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'Extraction' is Flawed but Commanding
Extraction is a 2015 action-thriller starring Bruce Willis, Kellan Lutz, Gina Carano, D.B. Sweeney, and Dan Bilzerian. Although the movie takes place in Newark, New Jersey, the film was shot in Mobile, Alabama. The plot...
Review: 'Supergirl' S1 E9
After having spent the past four days at Disney World, I was excited to return to the real world and my regularly scheduled programming. Around the same time that I was watching fireworks set to...
Why 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Needed to Beat 'Avatar'
If you've been anywhere near the internet in the last twenty days, you'll know that Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been shattering just about every box-office record that exists, as was to be expected....
The Enigmatic Resume of Edward Norton
Edward Norton is one of the best actors in Hollywood, yet, somehow, his enigmatic resume has made the first part of this sentence something uncommonly stated. Because Norton hasn't been a regular in movies over...
'Pain & Gain' is Michael Bay's Best Movie - Surprising Yet True
Michael Bay is a polarizing figure to fans. Certain sects worship the man for his emphasis on massive explosions and commitment to creating movies with astronomical budgets. Others believe he lacks creativity and does nothing...
Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: Maria Bamford, Mitch Hedberg
Image courtesy of the "Maria Bamford - Opening a Pot Clinic" video posted on YouTube. 16. Maria Bamford Maria Bamford is … weird. She is so strange, in fact, that one of the voices she...
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 22 - The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises - the third film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy - has more flaws and is less historically significant than Batman Begins, so why is it higher on this list? In a...
3 Ways 'Oz' Influenced Television Dramas
Oz debuted its six-season run on HBO in 1997 - the first one-hour episode drama series the network ever had. While 2016 now makes some of the previously thought to be intricate details of Oz...
'Out of the Furnace' Hasn't Been Properly Appreciated
I saw Out of the Furnace in theaters back in 2013. My draw to the movie - one with Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Zoe Saldana, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, and Sam Shepard -...
Top 50 Stand-Up Comedians: Steven Wright, Dana Carvey
Image courtesy of the "Inside Joke interviews Steven Wright" video posted on YouTube. 18. Steven Wright The original dry-wit, deadpanning joke-teller, Steven Wright creates storms of laughter without ever raising his heart rate. His monotonous...