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Stay tuned for a secondary website where this strip will also be hosted in addition to being posted here.

The Filmdogs Podcast is back with an “Action” packed episode as we discuss that genre in detail in our Featured Topic of the week. We also chat about James Cameron’s battle against bad 3D in the News. We defend actor Keanu Reeves for In Defense of and dicuss a one-liner from Point Break to wrap it up. This episode is so action packed it makes The Expendables look like Cocoon.

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M. Night Shyamalan is producing a trilogy of horror films dubbed The Night Chronicles, with the first entry entitled Devil opening on September 17th. As one can imagine, seeing Shyamalan’s name on a title card doesn’t inspire much hope of late, but I can not help but be intrigued by the proposed third film of the series. Why? Well, the film now has ties to the (never going to see the light of day) Unbreakable sequel.

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Welcome to our new DAILY webcomic, you heard me…DAILY. Well…I shouldn’t exaggerate. It’s more like BUSINESS DAILY. The new schedule is Monday-Friday. This strip features an ensemble cast, including Raoul (featured in this strip) as one of the main characters. The first of the strips will introduce each character, revealing a little bit about themselves in a single panel.

As we progress through stories and what-not, the other members of the pack will be invited to write story-arcs for our characters.  I can’t wait to see how it’s going in a year.

For fans of LETHAL LIZ, do not fret. She’s very dear to me and I want the best for that comic; and I MEAN the BEST. So, that’s why I’m not tackling it right now, because I could NOT devote the kind of time I wanted to put into each page and I could see it in my work. But, I fully intend to progress forward with it, and I’m keeping the Lethal Liz website up and will keep you all informed on that site (and possibly here) as I update it.

The latest George Clooney movie The American is not a kick-ass Bourne style action flick as the trailer would have you believe. It is however a kick-ass modern western made with superior skill and filled with great performances. It’s a film that uses the clichés of the hitman genre with refreshing restraint while making them seem new again.

The movie was made by Ductchman Anton Corbijn, the same director of the best music biopic you never saw, 2007’s Control. A sleek black and white piece about Joy Division’s Ian Curtis, that makes Walk the Line look like an episode of American Idol. Corbijn uses more of his minimalist stylings and deliberately slow pacing present in that film here. While the general audience may dismiss this as boring, the rest of us will be entertained as the film slowly builds to it’s conclusion. Continue Reading »

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Slang.
1. A person with a devotion to something in a way that places him or her outside the mainstream. This could be due to the intensity, depth, or subject of their interest.

2. a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp. one who is perceived to be overly intellectual.

3. A carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken.

Red Letter Media’s angry, sexually offensive, and Sci-fi obsessed character Mr. Plinkett is back with another epic film review for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. Unlike his extremely negative and now famous reviews of the first two Star Wars prequel’s it’s mainly positive. His enjoyment of the movie doesn’t make the review any less entertaining though.
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When in the hands of a great director a comic book franchise can transcend it’s genre. Look no further than Christopher Nolan’s classic The Dark Knight for proof of such. Unfortunately, most of the time these properties don’t turn out the way fans hoped they would. The later X-Men films are good example of rushed productions, bad scripts, and studio interference. While Brett Ratner’s X-Men 3 was bad, the schlockiness really came to a head with the laughable X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The movie may be regarded as completely terrible by most sentient beings, but general love of the character Wolverine was enough to put butts in the seats. The film made $373,062,864 million worldwide, a sequel was greenlit, and the search for director to helm it has begun.
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In this edition of the Filmdogs double feature, Mr. Holt and myself will be recommending two films from an extremely supreme filmmaker. The man in question is Joon-ho Bong. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Bong is an expert in his field and only has four feature films under his belt. The two we will be recommending are the monster movie extravaganza The Host, and the maternal revenge flick Mother.
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Of all the potentially great films premiering this fall Ben Affleck’s sophomore film as a director, The Town is easily the one that appeals to me the most. The trailer showcases a great sense of urgency for the ticking clock romance between Ben Affleck and Rebecca Hall, and also calls back to some really great films (Heat, At Close Range). Yahoo movies recently put up a clip of the film and though it doesn’t show much, it does offer a little insight into Affleck and Jeremy Renner’s crew. The clip also offers a look at the great Boston flavored dialogue. Check it out below or continue on to check out the amazing trailer.

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When thinking of movies from my childhood Disney pictures are usually the first thing to pop into my mind. That early 90s run of flicks like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and my personal favorite The Lion King were all fantastic. A huge part of these movies successes of course was their music, mainly the original songs written by people like Alan Menken. Yet, the the original scores for these movies are also top notch. I personally have The Lion King to thank for giving me my first exposure to one of my favorite composers, Hans Zimmer.
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