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Tag: Movies

  • Mount Rushmore: Action Movie Franchises  

    Mount Rushmore: Action Movie Franchises  

    Hollywood making an action movie: easy! Hollywood making three or more action movies in a franchise: difficult. Therefore, I present the Mount Rushmore of Action Movie Franchises.  John Wick (2014 – TBD) This franchise is absolutely killin’ it. They have produced three incredible action movies with them all receiving an 86 or higher on Rotten […]

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  • Mount Rushmore:  Movie Plot Twists

    Mount Rushmore: Movie Plot Twists

    I was thinking about  M Night Shyamalan the other day. I freaking LOVED the Sixth Sense, enjoyed Signs, but HATED the Village. But that got me to thinking about plot twists and how many movies have one you don’t come seeing. Those make for the best movies but that leads me to the question, which […]

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  • Culture Check 3.1: Multiverse of Madness

    Culture Check 3.1: Multiverse of Madness

    Arnold Woods and Emily Cornell discuss the latest Marvel Movie, Dr. Strange Multiverse of Madness with guest and fearless leader Ted Flint. *SPOILERS AHEAD*

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  • Remake or Revere: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

    Remake or Revere: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

    Twenty years ago Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Philosopher’s Stone if you’re feeling really British) and was number one at the box office for weeks. It came out November 14 and raked in $1.007 billion at the box office, with an opening weekend of $90,294,621. The production budget was $125,000,00 and worldwide. To say […]

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  • Remake or Revere: Monsters Inc.

    Remake or Revere: Monsters Inc.

    Here on Remake or Revere, we are tasked with watching the movie that was number one on the box office 20 years ago this week. Well, the first week in November 2001 a little movie called “Monsters Inc.” came out and had an opening weekend of $62,577,067, which to no surprise won that week. It […]

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  • What’s the Deal With Dune?

    What’s the Deal With Dune?

    The second attempt at a Dune film has been, by pretty much all metrics, a resounding success. While the original 1984 version has something of a cult following (doesn’t everything Kyle MacLachlan makes?), this year’s is a bona fide hit. A cast full of trendy but accurate actor choices, a director used to tackling high […]

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  • Culture Check 2.18: The Breakfast Club

    Culture Check 2.18: The Breakfast Club

    Arnold Woods and Emily Cornell discuss The Breakfast Club with guest Aaron Wall. 

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  • Remake or Revere: From Hell

    Remake or Revere: From Hell

    In this latest edition of Remake or Revere, we will be looking at the #1 movie from October 21, 2001 weekend. This cinematic thriller, starring Johnny Depp, as Detective Fredrick Abberline, and Heather Graham, as sex worker Mary Kelly. The movie is based on the graphic novel of the same name about the Jack the […]

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  • Culture Check 2.17: Mean Girls

    Culture Check 2.17: Mean Girls

    Arnold Woods and Emily Cornell discuss Mean Girls with guest Aaron Wall. 

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  • Dinner and a Movie with The Moons

    Dinner and a Movie with The Moons

    We are back from our family leave hiatus after welcoming Holden Moon into our lives. We hope you will continue to follow our dinner and movie recommendations as we adjust to feeding one more in the Moon household. This week a conversation in the TGS chat pop culture channel prompted us to watch one of […]

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