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Popfilter Goes to the Movies
The Conjuring I saw The Conjuring on short notice because I couldn’t find a theatre that was showing The Way, Way Back nearby and I had to see something. Now I’m wondering if it’ll end up on my Top 10 of 2013. I want to get that out of the way right up front so…
Read MoreWake n Bake – Summer Music Mockumentary Festival pt. 1
WAKE N BAKE in which Erin informs you of the best movies to blaze to As many herb enthusiasts will tell you, one of the most kick-ass traditional blazing spots is a summer music festival. Getting high enhances all of the inherent good associated with festivals–live music in the great outdoors–while mitigating the inherently crappy–hot,…
Read MoreFLICKCHART’S GREATEST BATTLES
Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof. ROUND ONE MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE III VS PREDATOR Two action movies separated by almost two decades. M:I III was a gigantic step forward for the series, redeeming it after the pile of garbage that was M:I II. Predator spawned…
Read MorePopfilter Vs Our Childhood
Popfilter Vs Our Childhood Presents: In which we reminisce about childhood entertainment, then go back and watch it and re-assess. Daniel Tompkins VS A Goofy Movie Rather than pick a movie that I felt defined my childhood I tried to find something that represented the kind of movies I watched without being so famous that I’ve been…
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Pacific Rim Pacific Rim was this year’s consensus choice for underdog blockbuster success story until finally enough other blockbusters failed and we saw the trailer enough that it just became the choice for regular blockbuster success story. The same way sports analysts will talk about how underrated a player is so much that they…
Read MoreFLICKCHART’S GREATEST BATTLES
Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof. ROUND ONE Hitch VS Equilibrium Oh man…these are the sort of battles Flickchart was made for. Two movies so equally mediocre that it might just be a tie. It’s a choice between one of the most forgettable…
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The Lone Ranger In the documentary Indie Game: The Movie, several independent game creators talk about how the big game studios always try to sand all the sharp edges off their product and make sure nobody could possibly hurt themselves on it in an effort to cast a wider net. Meanwhile the indie…
Read MorePOP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS
POP FILTER VS. THE CLASSICS OF 1979 BEING THERE I too often assume nothing really that great happened before I was born. Sure there was Citizen Kane, Casablanca, and all of Hitchcock, but comedy was pretty broad and not that insightful. Even I Love Lucy, which is still transcendentally funny, is simply slapstick. It’s executed…
Read MoreFLICKCHART’S GREATEST BATTLES
Flickchart’s Greatest Battles In which we pit two movies together using flickchart.com, debating their merits or lack thereof. ROUND ONE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END VS CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Both movies are bastardized mockeries of things I love and feature Johnny Depp. Early in his career, Depp was seriously underutilized playing…
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Much Ado About Nothing In a recent Goes To The Movies I reviewed The Great Gatsby and I panned it. I did it not only because panning things is easier than saying you liked them, but also because it was a horrific dump of a movie either way. Baz Luhrmann took a classic work and…
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