Posts Tagged ‘Back To The Future’
SXSW Review – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
The film opens in 1990 at a hotel in Florida. Woken up by what Michael J. Fox thought was a moth fluttering against his cheek, it was instead a trembling pinkie finger animating itself, and he could not get it to stop. Thinking of why…
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Film Review – The Adam Project
The Adam Project (2022) is the kind of sci-fi adventure that is too much of everything and not enough of anything at the same time. Sure, a lot of stuff happens – with plenty of action sequences and quippy punchlines – but none of it resonates.…
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Episode 96 – The Tender Bar
For this week’s episode, we review the coming-of-age drama The Tender Bar, starring Ben Affleck and directed by George Clooney. We also attempt the impossible by recasting the lead characters in Back to the Future with modern actors. As our streaming homework, we examine the…
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Film Review – Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen (2021) is the film adaptation of the popular, Tony Award winning stage musical of the same name. The awards it garnered included both Best Actor as well as Best Musical. However, something went drastically wrong in the translation from Broadway to the…
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Film Review – Welcome to Marwen
Robert Zemeckis, a director responsible for some of the most beloved big budget film experiences in cinema. He started with fun and subversive comedies before moving into creating some of the most indelible movies ever. And over that time, he has created a reputation for…
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An Analysis – The Legacy of Star Wars
The legacy of Star Wars is so large that it has surpassed the films themselves. Toys, lunch boxes, shirts, books, comics, video games, cereal – the list goes on and on. The following this franchise has is unlike anything we’ve seen. Just about everybody who…
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Film Analysis – The Sexual Awakening of George McFly
On the cinematic date of October 21, 2015, Back to the Future II has Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) arrive in his hometown of Hill Valley thirty years from where the original film left off in order to help his kids. With all the attention…
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Pacific Rim – Audio Podcast #172
Spencer is joined by Ben Kendrick (Screen Rant) and Brandon Jerwa (BJ Shea’s Geek Nation). Segments include: A look at monster movie fandom, revisiting Roland Emmerich’s Godzilla, reviewing Guillermo del Toro‘s Pacific Rim, and the return of ‘Kickstart Me.’
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