Troll 2: The Greatest Sequel of All Time

By Jill McKay
Published: August 30, 2009
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Forget The Godfather II. Forget The Empire Strikes Back. And yes, although it might be hard, forget Speed 2: Cruise Control. Without a doubt the greatest sequel of all time is Troll 2.

Congo: The Greatest Movie About Monkeys with Lasers on Their Heads Ever Made

By Jill McKay
Published: August 30, 2009
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If you like robot gorillas with No Fear backpacks emoting, then this is the movie for you!

John Woo Is the Greatest Director of Our Time

By Jill McKay
Published: April 1, 2009
Face/Oscar
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When you think of good directors, you undoubtedly think of Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, and M. Night Shyamalan. These three represent the epitome of quality film making: symbolism, fascinating narrative arcs, and super surprising twist endings. But there’s another, often overlooked director whose skills equal and arguably surpass those of these great film makers. His [...]

Twilight Offers Teens What They Didn’t Know That They Didn’t Want

By Joel Turner
Published: March 1, 2009
Eat it, Twilight!
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Twilight is that time of day when it gets really hard to drive. The sun has set, but it’s not really that dark. Your headlights are on, but you can’t see them emitting any light. You keep checking to make sure your lights are on. After some time, you realize that you’ve spent more time [...]

The Harry Potter Project

By Joel Turner
Published: February 1, 2009
Worth a Thousand Muggle Words
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I hold, obstinately, to the belief that you can judge a book by its cover. Assuming that it is a paperback. Let’s place credit where credit is due. Book covers provide the background: Title, author, publishing company and on occasion, price. Book covers, quite literally, paint a picture of the story. Just when the magic [...]

Point Break Deserved an Oscar

By Jill McKay
Published: January 1, 2009
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The one thing that’s on every American’s mind right now is the poor choice of a winner for Best Picture at the 1992 Academy Awards. Instead of Point Break, an insightful, deeply moving picture about the extremes that surfers have to go to in a poor economy to support their spiritual journeys, the Academy chose [...]