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In space, everyone can read your opinions.

A collection of reviews from multiple parties, along with some extra audio fun.

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

May 03, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   I'm going to be honest, like at some point during these I'm not. It's been a little while since I watched the last Blade Runner movie - and I couldn't even tell you what of the thirty (exaggeration) versions I watched. I can tell you that although I can appreciate plenty of scenes within it, and some of the finer moments of the setting and pitch I largely wasn't a huge fan. I enjoyed it, but it didn't resonate with me in the manner that some do where it becomes heralded as one of the best movies ever and I feel compelled to dig into subtext that may not even exist so that I can prove "but this character is totally a robot too!" All of this in mind, when the new one come out my first thought wasn't really why - true, I didn't think it was necessary to follow up on anything from the first but the setting itself merits plenty of other stories to be told - but rather if I should eventually get around to it. That all brings us to today. Get your bathroom breaks taken care off, it's time to get dark with light hints of neon and color grades and chase some blades.

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categories / drama, mystery, r, scifi, thriller
tags / Blade Runner 2049

The Mummy (2017)

April 26, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   People forget that long ago, before people even liked comic book movies, Universal was connecting it's stories of monsters in various ways. In it's long stretch of movies, I feel there's always been hits and misses, and any given person could really like one monster (such as Dracula, who always gets the love) and hate another (such as Wolfman whose costume wasn't as impressive). So of course, liking me some monsters, I knew that this rendition of the mummy would be something I'd get around to - heck, the last version of Dracula we got I really enjoyed,  despite it meeting a lukewarm reception at best. Swirl in all the more recent movies that people have cried foul about that I've ended up liking, and there's no reason why I shouldn't imagine that this one will be any different. Still, could this movie make me seem even more like i'm bathing in mercury, or will I end up another in a legion of the judgemental dead?

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categories / action, adventure, fantasy, pg13, thriller
tags / The Mummy

Beyond Skyline (2017)

April 19, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   Do you all remember that little movie about the people trapped in the high-rise during an alien invasion? To be honest, I forgot most about it as well - I recall thinking it wasn't a bad movie, but beyond that and some minor tidbits here and there, it wasn't a strong enough impression that through the years and figurative thousands of movies I've viewed since that there was any memory real estate left. Then a buddy of mine told me they were making a sequel - and I promptly forgot about that until browsing the queue for new DVDs to add in my Netflix subscription. Then while waiting for it, they put it on streaming, so it got bumped up the list quite a bit when I forgot to send out my last return in time to get a new one this week. Tonight, we get to see just what's beyond the skyline.

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categories / action, adventure, horror, r, scifi, thriller
tags / Beyond Skyline

Killing Gunther (2017)

April 12, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   Comedy spree! Another surprise documentary-styled movie, I didn't realize this was the case in this one until I had actually started watching it. The last time a movie decided to shout "surprise! Found Footage!" I almost got sick, so hopefully this movie chronicling the misfit band of hit-folk against the actual skilled professional won't meet with such unpleasant results. I expect a laugh or two, I expect some explosions, and I expect that cover art Arnold. Let's see if it can live up to my pretty simple expectations without killing my enjoyment.

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categories / action, comedy, r
tags / Killing Gunther

Baywatch (2017)

April 05, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   Beaches, water, and slow motion. Get ready to keep picking those suits out of your butt crack, tonight's entry is a lovely little shore of action and mystery - or something like that. I'll be honest, I was never one to watch Baywatch, so the extent of my knowledge is pretty much all in that first sentence - not that no previous knowledge has ever hindered me from enjoying something before. Either way, it's time to figure out if it's worth the watch or something to keep at bay.

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categories / action, comedy, crime, r
tags / Baywatch

Rambo (2008)

March 29, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   Rambo has been a series that's been very back and forth with it's presentation. It's also only the title of a single one of the movies - that being the most recent one (unless after writing this they decide to make more for some dumb reason). Yep, weird little tidbit we can all forget repeatedly. In all honesty, there was slated a comedy for this week, but the movie didn't arrive in the mail, so instead we'll focus on a brutal action movie to help steel your nerves for the release of next review - and honestly, who doesn't like a good action flick?

