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Long title, but worth it…

Today sees the movie release of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief. Now, this movie has received a lot of hype (but clever hype, seeing how it’s just the same trailer reformatted over and over again). As a rule of thumb, movies that receive a lot of hype tend to run sour in […]

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Son of Rambow

Proper Oklahoma weather has finally come. The “snow” is all ice and slick and impossible to play with. None of that “real” stuff we got over Christmas. That just wasn’t right. Unfortunately, this weather traps you inside. So, let’s talk movies. In this weather, we need a good laugh. From a movie that isn’t seen […]

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Yep, it’s scary…

I lied. I said I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to see the movie. Said I would let this one scary movie pass me by. Well, I couldn’t stay away and I witnessed the phenomenon that is Paranormal Activity. And, I’ll tell you this straight, I got scared. I jumped, I yelled, and I […]

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The Truth behind Murderers

Y’know those supernatural serial killers like Michael, Freddy, and Jason? Haven’t you ever wondered how they do what they do? Never die, always pop up behind victims, and look like they’re walking even when victims are sprinting? Well, these questions and more have finally been addressed! Behind the Mask: the Rise of Leslie Vernon, directed […]

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Is Slumdog a Cheat?

Is Slumdog Millionaire the movie it’s hyped up to be? It won Best Motion Picture and every newspaper and magazine has raved about it. But, is it really all that great? Well, let’s see… Uneducated slum kid Jamal Malik is going for the 20 million rupees (one million dollar) question on India’s Who Wants to […]

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A Stunning Movie

Many movies have been made to capture the emotional horror of World War II. These movies are full of drama and morality and complexity. But no movie has quite captured the terrifying simplicity of what the “final solution” for the Jews entailed until The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. This movie, based on a novel […]

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PUSH review

Told through back alleys, fish markets, and shoddy little hotel rooms, PUSH is by no means a superhero movie. This gritty film smears the lines between good and evil, seemingly casting light in all the wrong places. How? Because the good guys act in ways we’ve been trained to believe only bad guys do, such […]

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