Author Archives: SeanTaylor

Or Is It? – Maximum Overdrive

Ah, Stephen King. Master horror novel writer. Just the name congers up memories of reading IT or The Green Mile long before even knowing there were movies made based on them. Actually, it seems that the majority of King’s novels … Continue reading

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Or Is It? – Into The Blue

Paul Walker and Jessica Alba return to Or Is It? with this movie about ocean diving treasure hunters who get entangled in a twisted plot and being blackmailed by a Colombian drug lord. Yeah, there isn’t much to say other … Continue reading

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Or Is It? – Final Destination

During what was supposed to be a routine flight to France, Alex Browning has a premonition that the plan will explode during take off. He and several others are removed from the plane only to watch the plane actually explode … Continue reading

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Film Studies 6-08: Going In Style

Three senior men who have been pushed to the limit financially. They’ve lost their pensions, their mortgages are overdue, and there’s health complications to be concerned. What are they to do? Rob a bank, of course. But can a trio … Continue reading

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Or Is It? – The Warriors

Warriors . . . and baseball gang . . . and twenty-something orphans . . . and Beat It gang rejects, come out and play-ay!!! Yes, this week we take a look at The Warriors from 1979. It’s about one … Continue reading

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Or Is It? – Space Jam

What happens when you mix a former basketball superstar trying to stay relevant with a group of cartoon characters trying to stay relevant in the 1990s? You get Space Jam. The Looney Toons are being threatened with slavery on a … Continue reading

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Film Studies 6-07: Power Rangers

Back in 1993, the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers burst into pop culture and they’ve never left. Now, 14 years later, we have a gritty, darker reboot that hit theatres this past week. Five teenagers must come together, learn how to … Continue reading

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Or Is It? – Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie

With Sabban’s Power Rangers opening this weekend, we went back to the Power Rangers well for the second time. Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie is the story of the Power Rangers facing off against Divatox and gaining their new Turbo … Continue reading

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Film Studies 6-06: Beauty and the Beast

The 1995 Disney classic gets a live action makeover with Emma Watson as Belle. Beauty and the Beast is the latest of Disney’s live action adaptations that have had, arguably, a rocky start so far. But this story “as old … Continue reading

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Or Is It? – Rad

Oh . . . the 80s. Yes before Hackers, before Tank Girl, and even before Airborne, there was Rad. In the 1980s, a new fad swept the nation as BMX became hugely popular with teenagers. Bicycles had treaded tires, plastic … Continue reading

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