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6 Movies About Home Invasions, In Honor of ‘You’re Next’

Posted: August 24, 2013 at 9:22 am   /   Film, Local, Top Original Content

This week sees the release of You’re Next a horror movie about a gang of mysterious killers trying to attack a family in their own home. Read our review of You’re Next. This got me to thinking about other films that feature people attacked in their home. So here’s your list… Movies About Home Invasions. […]

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6 Movies Featuring Butlers, In Honor of Lee Daniels’ THE BUTLER

Posted: August 16, 2013 at 2:00 pm   /   Film, Local, Top Original Content

This week sees the release of The Butler. A thoughtful, if heavy-handed, piece of Oscar-bait that shows the Civil Rights movement through the eyes of a White House butler who served in seven different presidential administrations. And this got me to thinking about other famous valets we’ve seen on the silver screen. So here’s your […]

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6 Movies Featuring Motorhomes, In Honor of ‘We’re The Millers’

Posted: August 10, 2013 at 12:31 am   /   Film, Local, Top Original Content

This week We’re the Millers hits theaters. Jason Sudeikis plays a smalltime pot dealer forced to smuggle a large amount of marijuana across the Mexican border. In an effort to evade the law he assembles a fake family consisting of a stripper (Jennifer Aniston), a teenage runaway (Emma Roberts) and a nerd who lives in […]

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Movies That Take Place Along the Mexican Border, In Honor of ‘2 Guns’

Posted: August 2, 2013 at 3:28 pm   /   Film, Local, Top Original Content

This week 2 Guns hits theaters. Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg play partners in crime and/or against crime. It’s a little convoluted. But it’s surprisingly smart and (amazingly) one of the better action films of the summer. The pair attempt to take down a drug cartel and the action focuses on the Mexican border. Which […]

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The List: Movies About the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Posted: July 26, 2013 at 4:33 pm   /   Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews, Top Original Content

This week The Wolverine hits theaters. The film opens with Logan saving the life of a Japanese soldier during the bombing of Nagasaki. It’s a riveting scene and got me to thinking about how cinema has dealt with that historic and tragic incident. Read our review of The Wolverine. So I crafted what will possibly […]

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10 Truly Cringe Worthy Movie Scenes

Posted: July 25, 2013 at 4:27 pm   /   Film, Local, Top Original Content

Have you ever been to the theater and watched something so bad it filled you with a sense of shame? Did a particular scene embarrass you so bad that you couldn’t concentrate the rest of the film?  Despite all of this, did you tell all your friends about it, and how they should probably avoid […]

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7 Upcoming Games That You Should Buy in 2013

Posted: July 17, 2013 at 7:14 pm   /   Local, Top Original Content, Videogames

So 2013 is almost over. Seriously, this has been an awesome year for gamers, with great games like Bioshock Infinite, The Last of Us, and Tomb Raider. And to top it all off we had an awesome E3 full of exciting new IPs and new consoles. We could pretty much be content with this year […]

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6 Movies with Giant Freaking Robots, In Honor of ‘Pacific Rim’ Directed by Guillermo del Toro

Posted: July 12, 2013 at 10:53 am   /   Film, Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews, Top Original Content

This week sees the release of Pacific Rim.  If you’ve ever wondered what it looked like when Guillermo del Toro played in the bathtub, then this is the movie for you.  He took his Transformers and had them fight his Godzilla action figures, and I bet he was grounded for a week after his mother […]

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James Gandolfini’s Top 5 Film Roles, In Memory of a Great Actor

Posted: July 8, 2013 at 10:29 am   /   Local, Top Original Content

James Gandolfini’s death was a shock and heartbreaking loss to Hollywood, his family and his fans. While the man is no longer with us, there is no doubt that his iconic role as Tony Soprano will live on forever in television history – as one of the top characters of all time. Besides The Sopranos, Gandolfini […]

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6 Comedy Western Movies, In Honor of ‘The Lone Ranger’ Starring Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer

Posted: July 3, 2013 at 1:49 pm   /   Film, Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews, Top Original Content

This week The Lone Ranger stampedes (see what I did there) into theaters. Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski hope to recapture the magic of their Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. And by “magic” I mean “money”. The film is a middling success. It has glimpses of inspired antics but never really rises above mildly […]

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