and everything in between since it first hit theaters in 2012. Now, Scott is returning to the sci-fi genre...

Exclusive: Movie CliffsNotes – The Transporter

Posted 10 years ago

Before you plan on refueling for THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED this weekend (see our review here) you can get caught up on the one that started it all with this month's Movie CliffsNotes, featuring the o.g. THE TRANSPORTER starring none other...

Exclusive: Movie CliffsNotes – Mission: Impossible

Posted 10 years ago

Truth be told, the first MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE confused the hell out of a lot of people when it first came out, but that didn't stop them from loving the shit out of it anyway. The plot goes from some crazy...

Exclusive: Movie CliffsNotes – Rocky IV

Posted 10 years ago

This week see's the release of the boxing drama SOUTHPAW, so in the spirit of stepping into the ring again, we jump into the CliffsNotes version of Rocky IV. The Sylvester Stallone classic is both an exercise in excess and...

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