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Final Girl (2015) – Review

Posted on July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 by Mike Brooks

Taking popular horror tropes and turning them on their heads is nothing new – the “final girl” trope is easily the most recognized of such – but the key to making such a twist work is in how well you execute it, and in having the “final girl” being someone the audience can actually get…

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) – Review

Posted on June 29, 2018May 12, 2019 by Mike Brooks

Do you remember Jurassic Park founder John Hammond having a partner? If you don’t you shouldn’t feel too bad, as he didn’t have one up until this fifth entry of the franchise. This is because director J.A. Bayona, along with screenwriters Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly, seemingly have no interest in franchise continuity, and have…

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Time Trap (2017) – Review

Posted on June 26, 2018July 2, 2020 by Mike Brooks

There are many time travel stories – with heroes zipping back and forth through time – from the H.G. Wells’ classic The Time Machine to more modern comedic tales like Back to the Future, but most of these time travel stories have one thing in common, they have some sort of device that propels our…

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Monster Family (2017) – Review

Posted on June 22, 2018June 21, 2018 by Mike Brooks

With the popularity of the Adam Sandler-led animated Hotel Transylvania movie series, it is no surprise that other studios would want to rake in a little of that “monster money” with their own take on the classic monsters. Unfortunately, with director Holger Tappe’s film Monster Family, those favorite monsters don’t quite make an appearance. Instead, we…

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American Assassin (2017) – Review

Posted on June 19, 2018May 15, 2019 by Mike Brooks

When Matt Damon took on the role of Robert Ludlum’s titular hero Jason Bourne way back in 2002, it created a shift in the action-spy genre that radically changed audience expectations. Thus, when a movie based on a book from popular action/thriller author Stephen Flynn was released, a certain level of balls-to-the-wall audacity was expected….

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