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Casablanca Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

It has been months since I last posted an edition of the once weekly Classic Cinema Wednesday review series, and now really does seem like the perfect time to bring the series back (albeit not weekly) with the 11th installment. Why is it the perfect time? Well it’s quite simple; I have finally watched that other film that many people consider to be the finest movie ever made... Casablanca. It’s pretty fitting too since the last time I did one of these it was a review of Humphrey Bogart’s “The…

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Remember Me
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Remember Me Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

Today we're going to be taking a look at Remember Me, a third-person action-adventure offering from the folks at Dontnod Entertainment and Capcom. When I first heard about this game, I was intrigued, but I didn't get my expectations very high. Perhaps that worked to my advantage, but regardless, this was a quality offering and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with this game, and I look forward to getting back to it down the line somewhere. So with that said, let's get down to some specifics. Anyone…

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Safe
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Safe Review

William McPherson

As part of a new reviewing strategy I have bolded and underline the parts of this review that I feel are the most important to read, so if you'd just prefer the one minute version of my thoughts here, feel free to scroll down at your leisure. Mei (Catherine Chan) is a very gifted child to say the absolute least, as we learn right at the very start of this movie. She is startlingly brilliant at math and has the ability to memorize long sequences of numbers with very little time or effort on her…

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12 Rounds 2
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12 Rounds 2 Reloaded Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

The latest WWE Studios film to star a WWE Superstar released last Tuesday directly to DVD. I typically find WWE films to be okay at best, but never “offensive.” They’re always the type of movie that is worth watching at least once if you can find it on one of the movie channels. This one is a little bit different in that it is actually very enjoyable, and honestly, it should have gone to theaters (certainly better than Dead Man Down and the previous 12 Rounds starring John Cena). Before watching…

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The Redemption of General Butt Naked
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The Redemption of General Butt Naked Review

William McPherson

Eric Strauss and Daniele Anastasion have made one of the most emotionally arresting, morally challenging, and thought provoking documentaries that I have seen in my recent memory with ‘The Redemption of General Butt Naked”. That said I’m not sure it was a movie worth making, or a story that deserves telling though to be totally honest. Furthermore I’m equally uncertain about whether or not I should even be reviewing it and thus giving it even more free publicity. That being said, the movie is…

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Game Reviews

Bad Bots Reviews

Gary Smith1 Comment

In Bad Bots you play as Sam McRae, a mechanic on a garbage hauling space ship known as the Titan Hauler that used to be the pride of a space naval fleet. Sam awakens to find that the robots on the ship have gone mad and killed the crew, and the ship is now headed for Earth and who knows what kind of havoc these mad robots will do there? And so you have your reason to pick up an axe and some guns and go about slaughtering many, many robots. Honestly, the story, which is told in comic style panels…

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Soul Sacrifice
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Soul Sacrifice Review

Gary Smith5 Comments

Well, I've had yet another ordeal getting to this point with Soul Sacrifice. My Gamestop claimed their shipment hadn't come in, so I didn't pick up the game on the release date. I went back two days later, and the guy working said it had come in prior to the release date because he was there when it came in. I can already hear Gary telling me this is why he doesn't go to Gamestop. Beyond that, I've been really busy at work lately, so this might be a bit shorter than most of my other reviews. I…

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Metro Last Light
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Metro Last Light Review

Eric W.

In a post apocalyptic not too distant future a year after the events of the first game, protagonist Artyom returns to face the consequences and fallout of the events of that game and it's a more refined but equally as intense, dark, and immersive experience as Metro 2033 ever was. For some reason there were concerns that this game was going to be “dumbed down for the Call of Duty crowd” and I am happy to report that is not the case. If you loved the first game you will absolutely love this and…

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I, Robot
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I, Robot Review

Gary Smith4 Comments

Based on the series of short stories written by Isaac Asimov, I, Robot takes place in Chicago in the year 2035. Will Smith plays Detective Spooner, a cop that refuses to place his faith in robots when everyone else does. Spooner’s distrust stems from an incident that occurred prior to the beginning of the film, but provides for an interesting twist when it is revealed. Detective Spooner is called in to investigate the apparent suicide of one of the founding fathers of U.S. Robotics. Spooner…

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The Ballad of Cable Hogue
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue Review

William McPherson2 Comments

A smart director knows when he has pushed the limits far enough in one direction and needs to find a new approach and come at us with something altogether different and fresh. To be sure Sam Peckinpah did push the limits to the very outer edges and much more in terms of violence and bloodshed with his classic 1969 western masterpiece known as ‘The Wild Bunch’. So with that, in much the same way as the Coen brothers normally take a break to reboot after a big serious film like their classic…

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Buffer UFC Book Review
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It’s Time – My 360° View of the UFC Review

