The Rocketeer (1991)

April 14, 2016 / Ken Rupracht

There are plenty of superheros out there these days. Heck, they are all over the place, and super popular with the mainstream audiences if box office draws are anything to say about it. It's almost safe to wager that about half or more are probably even spat out by the Marvel set, which ironically is owned by Disney (as far as film studios go). Some would even say that this is when "comic movies finally started to get good," but some might forget that Disney's done superheros before. On today's sprawl, we check out one such of those movies - try not to get Elton John stuck in your head.

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categories / action, adventure, comedy, family, pg, scifi
tags / The Rocketeer

American Ultra (2015)

April 07, 2016 / Ken Rupracht

My original inclination was to expect a movie similar to Natural Born Killers when I thought of this movie, which only served to confuse me with the cast choices. Of course, then I watched it and realized that it's nothing like that at all. Heck, outside of a few effects on the title/credits cards, there's isn't really any crazy drug-o-vision stuff going on. If anything, this movie ended up being more akin an action-based spy flick à la True Lies with a stoner cast instead of Arnold. Sound good? My thoughts, right ahead.

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categories / action, comedy, r, scifi, thriller
tags / American Ultra

Missing in Action (1984)

March 31, 2016 / Ken Rupracht

Chuck Norris movie. Eighties action flick. What more can a description do to really tell you if your going to have a good time? The dude was like my first action-hero, so I'm predisposed to enjoy his movies regardless, but man has he had some pretty bad movies he's been in too. Let's figure out if this thing is something awesome or maybe just a walker.

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categories / action, adventure, drama, r, thriller, war
tags / Missing in Action

Scooby-Doo! And Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery (2015)

March 24, 2016 / Ken Rupracht

What, don't look at me like that. Sometimes a grown man just feels like watching some Scooby-Doo. I admit, it is a change of pace from recent movies, but that's never a bad thing. Anyways, seems like the Scooby gang has gotten themselves mixed up in a mystery that involves a popular (at least to people old as I) rock band. Will it rock your world?

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categories / animation, family
tags / Scooby-Doo! And Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery

Westworld (1973)

March 17, 2016 / Ken Rupracht

Do amusement parks scare you? Do you love hearing of things going terribly wrong in vacation destinations? Ever wonder why you feel uneasy after being assured your in the safest of conditions? Love Jurassic Park but hate dinosaurs? Well, have I got news for you! Welcome to Westworld.

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categories / action, pg, scifi, thriller, western
tags / Westworld

Salem's Lot (1979)

March 10, 2016 / Ken Rupracht

Over the last couple of years, I've been working my way through all the Stephen King movies. Why? I don't know, just seemed like the thing to do really. So far, although most aren't something I would necessarily call "scary" or "frightening" or even good movies at times, I can't say with a straight face that I haven't been entertained by most of them. Sure they can be a bit lengthy - even for the older ones - and some of them feel like an acid trip, but the ironic thing is the "worse" the movie (looking at you Maximum Overdrive) the more fun I seem to have with it. So, how will my resolve hold against this 1979 made for TV vampire movie?

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categories / horror, pg
tags / Salem's Lot

Cub (2014)

March 03, 2016 / Ken Rupracht

I should really start screening movies before I show them for review. I'm sure someone might take that as a negative sign that this movie isn't good - but that isn't entirely true. It just happens that once again I've picked a movie that, after a short portion of plot, becomes filled with easy to ruin surprises. Ah well, we all know the drill, we'll get through this. But will the little pack of scouts survive their camping trip? Would the name Welp have been a better choice? Stay tuned to find out I guess.

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categories / adventure, horror, ur
tags / Cub

Cop Car (2015)

February 25, 2016 / Ken Rupracht

You smell a pig? I smell Bacon. Pork-ception? Kevin Bacon playing a sheriff? Terrible puns aside, this movie feels more like a short story turned feature length film than it necessarily does a full-blown movie, so I may admittedly need to restructure or even shorten this review from the standard format. Still, it is probably worth finding out what I thought of this one, because first impressions aside, it might be interesting to hear what I think.

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categories / r, thriller
tags / Cop Car

To Be or Not to Be (1983)

February 18, 2016 / Ken Rupracht

It was said that I should do something comedic this week, so I scrounged around and found something that should get some laughs - A Mel Brooks movie. I mean, have you watched a Brooks comedy and at least not gotten one laugh out of it? I haven't. So, safe bet aside, let's see how this Nazi-filled romp through a theater turns out!

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categories / comedy, pg
tags / To Be or Not to Be

The 13th Warrior (1999)

February 11, 2016 / Ken Rupracht

As Valentines day rolls around, people would expect I'd capitalize on it by doing a romance this week. These people don't realize that I don't get payed for this, and instead get treated to another one of my favorite movies to celebrate my upcoming birthday instead! The number of lines I can recite from this movie alone show that it has a place in my memory, and it even has Antonio Banderas - who I could probably say is one of my more favored actors. Of course, the real question is why do I like it, and will you end up liking it, so let's venture forth to seek the answers.

