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Or Is It? – Con Air

Is there a better movie in the world than a 1990s Nick Cage movie? I submit that there isn’t. Cage teams up with the nearly equally over-the-top John Malkovich and John Cusack for a movie about convicts taking over a … Continue reading

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Film Studies 5-18: Indepedence Day – Resurgence

Independence Day: Resurgence happens 20 years after the Earth was first invaded by malicious aliens. We won the War of 1996 and now the aliens are back and they are pissed. Bigger ships, more explosions but the humans have adapted … Continue reading

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Or Is It? – Independence Day

Ah yes, the classic popcorn-stuffing, Sunday afternoon, time-waster of a movie! This is another guilty pleasure to be sure but you had to know this was coming sooner or later. It’s the story of aliens attacking Earth and it’s up … Continue reading

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Film Studies 5-17: Central Intelligence

Calvin (Kevin Hart) is in the middle of a mid-life crisis when an old high school friend searches him out. Turn out Robby (Dwyane Johnson) is now Bob Stone, a former member of the CIA. Bob needs Calvin’s help to … Continue reading

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Or Is It? – Doom

A research facility on Mars has sent out a distress call and there’s only one group of specially trained mercenaries who can contain the threat. Yeah, it’s not exactly the same the plot of the video game but then again, … Continue reading

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Film Studies 5-16: Warcraft

The war between the Orcs and the humans begins in this adaptation from the insanely successful online video game. Lothar and Durotan lead their respective armies against each other until they learn that bigger evils within their own camps are … Continue reading

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Film Studies 5-15: Now You See Me 2

The Horsemen have been in hiding but when they are kidnapped by a businessman in China (Walter), they are forced to steal a new microchip that will allow him to control every computer in the world. But there’s more beneath … Continue reading

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Or Is It? – Coyote Ugly

When Violet Sanford moves from New Jersey to New York, she discovers that making it on her own in the music business isn’t the cakewalk she expected – probably because YouTube hadn’t been invented yet. So she takes a job … Continue reading

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Film Studies 5-14: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Out of the Shadows

It’s officially the Summer Movie Season when a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie hits theatres. This time around, Krang and Shredder are teaming up with the Foot Clan to bring the Technodrome to Earth. Leo, Donny, Raph and Mikey are … Continue reading

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Or Is It? – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

Yes, seriously. Look, we love this movie. It was a staple of our childhood and a pillar of our TMNT fandom. Hell, it’s probably still the best TMNT movie ever made. But it’s not just about bad movies on this … Continue reading

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