SR Podcast (Ep. 33): Planes, Trains and Automobiles - Movie Commentary: November 2014

So it’s Thanksgiving when everyone is thankful. Here at Simplistic Reviews we’re thankful for some great films including some really crappy ones. But this time we decided today was the best to explore one the greatest films Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Everyone come! Sit around the table. Pour a glass of whatever wets your whistle. Grab your turkey...

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Slaughter Film Presents: Action Movie Time Machine - Captain America

VINTAGE Now-a-days comic book movies have become the saving grace of the summer blockbuster season. What were once exorcises in a maligned art form are now the most highly anticipated events of the year. So for the next few weeks we're going to take a look...

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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

EXPERIENCEBirdman - ExperienceLet's not get it confused; "Birdman" is not a superhero film in the traditional sense. Strike that, in barely any sense. If anything it's a study in our so-called worship of superheroes and superhero films. Of course, I'm getting...

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Slaughter Film Presents: Action Movie Time Machine - Survivor

In an attempt to find something totally awful and remarkably unremarkable to close out “1980s Post Apocalyptic VHS Rentals”, I discovered a little film that goes by the name “Survivor“. It has a four star rating on IMDB and over half of the dialogue is dubbed...

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Nightcrawler

TURNNightcrawler - TurnComing off of the heels of my review of "Zodiac" I liken that review to more of a catchup and brush up on Jake Gyllenhaal and where he is as an actor. The more I see, or re-watch of his career I wonder why he isn't as popular as most other...

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Slaughter Film Presents: Action Movie Time Machine - The Bronx Warriors 2: Escape From the Bronx

ENTERTAINING We narrowly survived the Bronx. Now, will we be able to “Escape From the Bronx“? Oh yeah, the “Action Movie Time Machine” is synched into the appropriate time stream. All aboard to visit the sequel to “1990: The Bronx Warriors“. Now I don’t want...

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