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  • Movies I Like Ep. 4: Airheads

    Movies I Like Ep. 4: Airheads

    Who would have guessed one of the ultimate on-screen trios would consist of Brendan Fraser, Adam Sandler, and Steve Buscemi? There is magic in that cocktail, and it manifested in 1994’s Airheads.

  • Saturday Morning Cinema – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

    Saturday Morning Cinema – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

    The 2003 masterpiece Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is a cinematic viewing experience unlike most others. Its quality and replayability are worthy of revisiting.

  • Movies I Like Ep. 3: 30 Days of Night

    Movies I Like Ep. 3: 30 Days of Night

    Movies do not necessarily need to have a heavy emotional impact or be action spectacles to leave a lasting impression. Sometimes, the thoughts they evoke and their presentation is enough to stick with, or haunt, you. 2007’s 30 Days of Night is one of those films. Here’s why it’s a movie I like…

  • Movies I Like Ep. 2: Ronin

    Movies I Like Ep. 2: Ronin

    Ronin is a 1998 action drama starring Robert DeNiro and a high profile supporting cast. The vehicular action is legendary in a movie that moves as fast as the cars. Think of Ronin as a classier Fast & Furious.

  • Saturday Morning Cinema – Bugonia

    Saturday Morning Cinema – Bugonia

    What is Bugonia? It’s a dark world of delightful weirdness with excellent performances and edgy direction. For me, it was an unexpected watch that ended up making my day.

  • Movies I Like Ep. 1: Soldier

    Movies I Like Ep. 1: Soldier

    Soldier is everything good about 90’s sci-fi action, and yet, despite a great cast and a good Hollywood pedigree, it remains a “you had to be there” classic.

  • Saturday Morning Cinema – Network

    Saturday Morning Cinema – Network

    About a 5-minute read Here’s a movie I didn’t expect to go off the rails: Network. Number 64 on the American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest American Films of All Time, this 1976 Sidney Lumet film looked like a peek behind the curtain of television in the Seventies, where, in this reality-adjacent setting, four major networks…

  • Saturday Morning Cinema – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

    Saturday Morning Cinema – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

    1991’s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a movie steeped in nostalgia, but it is also a weird movie with eccentirc characters. This article explores what makes Prince of Thieves enjoyable and what brings it down.

  • Saturday Morning Cinema – Violent Night

    Saturday Morning Cinema – Violent Night

    Violent Night is not your traditional holiday movie fare, at least not on the surface. Peel back the violence and explosions, and you get something familiar that will either wrap you in the warm embrace of Christmas nostalgia or beat you over the head with it.

  • Saturday Morning Cinema – House of Wax (2005)

    Saturday Morning Cinema – House of Wax (2005)

    About a 5-minute read Wax on. Wax off. Paris Hilton. Pre-“Sammy” Padalecki. Serial Siamese Twins. A mid-aughts horror delicacy. When you think of 2005’s House of Wax, do you think of Paris Hilton? I do. It’s easy to dismiss the movie because of her presence, not that anything she did or did not do in…