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“Quick Change” Review (Video Version)

June 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Batman Begins Review (video version)

May 24th, 2008 · No Comments

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“Movies That Aren’t Complete Shit” will be turning into a video series, and I will be converting all previously written reviews into videos. Here is the first one.

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Deep Focus on Ewoks

February 16th, 2008 · No Comments

ON EWOKS!

The Ewoks are awesome.  The cute teddy bear appearance is a façade, hiding the untamed spirit of a savage and the burning soul of a warrior. Here are a few things to consider if you are anti-Ewok or on the fence: 

The Ewoks were going to eat Luke, Han and Chewbacca.  In fact, their thirst [...]

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The Blues Brothers

February 15th, 2008 · No Comments

The Blues Brothers
1980. John Landis.
The Blues Brothers was the first movie to be based on characters from Saturday Night Live, and is arguably the best. The movie, which is essentially a musical, is a love letter to blues music and musicians, and contains numbers by many legendary musicians, including Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin and [...]

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Return of the Jedi

January 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Return of the Jedi
1983.  Richard Marquand.
From the mysterious, underworld palace of the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt, filled with a variety of imaginative aliens and giant monsters, to the flying motorcycle chases through the vast forests of Endor, Return of the Jedi has everything.  The film delivers more creatures, more effects and more action [...]

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

January 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989. Steven Spielberg.
The Last Crusade, the third film in the Indiana Jones series, which sees Indiana teaming up with his father to search for the Holy Grail, is so jokey that you could almost call it a comedy.  Fortunately, the humor actually works, thanks to fantastic performances by Harrison Ford [...]

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Creature From the Black Lagoon

January 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

 
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954. Jack Arnold 
Creature From the Black Lagoon may be the most competent monster movie of the 1950’s. Certainly, it is one of the most influential. Nearly everything in it works beautifully, and elements of it can be found in countless monster movies in the decades following.
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No Shit in 2008

January 1st, 2008 · No Comments

 
No Shit in 2008!
50 new films will be inducted this year as part of the “Movies That Aren’t Complete Shit” series. Over 30 of the films have already been selected by us here at the Anti-Shit Institute, but if you want in on the action, you’ll have to check back as one new film is [...]

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

July 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984. Steven Spielberg.
Considered by many as the worst of the original Indiana Jones trilogy, Temple of Doom is still a really fun movie with a lot to offer the adventure film fan; the mine cart chase alone is worth the price of admission, and the art direction inside [...]

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

July 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981. Steven Spielberg.
Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Harrison Ford joined forces to kick our asses in 1981 with Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first of the Indiana Jones adventure films. Raiders, like Star Wars, was inspired by the cliffhanger serials of early cinema, and of all the movies that [...]

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