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Tag Archives: Twilight
Prepackaged as an attempt to jumpstart another YA franchise, à la “Twilight,” that hopefully won’t lapse into franchise fatigue, “Beautiful Creatures” ain’t half-bad. Based on Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl’s first book in their Caster Chronicle series, this is pure … Continue reading
Warm Bodies is a simple love story, complicated by the small detail that one half of the romantic couple is dead. Have you ever had a crush on someone so bad, you had trouble even forming words around them? Well … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Features
Tagged 50/50, John Malkovich, Jonathan Levine, Nicholas Hoult, Nick DeNitto, Rob Corddry, romance, Romeo & Juliet, Teresa Palmer, Twilight, Warm Bodies, Zombies
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Longer Trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness Unveiled – Star Trek Into Darkness has impressively been able to keep its plot details a secret. We know Benedict Cumberbatch plays the villain, but there’s been no confirmation regarding who the character … Continue reading
Let’s not mince words: The Twilight movies have never been, for lack of a better word, good, but they seem to be as well-made as they could ever be with Stephenie Meyer’s silly source material. Suffice it to say, they’re … Continue reading
There are few things in this world that evoke legitimate rage within me: middle school kids who curse and use smart phones; people who say “on accident”; when the New York Jets do literally anything. But something sits atop this … Continue reading
Posted in All Films
Tagged Harry Potter, Nick DeNitto, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Shining, The Tree of Life, Transformers, Twilight, Watchmen
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“I have learned not to think little of any one’s belief, no matter how strange it may be. I have tried to keep an open mind…” —Abraham Van Helsing, Dracula The professor’s logic has become customary. Sure, vampire tales aren’t … Continue reading