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categories / action, r, thriller, war
tags / Rambo

The Dark Tower (2017)

March 22, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   There was once a man who lead us to cancel the apocalypse. He's also been an all-seeing guardian, a boss pilot, a historical figure, and plenty of other things. Most people would argue that he's a dang good actor with a the good luck to only appear in a bad movie once in a while. In most recent times, this one would probably be the one that I heard the most grief about - and, fancy that, it's yet again another Stephen King movie. Strap on your gats and let's find out if I took a shine to this one as well.

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categories / action, adventure, fantasy, horror, pg13, scifi, western
tags / The Dark Tower

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)

March 15, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   I had meant to come back an finish of this branch of Gamera for a while after figuring out that I actually really enjoyed it's two predecessors. Between that and another "large scale" movie looming around the corner that suits similar interests, I figured what better time than now. It's take three, and this time something named Iris is joining the fray for revenge. Will the hero of children mega-turtle be able to hold strong once again?

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categories / action, drama, family, fantasy, horror, scifi, nr
tags / Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

March 08, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   Considering how much I love watching Godzilla movies, it might be a surprise for the browser to find no real entries of the monkey kind in these pages. Well, I'll be honest - although I appreciate the original King Kong for what it is and it's great effects (at the very least for the time), I've just never been a Kong fan - I always preferred the big radioactive lizard instead. Well, this one had me scratching my skull thinking that maybe it'd be something I could get into a bit easier than it's predecessors and perhaps I should watch if he's going to be popping up in the next 'zilla movie, so let's spin the classic rock and paint the Island black, tonight we check out Kong: Skull Island.

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categories / action, adventure, fantasy, pg13, scifi
tags / Kong: Skull Island

The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)

March 01, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   This should be subtitled "The movie that gave me a headache." At first, I was a bit excited for this one - since Poughkeepsie isn't a made up place and the documentary style fit's something that I normally enjoy - documentaries and learning about things, even if those things are macabre. It's New York baby, and if there's one thing that would be real interesting to me it'd be learning about the things that make the apple bump in the night - be it art that imitated real life or the other way around, such dark things that you may be familiar with if you've ever heard of Cropsy. After the DvD arrived, i saw it said "Mockumentary" in the description, and my enthusiasm dimmed slightly, but I've seen a good many of those that at the least remained highly entertaining. The only way to figure out if this cranial illness I'm now plagued with is from good or bad is going to be to stick around though, so let's get to the point.

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categories / horror, mystery, r, thriller
tags / The Poughkeepsie Tapes

It (2017)

February 22, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   Man, it really seems like I'm on some kind of anti-kid streak with this movie selection lately eh? Setting that coincidental queue flow aside, a more open question would be haven't we been here before? Well, it has all the setups to be something that everyone hates - a version that people can already call nostalgically "their version", being based on a book so all the worms can cry foul, and set in a horror genre where people can feast cliches ad nauseum - and yet, I heard nothing but good things about it. In a world slathered by people jumping to nay-say at the slightest movie produced, could this be golden chalice upon a fabled table, or is this the one time things are supposed to be good and I find myself in the hole of disappointment?

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categories / drama, horror, r, thriller
tags / It

Class of 1999 (1990)

February 15, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   I made the mistake of watching the news this morning on accident. If I were any normal human I may feel bad about my movie choice for this week. Thankfully for me, I'm not and I don't. Tonight's movie is that lovely apocalyptic future-vision that marks "the future" of it's time as our current past, but somehow ends up being more entertaining than the feel-good visions of the future from before it. When the kids aren't alright, sometimes they need a prescription grade dose of robo-teacher. Tonight, we join the class of 1999.

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categories / action, horror, r, scifi
tags / Class of 1999

Dave Made a Maze (2017)

February 08, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   The funny thing about originality on a personal basis is that the most original thing is usually that which you come across first - which is how even the oldest of movies can feel cliched despite being the originator of the cliches. For the first time in a long time, I give you something that I really haven't seen done quite like this before - and at this point, I've probably forgotten more movies than the average person just based on pure saturation alone. A trailer that promises creative visuals and potentially more than just the right amount of weird yanked my interest train on new rails, but lets see if Dave Made a Maze has what it takes to be a promised fun or if it ends as nothing more than a half-bull in a paper plate store.

