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Articles Posted by John Shannon
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Marvel Has Cast Their First Guardian Of The Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy is the biggest question mark when it comes to Marvel’s Phase Two slate, but with James Gunn directing I’m very, very excited for the first big screen adventure of Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon. The casting of Star-Lord, aka Peter Quill, a human astronaut chosen to become an inter-galactic policeman, has been [...]
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Blu Ray Review: Disney’s “Peter Pan”
It is hard to imagine a company that benefited more from home video than the Walt Disney Company. By strategically timing their releases on VHS, DVD, and now BluRay, Disney has maintained a sense of tradition and history with their animated features. The studio has released two Diamond Editions each year since BluRay won the [...]
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Here’s The Director Of “Star Wars: Episode VII”
Ever since Disney bought Lucasfilm and announced the development of Star Wars: Episode VII, every genre director working today has been asked if they’d be the one to take on Lucas’s universe. Back in November, Star Trek director J.J. Abrams claimed to have denied Disney’s advances, but still cited A New Hope as a major [...]
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Here Are The 2013 Oscar Nominees
In the early hours of this Thursday morning Seth McFarlane and Emma Stone announced the 85th Academy Award nominations, and there were a few surprises mixed in with the no duh’s. The biggest surprise was the snubbing of directors Kathryn Bigelow, Ben Affleck, and Quentin Tarantino. Zero Dark Thirty, Argo, and Django Unchained were all [...]
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2012 In Film: John’s Favorite Films Of The Year
2012 has been a great year for movies. I’ve spent more time than I’d like to admit toying with this list, struggling to get them in an order I’m ok with for more than just a few minutes. As preparation I spent a bit of time looking at my Top Ten of 2011, and in [...]
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You’ll Believe A Man Can Fly After Seeing This “Man of Steel” Trailer
The Superman character has always struck me as a perfect romantic mixture of hope and tragedy, and while I love the Richard Donner films and a few key sequences in Superman Returns, the only Superman story that did that balance justice was Tom De Haven’s novel It’s Superman!, a work that looks to have inspired [...]
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BluRay Review: “Finding Nemo”
Note: While Disney has indeed released Finding Nemo in 3D Blu, the author of this review doesn’t own a 3D television. Both 3D and 2D sets have the same special features and technical specifications, so assume that the only bonus to the 3D Blu is the 3D version of the film. If Disney knows one [...]
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Here’s A Teaser For “Star Trek Into Darkness”
I’ll admit to being a little down on Star Trek Into Darkness lately, but the only reason for that is the constant speculation surrounding the film and director J J Abrams’ reluctance to give out any plot details or even reveal who the villain is. I find the whole “mystery box” schtick incredibly dull, and [...]
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BluRay Review: “ParaNorman” Is The Best Animated Film Of The Year
There are few family films as bold and daring as ParaNorman. Don’t let that shitty title fool you: this is the kind of animation we all thought Pixar would be pumping out on a regular basis before they sold out with Cars. ParaNorman is a smart, progressive little movie that everyone should see, but particularly [...]
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Review: “Lincoln” Fumbles Short Of True Greatness
Steven Spielberg has been working on Lincoln for the better part of six years now, and as I viewed upon the final result I walked away with a profound feeling of “meh.” Don’t get me wrong, Lincoln is at times an incredibly powerful film, and some sequences hit the emotional chords at all the right [...]
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