Category: Movies
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Hacksaw Ridge
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Read more: Hacksaw RidgeThe mind-frame of Mr. Gibson is that of the medieval Catholic church, and the ordeal of the saint is his oeuvre. Hacksaw Ridge is the latest riff on that theme, now adorned in the uniform of an American soldier.
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Nebraska
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Read more: NebraskaA journey into the heart of nowhere in particular.
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Radio
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Read more: RadioAnd a drooling fuckwit shall lead them.
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The Case For Christ
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Read more: The Case For ChristAfter I came out as an atheist decades ago, a good and well-meaning friend of mine suggested that I read Lee Strobel’s The Case For Christl. I don’t know what happened to Strobel IRL, but in the movie he was driven to his knees not by evidence, but by emotional manipulation and blackmail.
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Cold as ice
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Read more: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Cold as iceThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel, set sixty-four years prior to the events of The Hunger Games. My biggest concern going into Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was it would treat President Snow the way Anakin Skywalker or Maleficent were treated in their prequels. You know what I mean…
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King Rat (1965)
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Read more: King Rat (1965)In wartime, it is not always the highest ranked individuals that run the show. Oftentimes, like with Ex-PFC Wintergreen and Corporal Milo Minderbinder in Heller’s masterpiece Catch-22, it is the most cunning and resourceful who are in charge. George Segal stars in his best performance ever in writer/director Bryan Forbes’s 1965 adaptation of James Clavell’s…
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The Thing (1982)
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Read more: The Thing (1982)Kurt Russell and his hat burn several aliens dead.
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Aliens (1986)
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Read more: Aliens (1986)Bitches man, bitches.
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Top Gun
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Read more: Top GunSweaty young studs fly planes, shower together.
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Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
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Read more: Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)Hobo with a Shotgun was hardly an 80’s Action Movie since it was produced in 2011, but there was no reason that the 80’s format could not be used on this totally over the top bloodbath. If you don’t approve, take it up with Rutger Hauer. Yeah, that’s what I thought. Hobo with a Shotgun…