Gary Smith3 Comments

I am a fan of UFC and MMA in general, but not as big a fan as I once was (and even back during the time when I was a big fan, I preferred PRIDE to UFC). Anyone who has ever watched a UFC fight knows who Bruce Buffer is; the charismatic ring announcer, half-brother to legendary wrestling and boxing announcer Michael Buffer. What I didn’t know was that Bruce Buffer had written a book and that it was coming out on May 14th; that is until it showed up at my front door late last week. Seeing as how I…

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Sacred Citadel
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Sacred Citadel Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Sacred Citadel is the latest game in the Sacred franchise, but this one is a digital only title that serves as the prequel to the upcoming Sacred 3. Unlike the retail releases of Sacred proper, which are Action RPG’s, Citadel here is a side-scrolling beat ‘em up that harkens back to some old school classics. There are some RPG elements here; there are four characters to choose from and you’ll level them up and upgrade their abilities, pick up or purchase new weapons and armor, and so on. The…

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Looper Review

William McPherson3 Comments

Along with being a pretty enjoyable Sci-Fi suspense picture, I have the weird duty to report that 2012’s ‘Looper’ may be the overall best movie about mass suicide and attempted child murder that I’ve ever seen. Not that I have seen that many films like this mind you, nor do I particularly hope the genre catches on; but for what it is, which is basically an amped up B-Movie Sci-Fi thriller (which was advertised as the second coming of ‘Inception’ unfortunately) with a better than average cast and…

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Barbed Wire City
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Barbed Wire City Review

William McPherson4 Comments

Does the wrestling world really need another documentary on the late promotion known as Extreme Championship Wrestling? (1993-2001) I don’t know man, I don’t know. All I can say here is that this documentary managed not to bore me, and for the most part did a good job with what it had to tell the story it wanted to tell. The WWE did a superb job (if admittedly biased in their own favor as you’d expect) with The Rise and Fall of ECW DVD way back when, so good in fact that it went on to become one…

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11/22/63 Book
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11/22/63 Review

William McPherson

The novel 11/22/63 tells the story of Jake Epping, a (soon to be time traveling) high school English teacher (the job and life that Stephen King himself occupied before his whirlwind success started with the publication of Carrie in the late 70s) from Lisbon Falls, Maine, recently divorced, who is also teaching an adult GED preparation class in the evenings, after school. One of his pupils in that class is his own high school’s janitor, Harry Dunning, or ‘Hoptoad Harry’ as the kids have cruelly…

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Stand Up Guys
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Stand Up Guys Review

William McPherson

A great big vintage car rolls up to a prison. Two old friends, both of them wearing suits that look like they have some serious age to them make some cursory small talk and then embrace. After exchanging brief pleasantries, they drive off for one last adventure to relive their glory days. It sounds like the set up for a sequel to the Blues Brothers, which with Christopher Walken and Al Pacino in the starring roles could have been a bizarre hoot, but instead what is about to transpire is more…

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Devil in the White City
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Devil in the White City Review

William McPherson2 Comments

I read this book a few years prior to this writing. Coming into it I was expecting, like other reviewers, to be more interested in the sordid tales of H.H Holmes and his infamous 'Murder Castle' rather than the great engineering feat that was the 1893 World's Fair. But during the reading of this book I found myself almost wanting at times to skip past the sections focusing on Holmes story to get back to the fascinating and inspirational story of Daniel H. Burnham and Fredrick Law Olmstead, and…

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Game Reviews

DmC: Devil May Cry Review

Gary Smith

For those familiar with the Devil May Cry series, you will know that Dante is a Demon Hunter. For those not familiar with the series, Dante is a Demon Hunter. He is seeking revenge for the murder of his mother. At least he is in this telling, I have not played the original series, so I'm not sure off hand if that was the plot for those games. Turns out demons are running some things in Limbo City, brainwashing the public through their Raptor News Network and delicious Mountain De... uhhh... I…

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Crysis 3
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Crysis 3 Review

Eric W.6 Comments

“The hunted becomes the hunter in the CryEngine-powered open-world shooter Crysis 3. Players take on the role of 'Prophet' as he returns to New York in the year in 2047, only to discover that the city has been encased in a Nanodome created by the corrupt Cell Corporation. The New York City Liberty Dome is a veritable urban rainforest teeming with overgrown trees, dense swamplands and raging rivers. Within the Liberty Dome, seven distinct and treacherous environments become known as the Seven…

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The Big Sleep
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The Big Sleep Review

Gary Smith4 Comments

Humphrey Bogart is considered by many movie-buffs to be one of, if not the, greatest actors of all time; so you knew it was only a matter of time before a Bogart movie was finally featured in this series (and considering this is the first Bogart film I’ve seen, you can probably guess another popular film of his will also be coming soon). Bogart stars as Philip Marlowe, a private investigator hired by the wealthy General Sternwood regarding some blackmailing of his daughter Carmen. Sternwood’s…

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