Category: Sci-Fi
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Super 8: Kind of like the Goonies, only good.
Super 8 – 2011 Written and Directed by J.J. Abrams Starring Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Ron Eldard, Riley Griffiths, Ryan Lee, David Gallagher, Noah Emmerich, Bruce Greenwood, Amanda Michalka When seeing The Goonies at age 14, I remember asking myself what the hell Spielberg, Columbus and Donner must have thought of kids. Given that the…
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Green Lantern is darkened with too many writers, effects
Green Lantern – 2011 Directed by Martin Campbell Starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett, Tim Robbins Written by Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, Marc Guggenheim, Michael Goldenberg There is an easy theory to have with movie making. After 2, the more writers you get for a film, the more trouble you have.…
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This Source Code is not as complicated or entertaining as it could be
Source Code – 2011 Directed by Duncan Jones Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Arden Written by Ben Ripley For all of its accolades and its (predominately international) box office success, one would think that Source Code was a better movie than it is. Getting an aggregate 86% on Rotten Tomatoes…
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The Adjustment Bureau is waiting for Godot
The Adjustment Bureau – 2011 Written and Directed by George Nolfi Starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, John Slattery, Anthony Mackie, Anthony Ruivivar, Terence Stamp, Michael Kelley Based on “Adjustment Team” by Philip K. Dick There is a lot of talk about free will in The Adjustment Bureau. With a series of officers who looked like they…
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon obliterated by edits
Transformers: Dark of the Moon – 2011 Directed by Michael Bay Starring Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, John Turturro, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Patrick Dempsey, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Peter Cullen (voice), Hugo Weaving (voice), Leonard Nimoy (voice), Alan Tudyk Written by Ehren Krueger About 45 minutes into Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Optimus…
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Battle: Los Angeles fights a valiant war with the power of cliche
Battle: Los Angeles – 2011 Director Jonathan Liebsman Starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Ramón Rodríguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo, Michael Peña Written by Chris Bertolini Rule#31 – Whenever a movie about an alien invasion starts mid-battle, and you know we have to go back to the beginning, the beginning needs to be exciting. Rule#548 – It’s never…
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I Am Number Four takes it self seriously, but is fun
I Am Number Four – 2011 Directed by D.J. Caruso Starring Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Callan McAullife, Kevin Durand Written by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Marti Noxon, based on I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (Jobie Hughes and James Frey) The name James Frey is a fount of controversy ever since…
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Cool Papa E Reviews The Marvel Cinematic Universe (The Avengers Movies) Phase One
When Captain America: The First Avenger is released July 22, 2012, it will mark the last movie to be released ramping up to the May 4, 2012 arrival of the first superhero team movie, The Avengers. At this point, everyone is aware of the team that has been assembled: Iron Man, Captain America, The Incredible…
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Hubble shows man’s willingness to “…boldly go…”
Hubble – 2010 Written and Directed by Toni Myers Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio “It’s like performing brain surgery with oven mitts.” That’s the description used to describe the task ahead of them. Hubble telescope, launched into space in 1990, was in need of one last repair. The fantastic telescope has performed well since finally being…
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Tron: Legacy – The Dude abides an old new world
Tron: Legacy – 2010 Directed by Joseph Kosinski Starring Jeff Bridges, Garret Hedlund, Bruce Boxleitner, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen Written by Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis There’s a concept expressed in Tron: Legacy that is a clever one, considering it is based on life inside of a computer program. Kevin Flynn, having discovered the existence of…
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