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categories / action, comedy, horror, nr
tags / Dave Made a Maze

Frailty (2001)

February 01, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   We've had a good run of mindless fun here as of late. Plenty of movies that didn't require a whole lot of thinking, just to sit back and enjoy - some even that were improved by not thinking too much about it! Well, tonight's option is gonna flip that switch to get a little more out of that wrinkled blob in our skulls. Grab your sleuth hat and your crusader garb, it's time to find out just how belief-worthy Frailty is.

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categories / crime, drama, r, thriller
tags / Frailty

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

January 25, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   Amidst a slew of movie reviews that churned out the words "mediocre" and "worst ever" a little science fiction flick from a guy whose name I recognized popped out. So slathered was it in a rabble of unimpressed thoughts that I didn't manage to get it in my queue rotation until just now. I may not be expecting a return to The Fifth Element levels of fun, but I as usually expect a better movie that what has been sold to me from peers the world across - which seems fitting for a movie set in a city of a thousand planets. Grab your future pants, and lets take a jump into the mix and see what's on sale.

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categories / action, adventure, fantasy, pg13, scifi
tags / Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Baby Driver (2017)

January 18, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   I don't know about you, but I haven't really heard anyone go "Don't see Baby Driver, it's bad." I was actually pretty interested to see this when it was in theaters - just not enough so to spend the money and see it in theaters. Sometimes it's a bit hard to motivate yourself like that - but it got added to my rental queue as soon as possible so I could check it out. Promises of a good soundtrack and nice car-based action had the DvD spinning, but the ever-present question is if what's under the hood can back up the frame, or we are going to be left in the exhaust.

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categories / action, crime, music, r, thriller
tags / Baby Driver

Bright (2017)

January 11, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   Bright is another in a string of Netflix Originals that I've seen a trailer for and thought "Hey, I should check this out at some point."  Then I did. It's a pretty simple thought process on that one, no recommendation or hidden gem digging or anything of that sort, but it seems nothing these days is without some form of story behind. For whatever reason, critical acclaim this thing did not get - in fact, as far as the critics are concerned there are better Stephen King adaptations than this movie. Let's dive in to see if they bright or dim.

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categories / action, crime, fantasy, thriller, nr
tags / Bright

Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)

January 04, 2018  /  Ken Rupracht

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   Did you know this movie existed? I know I didn't, until I was refilling my DvD queue - and then thought to myself "Oh what, they made another one of these? Well I saw the others might as well add this in." The old latex-clad killer of nocturnal creatures is back, but is it something that's worth coming back for? Yeah, we enjoyed the fresh and new take in the first movie, but surely by now it's novelty has waned enough that it couldn't possibly be fun anymore, right? Sharpen those teeth, and let's sink in to this artery to find out.

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categories / action, adventure, fantasy, horror, r
tags / Underworld: Blood Wars

Predators (2010)

December 28, 2017  /  Ken Rupracht

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   Next year, which at the time of writing this is just around the corner, a new Predator movie is coming out. Who knows if I'll really enjoy it when it comes out, but there is a bit of unfinished business to attend to long before it gets to that point. When it comes to the Alien and Predator franchises, I've already done them all - except tonight's flick. Can this flick redeem the poor reception of AvP: Requiem, or is it bound to be less predator and more prey?

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categories / action, adventure, r, scifi, thriller
tags / Predators

Sleepwalkers (1992)

December 21, 2017  /  Ken Rupracht

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   It came to my attention midway through this year that I'm apparently a fan of some of the worst Stephen King movies. I mean, I liked the crazed door-knocking at the Overlook and the blood-drenched prom just as everyone else did - but apparently it's widely held by ratings that a giant evil rat in the cellar or wheelchair vs werewolf are all far less of a school assignment pass than I would have graded them. As usual though, I just take it as being more capable to enjoy things for what they are - and when i found out about a movie that dealt with cat-people who hate cats, I figured this should be good for some fun. Let's find out if this movie is as much of a catastrophe as people say.

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categories / horror, r
tags / Sleepwalkers
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