In 2001 Super Troopers introduced us to the Broken Lizard Comedy Troupe. This movie about a rag tag group of state troopers showed us a new style of comedy with humor that was sophomoric but not too high brow. The following movies they released always stayed ahead of the trends and made you laugh out […]
I remember watching the first Evil Dead movie at home with my family. I was 8 years old and my father had rented it from the local video store. I was excited to see it but also nervous because I remember how spooky the image on the VHS box looked. Once the movie got into
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Growing up I was enamored with the artist lifestyle. I wanted to be a photographer and a writer and after high school, I went to Columbia College. Columbia was/is the school for those wanting to go into arts. During my time there I met musicians, artists, writers, and those who had the same dream as
When I first saw the trailer for Mafia Mamma the first thing that came to mind was the 1999 movie Mickey Blue Eyes. That movie revolved around an art dealer who finds out that his girlfriend’s father is a mob boss and how he gets entangled in their business while trying to get married. Mafia
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Super Mario has been a part of my life since I played the Mario Bros arcade machine. I remember spending a good amount of quarters playing that game. When Mario and Luigi finally came home on the Nintendo Entertainment System I would have to go to my friend’s house to play the game. I never
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Earlier this year the horror film Skinamarink showed that not all horror movies need to have a psychotic killer or blood splashed everywhere to scare the audience. The use of long takes, establishing shots, and eerie sounds took the viewers on an intense journey that might have raised their anxiety levels. While many applauded this
As a filmgoer, we go to the movies to escape reality. We go to see stories that take us away from our worlds and entertain us for a few hours. The stories, while sometimes extraordinary, make us feel better when we walk out as opposed to when we walked in. While we do go to
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Growing up my father always took us to see the latest action movies in the theaters. Whether it was Chuck Norris, Charles Bronson, or Sylvester Stallone, we were there to see what action these guys would get into. As the actors changed and the movies got more exaggerated we slowly stopped going and would just
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In the vein of great investigative dramas like Zodiac, All The President’s Men, and Spotlight, Boston Strangler shows us how the reporters working behind the newsdesk are able to break the story and assist the police in catching the killer. What makes Boston Strangler different is that this story is about Loretta McLaughlin and Jean
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Confession time: I have not seen the previous Creed movies. I watched half of the first one, and bought parts 1 and 2, but have never had the time to sit down and watch them. This was corrected after I watched Creed III in IMAX earlier this week. I will say that while it is
