OBLIVION : So Shiny, So Fun, So...Thought Provoking?

Directed by Joseph KosinskiStarring Tom Cruise and Olga KurylenkoReviewed by Derek Scarzella4 out of 5 ArnoldsThe last time Joseph Kosinski gave us this much eye candy it was his Daft Punk makeover of the Tron series, Tron: Legacy. That was a pretty amazing first movie, visually dazzling in every frame, but oddly hollow when it came to the actual people involved. With Oblivionhe aims high again, this time bringing his own unpublished graphic novel...

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ACTION A GO GO VIXEN OF THE WEEK! BRIGITTE NEILSON

Back in the day Brigitte Nielson ruled the world. Female leads in action movies were not the norm. Quote the opposite, in fact. One female star that managed to burst out into the scene and shine bright in action cinema was Brigitte Nielson. Born in Denmark and seemingly purpose built to attract attention, she began modeling and was then discovered by Dino Di Laurentiis (who you can read about here). Dino made her the star of RED SOJNA (1985). It...

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20TH ANNIVERSARY RELEASE OF JURASSIC PARK 3-D: Dinosaurs Still Walk This Earth

                       Directed by Steven SpielbergStarring Sam Neill and Jeff GoldblumFIVE OUT OF FIVE ARNOLDSWhere were you in 1993 when you first saw Jurassic Park? I remember where I was. I was on a double date with my brother. Which was impressive because I was 8 years old and he was 18. Of course, I wasn’t paying attention to the...

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Roger Ebert

As a pre-teen, I had some fairly odd reading habits. Yeah, there were comic books (naturally) but I also frequently checked the local book store for Roger Ebert's annual movie guide.Ebert's book series collected his Chicago Sun Times reviews from each year. For a teenage film nerd like myself, it was a valuable lesson in critical thinking, an education in dissection that would convince me to write entertainment columns for my high school paper, my...

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