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categories / action, adventure, history, r
tags / The 13th Warrior

The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

February 04, 2016 / Ken Rupracht

Action movies are fun, and most people could list off a decent few that contain Vin Diesel - be it his whole self or just his voice. There also isn't a whole ton of witch-based movies out there that a lot of folks will list off - I mean, top of my head I can really think of about 5, unless you count like the 12 version of Hansel and Gretel out there, and I practically do nothing but watch movies most the time. Still, this gives us a witch-focused Van Helsing staring Vin, so one would expect that it should at least deliver some fun during it's impressively medium (or short by today's standards) hour thirty run time. Grab your iron and start a fire, it's time to hunt witches.

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categories / action, adventure, comedy, pg13
tags / The Last Witch Hunter

San Andreas (2015)

January 28, 2016 / Ken Rupracht

The Rock vs the rock we know as Earth? I'll watch it - in fact I did watch it just before writing this. Put on your disaster goggles but set your mind to action-flick, cause this promises to be a bumpy ride. I'm sure I could shake out a few more earthquake jokes, but let's just tumble on over to the main part and see if the movie was a disaster or it really rocks.

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categories / action, drama, pg13, thriller
tags / San Andreas

Alien 3 (1992)

January 21, 2016 / Ken Rupracht

At first, we saw the horror. Next, we saw the war. Now, we see the faith? Well, to say the least this movie is generally the one in the franchise everyone tags as the "downward spiral" of the series and any who have seen it will have their own opinion on that. Certainly it's hard to live up to such an action packed and likable sequel as Aliens, but it couldn't really be as bad as some of the horror stories imply, right? Strap in and let's find out if this is just a big acid-spit to the face.

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categories / horror, r, scifi
tags / Alien 3

Aliens (1986)

January 14, 2016 / Ken Rupracht

Hot on the tails of the first Alien, the franchise continues with this sequel with aptly named plural. Those looking for a spooky flick will be kind of disappointed, as this sequel takes a different approach - but not all is lost. Let's continue on and see if it's game over man.

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categories / action, horror, r, scifi
tags / Aliens

Alien (1979)

January 07, 2016 / Ken Rupracht

The future lies before the human race, and that future is the stars! The start of every year is always the best time for aspirations - be it loosing weight or hoping to pierce that starry sky with you spiraling rocket ships, so I'm using it as an excuse to do a movie that I do watch at least yearly, and am ashamed to say in the two some-odd years of doing this I haven't gotten around to yet. The original movie of this would-be franchise left many an impression across the time of it's existence so it's almost silly for me to even do up one of these about it - but then again some people don't know my opinion on this classic, so it's worth it. Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you are just bursting with excitement for an excuse to remember or re watch this one.

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categories / horror, r, scifi
tags / Alien

Ghostbusters II (1989)

December 31, 2015 / Ken Rupracht

Anyone not see this one coming? I mean, Seems as good a movie as any to end the year on, considering it takes place at the end of the year it's set in. I could prattle on about this intro for a while like I usually do - but I'd hate to put it off so long it comes out next year! Let's kick it and see if busting still makes you feel good.

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categories / comedy, fantasy, pg
tags / Ghostbusters II

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

December 24, 2015 / Ken Rupracht

If you check these out on a weekly basis, then it should be no surprise to you that this movie comes as the butt of a pun that I've spread across the entire month (showing horror movies dealing with Christmas-time only to be followed up by the Nightmare before Christmas on the night before Christmas). Gotta respect a guy for the effort, right? At this point in time, there is already a pretty sizable audience that has already at the very least heard of this movie, so it seems a bit redundant to even put up opinions for it - but then I always remember that even something as recent as 1993 can be new to someone in a time future, so I do it anyways. Slap on your red suits and rattle your bones, let's see if Halloween took over Christmas, or Christmas took over Halloween.

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categories / animation, family, fantasy, musical, pg
tags / The Nightmare Before Christmas

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

December 17, 2015 / Ken Rupracht

It's funny when I find ties between movies I've watched without intentionally doing so - such as the first ten or so minutes of the movie having me go "Isn't that the kid from Big Game?" Anyways, December continues, and this time I pulled in something that's somewhat relevant to a few other movies that are supposed to be hitting the big screen soon - no, not Star Wars. See, there seems to have been a kick in the whole Santa thing this year, to be more specific in the portion related to the Krampus. In turn, consider this a little bit of a prep for that, while also still being about Santa - well, dark-side Santa that loves his kid snacks. Putswhole new spin on "girl scout cookies" right?

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categories / adventure, fantasy, horror, r
tags / Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Gremlins (1984)

December 10, 2015 / Ken Rupracht

Christmas-adjacent movies are fun for me. See, I'm not a huge Christmas spirit kind of person - I'm no Grinch, I'm just not as prone to being outrageously happy simply because of a season being merry. As such, I'm not as drawn to the main movies one might see during the December months (such as that one about shooting yourself in the eye, or that one with Will Farrel). So this is generally what you get out of me - fun movies that take place during but not directly focused on the holiday itself.

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categories / comedy, horror, pg
tags / Gremlins

Big Game (2014)

December 03, 2015 / Ken Rupracht

Somebody went and put Sam Jackson in charge of the country! Initially drawn to the over-the-top cover art (because with all the movies out there, sometimes that's the easiest way to pick), this little flick promised me a young Finnish boy promising the black president from a bunch of terrorists hunting him. Sounds good doesn't hit? Well, let's continue on to figure out if this stag has a remarkable number of antlers, or was really just a bear waiting to maul us.

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categories / action, adventure, pg13
tags / Big Game