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A Star Trek Inside Joke You Might Have Missed Here's a great little inside joke that JJ Abrams put in the new Star Trek flick that you might have missed. It took me a day to get it. Very clever...
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Top 11 Baddest Killer Robots in Film! Most of us would agree that the bare-endoskeletal Terminators and all of its other models are probably the baddest killer robots of them all, so in honor of them...
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The Director's Cut of Clive Barker's Nightbreed There is really a chance that this can actually happen!
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10 MOVIES DESIGNED TO OFFEND YOUR RELIGION (Part 1) Movies don’t try to please everyone. Tailor-made for certain demographics, some filmmakers try to entertain or provoke discussion, knowing full well...
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10 MOVIES DESIGNED TO OFFEND YOUR RELIGION (Part 2) Movies don’t try to please everyone. Tailor-made for certain demographics, some filmmakers try to entertain or provoke discussion, knowing full well...
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Action Flick Chick’s Zombie Survival Guide for a Small Town Dark Side here. The Action Flick Chick has been so kind as to write an article specifically for The Small Town Critic. This subject is very...
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BEASTS OF NO NATION… beautiful, brutal, one of the year’s best
by Coop Cooper Netflix has been breaking new ground both in the original content it produces and in the way that content is delivered. They changed the model of serialized shows by releasing all...
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RAIDERS!: THE STORY OF THE GREATEST FAN FILM EVER MADE… a must see for a film...
by Coop Cooper A few years ago at the Clarksdale Film Festival, attendees were treated to a very special screening of a Mississippi film project that had been in the works since 1981. Ocean Springs...
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Amazon’s flawed series production model…
by Coop Cooper Back in January, Amazon released an online-only pilot episode for “The Man in the High Castle”, based on the celebrated 1962 sci-fi novel by Philip K. Dick. The episode was free to watch...
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JESSICA JONES raises the bar for superhero TV shows AND Marvel Comics…
by Coop Cooper Netflix has consistently produced outstanding original series for a few years now, but its “Daredevil” series based off of the popular Marvel comic book character proved that superheroes...
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THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 is a poor movie with an okay conclusion…
by Coop Cooper As with “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, Hollywood got the bright idea to make more money out of movies based on popular book franchises by splitting them into two (or in the case...
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THE LEFTOVERS Season 2 finale… I finally get it and now it may be gone…
by Coop Cooper ***UPDATE: It was renewed for a 3rd (and final) season :)*** It's quite possible that HBO's critically acclaimed original series “The Leftovers” may have aired its final episode. Sunday...
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KRAMPUS earns its PG-13 rating and becomes a new holiday cult classic in...
by Coop Cooper Holiday movies are tricky, but unless they take place during Halloween, holiday horror movies are the trickiest. There aren't many great ones to speak of that take place around...
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STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS… It might be my LEAST favorite Star Wars movie....
by Coop Cooper ***NOTE: The first half is a spoiler-free review, but after the primary review I discuss all of the major spoilers*** Set around thirty five years after “Return of the Jedi”, the...
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Coop’s Top 10 movies of 2015 (for now)…
by Coop Cooper The end of the year is upon us and I have compiled a list of the best films I've seen so far in 2015. Granted, this list will undoubtably change as more Oscar-qualifying, year-ending...
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THE HATEFUL EIGHT is proof that Tarantino’s ego has reached critical mass…
by Coop Cooper There are a few famous filmmakers out there who I feel have developed an unhealthy contempt for their audiences. At some point in their career, their inflated egos take over and they no...
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THE REVENANT must be seen in theaters!…
by Coop Cooper Every year I find at least a handful of movies that surprise me enough to earn my highest rating. It's always a short list but it takes special mixture of originality, superior...
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SPOTLIGHT and THE BIG SHORT are pretty good as far as heavy-handed, outrage...
by Coop Cooper Outrage pieces aimed at real-life institutions and events are compelling but like documentaries covering similar topics, they deserve skepticism and scrutiny in their presentation of the...
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THE MAGICIANS and THE X-FILES. Neither start off great, but both could...
by Coop Cooper One is a new TV series based on a popular novel trilogy and the other is a true classic TV series resurrected for a new generation. Here are the new, highly-anticipated shows that...
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Film selections at the 6th Annual Clarksdale Film Fest impress…
by Coop Cooper The 6th Annual Clarksdale Film Fest is over and a good time was had by all. Here is a bit of what was screened at the fest and some of the fest's more interesting (and...
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