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13 Days of Halloween: Day 2 – Branden Chowen on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

October 20, 2014
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Title: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) Director: Timur Bekmambetov Runtime: 105 minutes — Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter gained fame back in 2011 when Seth Grahame-Smith released his novel of the same name. I remember my mom bringing me home the book after it started getting popular, but I never did get around to reading it. I…

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Movie Review – Chris Ranson on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

August 8, 2014
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Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) Director: Jonathan Liebesman Runtime: 101 minutes — Some of you may have checked out my series review of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films. If you didn’t, I am a huge fan of the Turtles. Dating back to when I was a kid, the Turtles were always my favorite…

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Movie Review – Ashe Collins on Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

August 6, 2014
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Title: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Director: James Gunn Runtime: 121 minutes — I honestly know next to nothing about this portion of the Marvel comic universe. I’m more into X-Men and have a vague idea about the Avengers and Spider-Man. I have seen them head off and deal with different space issues before, but…

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Movie Review – Chris Ranson on Snowpiercer (2014)

July 7, 2014
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Title: Snowpiercer (2014) Director: Joon-ho Bong Runtime: 126 minutes — The other day on Twitter, Ashe mentioned that a new film he wanted to see was getting a limited theatrical release. For the first time in ages, this film was playing closer to him than anywhere near me, so I tossed out any idea I…

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Movie Review – Ashe Collins on Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

June 30, 2014
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Title: Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) Director: Michael Bay Runtime: 165 minutes — Let’s get this right out of the way: if you haven’t liked any of the Transformers films from Michael Bay, you are not going to like this one either. I’ll add to that by saying this is probably the most “Bay-like” of…

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Movie Review – Chris Ranson on How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

June 18, 2014
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Title: How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) Director: Dean DeBlois Runtime: 102 minutes — It’s hard to find a good animated film these days. Yes, we get the likes of Frozen, and the latest Pixar offering, but those films offer the tried and true tropes that families expect. In 2010, the world met Hiccup…

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Movie Review – Chris Ranson on Maleficent (2014)

May 31, 2014
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Title: Maleficent (2014) Director: Robert Stromberg Runtime: 97 minutes — With the first glimpse of Angelina Jolie in the role of the iconic villain, Maleficent, I knew we were going to be in for a treat. Then more trailers were released, and my expectations quickly started turning south. At no point did the trailers give…

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