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2,000 Page Views!

We reached another small yet very cool milestone for the page today, 2,000 pages views from 46 different countries. Thank you all yet again for continued support of this site. We hope to continue to add interesting and entertaining content about this great hobby and art form. If you ever have any questions, comments, or […]

Under The Skin (2014)

Review by-Jarrett Leahy “A masterpiece!” “Artsy-fartsy garbage.” “The best film of 2014.” “The worst movie I’ve ever seen!” Any film that can create such diversely opposing yet equally passionate reactions would certainly fall under the category of being a polarizing or divisive film. I suspect that many casual movie fans and more than a handful […]

RoboCop (2014)

Review by-Jarrett Leahy Set in 2028, the streets of Detroit have become a glorified war-zone of crime and corrupt officials. Fervent media and conservative politicians hope that the country’s growing fear will speed up the institution of a controversial militarized robotics program headed by multinational corporation OmniCorp. However, America’s “robo-phobia” keeps their lucrative plans at […]

Top 6 Lists: Con-Artists

List by-Jarrett Leahy One of the most fascinating and entertaining subject matter in Hollywood has always been the cunning and deviant con-artist. While disdained in real life, the con-artist on screen is an anti-hero that plays on our inner desire to outsmart and outmaneuver, and if The Man is on the other end of those […]

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Review by-Jarrett Leahy Ten years after a deadly pandemic devastated the world population, only small factions of societies still remain. During an exploratory search for an abandoned hydroelectric dam, a group human survivors stumble upon a flourishing community of highly intelligent primates that have taken residence among the forests that now surround the decimated city […]