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The Reviewinator: Deadpool 2 (2018)
Deadpool 2? What the sh**?! Oh right. Deadpool 1 was a financially orgasmic experience for Fox and Marvel. Maybe because it hit all the right G’s in all the right spots. So of course they were gonna pull a number 2 out of their … Continue reading
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Elvis Presley: The Searcher
HBO’s new documentary Elvis Presley: The Searcher peels back the mythological layers of the rock icon/god to examine him as a man who was hard working, open minded, quite likeable, and who loved music. I love Elvis Presley, especially his Sun Sessions … Continue reading
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Tagged Elvis; HBO; documentary; rock and roll; biography
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Pyewacket
Pyewacket is a great little Canadian indie horror gem about a teenage girl whose father has recently died and as a consequence of arguing with her overprotective mother, decides to summon a demon with even more disastrous consequences. Canadian Nicole Muñoz … Continue reading
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Tagged demon, Laurie Holden, mother-daughter, Nicole Muñoz, occult, supernatural
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Console Consolations
Ever been to your friend’s house and they’ve bought a new video game? They hype it up, put in the disc/cartridge and you two anxiously watch the spinning wheel of the loading screen. Then, before you can read the strategy … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptations, final fantasy, silent hill, video games
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Annihilation
Alex Garland (Ex Machina) makes a fantastic return as director/writer with Annihilation, which is based on Jeff VanderMeer’s novel. It’s about five female scientists who enter a seemingly alien, jungle-like quarantine zone searching for the lost expedition. Only one of its … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Garland, alien, Natalie Portman, sci fi
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: Ma vie de Courgette (My Life as a Zucchini)
Ma vie de Courgette (a courgette is a zucchini for North American folks) is a delightful and heartwarming little stop motion film, and probably my favourite animated film since Finding Nemo. Courgette is the main character, a sensitive and intelligent little boy … Continue reading
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Tagged animated, child abuse, children, French, orphanage, stop motion
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Week: Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia
David Munro’s 1979 ITV documentary Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia (written by John Pilger) captures the horrors and atrocities of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime (1975-79) firsthand from the front line. While it is a hard watch, it is a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970s, Cambodia, documentary, genocide, Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot
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Runstedler’s DVD Pick of the Month: I, Tonya
Craig Gillespie’s mockumentary biopic (and first directed film) I, Tonya tells the story of Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie), an Olympic figure skater from an abused and unloved background who is the first to successfully complete the triple axel, before being accused … Continue reading
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Tagged figure skating, Margot Robbie, mockumentary, Tonya Harding
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Before They Were Stars: A Teenaged Seth Macfarlane in a “Star Trek” Fan Film
Seth Macfarlane can currently been seen as a starship captain in The Orville, a TV series that both parodies and pays homage to Star Trek. It’s pretty clear that Macfarlane has been a lifelong Trek fan, as we can see … Continue reading
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The Reviewinator: Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017)
It’s been exactly 40 years since the original Star Wars introduced audiences to a galaxy far, far away, and Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and Princess Leia became household names. A lot has happened in that time; a Prequel Trilogy, a spin-off, … Continue reading
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