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May 7th, 2013: Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster

Leave a comment Posted in Superheroes, Sci-Fi, Crime, Cops, Event Film, Sequel, Kaiju, Aliens, Movie of the Day, Disaster, Giant Insects, Dinosaurs, Hit Man Tagged Bad Dubbing, Japan, Toho, assassin, scientists, airplane, reporter, Eiji Tsuburaya, Akira Ifukube, Rodan, Kenji Sahara, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Sekizawa, Godzilla, Ghidorah, Hiroshi Koizumi, Akiko Wakabayashi, fishermen, Cassandra, prophecy, quotably bad dialogue, Tomoyuki Tanaka, lady reporter, princess, assassination attempt, cops, mountains, music summons the monster, plane crash, Mothra, Emi Ito, Yumi Ito, Yuriko Hoshi, Yosuke Natsuki, alien warning, alien possession, TV show, model airplane, hanging from a cliff, shock treatment, power outage

December 10th, 2012: Supersonic Man (1979)

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Leave a comment Posted in Aliens, Independent, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Good, Superheroes Tagged alien superhero, bad special effects, Cameron Mitchell, cash-in, father, Juan Piquer Simón, killer robots, lady reporter, low-budget, mastermind, reporter, rip-off, scientists, Spain

September 18th, 2012: Superman IV

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Event Film, Family, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good, Superheroes Tagged arms control, bad rear projection, bad special effects, before they were famous, Cannon, cash-in, Christopher Reeve, Cosmonauts, Gene Hackman, Great Wall of China, Jackie Cooper, Jim Broadbent, John Cryer, Margot Kidder, Mariel Hemingway, Mark McClure, Menahem Golan, nuclear weapons, Sam Wannamaker, scientists, Sidney J. Furie, Soviet Union, Sun, Superman, Warner Brothers, William Hootkins, Yoram Globus

June 5th, 2012: Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster aka Godzilla vs. Hedora

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Leave a comment Posted in Camp, Dinosaurs, Event Film, Kaiju, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Superheroes Tagged acid trip, AIP, annoying children, annoying teenagers, Drive-In, Godzilla, hippies, Japan, kenny, night club, pollution, Samuel Z. Arkoff, scientists, Takeshi Kimura, Toho, Tomoyuki Tanaka

A Short Rave for The Avengers (2012)

May11 by professormortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Aliens, Based on a Comic Book, Computer Animation, Event Film, Quick Reviews, Remake, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Sequel, Superheroes, War with Aliens Tagged Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Jeremy Renner, Joss Whedon, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Stan Lee, Stellan Skarsgård, The Avengers, Tom Hiddleston

April 21st, 2012: X-Men: First Class (2011)

Apr21 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Movie of the Day, Prequel, Superheroes Tagged James McAvoy, January Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Vaughn, Michael Fassbender, Oliver Platt, Rose Byrne

November 5th, 2011: V for Vendetta (2006)

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Dark Future, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, Superheroes Tagged Alan Moore, Andy Wachowski, Britain, DC Comics, disowned by its creator, Hugo Weaving, Joel Silver, John Hurt, Lana Wachowski, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Silver Pictures, Stephen Fry, Stephen Rhea, totalitarian society, Virtual Studios, Warner Brothers

October 24th, 2011: The Dark Knight (2008)

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Crime, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Superheroes Tagged Aaron Eckhart, Anthony Michael Hall, bank robbery, Batman, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Makeup Nominee, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, Best Visual Effects Nominee, bombing, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, corruption, D.A., David S. Goyer, DC Comics, Eric Roberts, gang conference, Gary Oldman, Hans Zimmer, Heath Ledger, homage, insanity, it's not over, Jonathan Nolan, Legendary Pictures, Maggie Gyllenhaal, mastermind, Michael Caine, Michael Jai White, mobsters, Morgan Freeman, psychiatrists, terrorists, The Joker, Tiny Lister, Triad Gangsters, vigilantes, Warner Brothers

September 30th, 2011: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Sep30 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Comedy, Coming of Age, Movie of the Day, Romance, Superheroes Tagged Allison Pill, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, based on a comic book, Bill Hader, Brandon Routh, Chris Evans, Clifton Collins Jr., comic books, designated hero, Edgar Wright, homage, Jason Schwartzman, Johnny Simmons, Kieran Culkin, less famous siblings, Mark Webber, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Cera, MPDG, musical interlude, musicians, Thomas Jane, Universal Pictures, video games

A Short Rant about Captain America: The First Avenger

Aug31 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Event Film, Pulp, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Special Operations, Superheroes, War Movies Tagged Captain America, Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Jack Kirby, Joe Johnston, Joe Simon, Marvel, Neal McDonough, Samuel L. Jackson, Stan Lee, Stanley Tucci, Toby Jones, Tommy Lee Jones

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