10 Reasons why I will go see Interstellar Again

It's been two weeks since the movie came out, but it is still scratching around in the back of my mind. There seemed to be a torrent of inexplicable criticism that lashed the Net the weekend Christopher Nolan's latest epic, Interstellar, was released. This criticism was in fact rather bizarre considering that most other major movies being made today are actually based on comic books. Christopher Nolan took time to develop an intelligent story...

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Edging Towards Tomorrow - Groundhog vs. Aliens

For the second year in a row, Tom Cruise has headlined an interesting, one might even say offbeat Science fiction thriller - last year it was Oblivion and this Summer we were treated to "Edge of Tomorrow." Each movie came prepackaged with a core gimmick - in Oblivion, it was Tom Cruise clones, in Edge it is the Tom Cruise multi-verse.  One might say that Cruise has latched onto a moderately successful formula with these two films - one that...

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Top 10 Reasons We Still Love Wrath of Khan

It's hard to believe that it's been 32 years since Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan hit movie theaters across the world. Wrath of Khan is a remarkable picture on many levels, including: the fact that this was indeed the success that actually rebooted the Start Trek franchise this is the first movie that used modern CGI animation sequences in a significant way it showcased perhaps one of the great movie villains of all time... Original movie...

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Guardians of the Galaxy - The Ultimate Playlist ?

It wasn't so long ago that some of us had tape decks in our cars, and the only way to get great tunes while cruising in those days was the "Mix-Tape." It was more or less like the first bipedal hominid in an ultimate evolution to the Cro Magnon near perfection that is the Cloud-enabled, mobile device disseminating Playlist. The mix tape was an art form - it took time and it didn't always turn out perfect. Sometimes you even had to write out the...

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That California Sound

I had the great fortune to spend some time in Northern California this Summer. I've got all my favorite places there; Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, Muir Woods and Sausalito among others. There is literally nothing like driving up the Pacific Coast highway on a sunny day (on foggy days it's not quite the same). Sometimes words don't do a place justice and then of course we have to turn to music to help capture the experience. What is the sound of California?...

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The Great American Preview

I have a confession to make. I love previews. In fact, I like them better than the actual movies themselves. I could easily sit through 90 minutes of trailers - and have - and remain totally absorbed, in awe really. Why is that? Trailers are the lost American art form, the sad forgotten cousin the more famous TV commercial (which at least now gets worshiped during Super Bowl halftime). It comes from a long line of short features, newsreels...

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That 70's Playlist

Well, we're back. Yes, it's true we were in hibernation mode for awhile, but when it comes to movies and popular culture, there's no statute of limitations on good reviews. To kick things off, how about a new playlist? The 1970's were an under-rated decade as far as music went, yet so much happened; Classic Rock matured, Alternative was born, the 60's transitioned from rebellion to acceptance, pop became the force that it is today and there was...

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Everything Wrong with Cold Case JFK in 1 Post

Today we're going to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy by doing something we generally don't do here at Raving Reviews - getting serious. We decided to do this after watching the PBS Nova documentary; Cold Case JFK (you can watch it at that link). Now, generally we have nothing but the highest respect for both Nova as a series and PBS in general, but this show was downright awful and we're going to document just...

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Apocalypse Then

What can we say about Apocalypse Now - well, quite a lot actually - which is why we bothered to write this post. We were watching Apocalypse Now Redux last night on AMC and it reminded us of what an incredible movie it really is (well, two movies as the Redux version adds a lot of content and makes some plot changes from the original). Movie poster for Apocalypse Now with Brando head Where do we start? Apocalypse Now was one of...

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