Review – The Neon Demon

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by Kevin Muller

The simplistic story of a young girl finding fame, fortune, and independence, while losing her innocence, is as old as time itself. Even before movies visualized it, the story was told as a cautionary tale for the young. How do you sell it in a new way that hasn’t been done to death? Well, Nicolas Winding Refn has done it with his new movie “The Neon Demon” and it is one hell of a mind trip. 

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Classic Review: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

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by Armando Vanegas

I don’t think I ever stopped loving Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in all my time on this earth and if I ever change my pick for my all-time favorite movie, please have me checked out at the nearest hospital because my body was most likely taken over by a body snatcher. I admit there was maybe a short window of time where a part of me that wondered if it wasn’t just nostalgia masking what I might have really felt as there was a lengthy amount of time between viewings then. But the truth is as I got older and I finally revisited it, I still had the same amount of fun that I had growing up with it. It’s still as exciting and exuberant as it was the first time. You guys, this movie holds up a lot on repeat viewings.

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Review – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

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by Kevin Muller

Sequels can either go two ways, they are improvements over the original or extreme downgrades.  The new “Turtles” movie falls somewhere in the middle.    On the bright side, the sequel is much more relaxed and embraces its silliness, which in turn, makes it mindless fun.  Unfortunately, on the flip side, it still has work to do and needs to learn how to prevent the silliness from turning into mind numbing stupidity because for a while it succeeds as pure entertainment.

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Review – The Nice Guys (2016)

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by Old King Clancy

Shane Black might not have invented the R-Rated Buddy Comedy, but he definitely perfected it, being the brainchild behind Lethal WeaponThe Long Kiss Goodnight and his own directorial debut, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. After a brief stint in the Marvel Machine, Black is back to what he does best with The Nice Guys, a film as seedy, profane and hilarious as its lead characters and – from the way the box office is looking –  a firm contender for Most Under-appreciated Film of 2016.

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Review – Pop Star (2016)

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by Kevin Muller

Parody is truly an art form.   Mel Brooks, who did “Space Balls”, “History of the World: part 1,” and many others are that deemed classic, and David Zucker, who directed the hilarious “The Naked Gun” series, were masters of making the silly seem easy. Though it may appear that way, it is anything but simple.   When it doesn’t work, it just fails horribly and isn’t even in the slightest bit funny or have any redeeming qualities.   Over the last ten years, many parodies have been released and have been forgotten.   Those specific movies fail to hit the balance correctly and just come off as plain idiotic, but not in a good way.  How does the musical comedy group ‘The Lonely Island” do in this genre?

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