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Monthly Archives: January 2016

The Hateful Eight review

30 Saturday Jan 2016

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Action, Drama, Tarantino, Western

Fear leads to anger.  Anger leads to hate.  Hate leads to suffering. And I love watching people suffer.

by Thom Yee

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The Hateful Eight images courtesy of the Weinstein Company

I love Death Proof.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say that. Theatrically released as the second half of the Grindhouse double feature in 2007 and following Robert Rodriquez’s first part with Planet Terror (towards which I’m fairly indifferent), most people I’ve heard from don’t seem to care for Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, and when compared to the rest of his output, the tale of misandrist women, the men who want to sleep with them, and the stunt men who want to kill them stands out like a sore thumb. In a bad way.

But I love Death Proof. Continue reading →

Legends of Tomorrow – Pilot, pt. 2 recap

29 Friday Jan 2016

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Action, comics, DC, superhero

by Thom Yee

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Legends of Tomorrow images courtesy of Warner Bros. Television Distribution

1×02: “Pilot (2)”

After the disastrous (but probably fated to happen) events of the previous episode in which our heroes travelled back to the ‘70s, get two of their own teammate’s’ grownup child killed, and then find out they’re less legends but losers, we now find ourselves with a group that’s somewhat more disillusioned with their series’ initial premise and now very distrustful of Rip Hunter, the time master/mastermind that brought them together. Following clues left behind in the wake of their misadventures, the group sets off on the trail of Vandal Savage without Rip’s supervision, but when the Atom accidentally leaves a piece of his supersuit behind in the hands of terrorists, they end up ruining their own present and have to undo their latest mistake before leaving 1975. Continue reading →

January 29th Weekend Predictions & Predilections

29 Friday Jan 2016

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Box Office, Weekend

Opening this Weekend

Kung Fu Panda 3


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Legends of Tomorrow – Pilot, pt. 1 recap

22 Friday Jan 2016

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Action, comics, DC, superhero

Why I’m Watching… Legends of Tomorrow

by Thom Yee

legends-of-tomorrow-headWhen you break superheroes down to their base concepts, the one thing that probably draws us all to them is their superpowers. For all of its apparent faults, my favourite moment in Avengers:  Age of Ultron is when all of the Vision, the Thor, and Iron Man combine their individual energy blasts to take down Ultron. It’s one of those glorious, everyone-gang-up-on-the impossible-threat moments (à la George Perez) that really made me love that movie, but like any other story, a good superhero story needs at least a little more complexity than “People! With powers!” On television, though, most shows have had a problem even getting that first part right. Continue reading →

January 22nd Weekend Predictions & Predilections

22 Friday Jan 2016

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The 5th Wave

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens review

16 Saturday Jan 2016

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Action, Adventure, George Lucas, J.J. Abrams, Sci-Fi, Space, Star Wars

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before

by Thom Yee

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens images courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

What if a child grew up without seeing Star Wars in the same way that society sees it? What if a child found far greater meaning in the other stories he grew up with? That child would be me.

I don’t get Star Wars. I mean, I get it, it’s not like there’s some abstraction that makes it hard to interpret or understand, and I can see how it’s vast array of post-movie product offerings — toys, books, clothing, ornaments, lifestyle accessories — have allowed it to become such a big deal, but I don’t get why it’s become such an all-consuming behemoth of an intellectual property or why it’s managed to gain fan warship at a level and with a reach so far in excess of any other franchise that doesn’t count the Bible or Dianetics amongst its works. Continue reading →

January 15th Weekend Predictions & Predilections

15 Friday Jan 2016

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Ride Along 2

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GOO Reviews’ 2015 Year in Review

09 Saturday Jan 2016

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2015, Retrospective, Year-End

Aand we’re back!  And we brought lists!

Is Star Wars: The Force Awakens the biggest movie of the year?

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Is Mad Max: Fury Road that important?

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Is Spotlight really that big of a deal?

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Stay tuned to find out…!…?

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