Category Archives: Streaming

Quest for Fire

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Steve

I think this educated guess of a movie has held up well after 30 years. We’ve made major strides in anthropology since then (we aren’t descended from Neanderthals now) but I wonder if beginner courses ever show Quest with genuine … Continue reading →

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World’s Greatest Dad

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Steve

Bobcat Goldthwait was the last person on Earth I ever thought could make the transition from Eighties schtick comic to successful director. Sure Shakes the Clown is hilarious but I didn’t think he had anything left creatively like Kevin Smith … Continue reading →

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Predators

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Steve

Other than the title having the letter ‘s,’ tacked on the end, this sequel is not a vast improvement nor a different movie like Aliens was. It’s almost the same movie from 1987 but it did suck much less than … Continue reading →

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The Princess and the Frog

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Steve

Two weeks ago we saw Tangled, several days later we cleared The Princess and the Frog from our Netflix queue. Again, I thought Disney cleared out all the well-known stories collected by the Grimm Brothers so they just remade this … Continue reading →

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Zombieland

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Steve

I’m still lucking out on finding worthwhile flicks as zombies and vampires continue to over-saturate the media landscape. Try searching through Netflix streaming alone, there was something about a zombie stripper, ugh. I won’t blurt the surprise cameo despite this … Continue reading →

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Shock Waves

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Steve

British actor Peter Cushing had a pretty eventful year in 1977. He was one of  the only two big names in some little movie called Star Wars and he had top billing in this grindhouse/drive-in appropriate piece. Maybe it provided … Continue reading →

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Moog

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Steve

Halloween 2010 was incredibly eventful and if we didn’t go see Jose and Nancy in Dallas, it would’ve been a tough series of choices on what to do. The (satellite) Rally for Sanity, the Aeros game, the nearby Ren Fair … Continue reading →

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Ponyo

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Steve

Not everything from Japan is a modification of Western inventions (cars, electronics) or concepts (healthcare). The majority of Ghibli’s past material has clearly Japanese origins: My Neighbor Totoro, Grave of the Fireflies and Pom Poko. This exception to the rule … Continue reading →

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Fright Night and Vamp

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Steve

When did the trend of Emo-Wussy vampire films really begin? I blame Coppola’s weak Dracula, Rice’s adaption of Interview with the Vampire and White Wolf’s RPG. These bad precedents made crap such as Twilight and all its current knockoffs acceptable. Thanks … Continue reading →

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Don’t You Forget About Me

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Steve

It has been a year since John Hughes died suddenly. I was pretty sad over the news, I welled up some during the ending of Sixteen Candles last Summer for Alamo’s Girlie Night. Recently I stumbled upon this documentary via … Continue reading →

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2010 in 2010

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Steve

An interesting little look back/contrast on what we thought the future would be like back in 1984 through this sequel to Kubrick-Clarke’s odd original 2001. It’s certainly an Eighties movie with its greater emphasis on action (relatively more compared to … Continue reading →

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