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J.C. Reviews: The Phantom Menace is an Imperfect Start to an Imperfect Trilogy

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by James Coulter Long ago in a galaxy far, far away (or rather, in Burbank, California in 1977), a blockbuster movie from a then up-and-coming director was released that would change the landscape of pop culture and cinema. That movie...
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J.C. Reviews: Civil War Evokes Emotional Drama in a Harrowing Hypothetical America

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J.C. Reviews: Civil War Evokes Emotional Drama in a Harrowing Hypothetical America by James Coulter The President is a tyrant. The country is divided. And Americans have become so politically polarized that they wage war against each other. No, I'm not...
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J.C. Reviews: Rebel Moon – Part Two is a Movie That Exists. Boy, It Sure Does Exist!

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by James Coulter The story goes Zack Snyder approached Lucasfilm to pitch a "gritty" and "more mature" Star Wars movie. When Lucasfilm refused, Zack took his script, filed off the serial numbers, and pitched it to Netflix. The result is...
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JC Reviews: X-Men 97 Breathes New Life into Old Classic

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by James Coulter X-Men: The Animated Series. Chances are, you're hearing the theme song play in your head, even if you never watched the show. The 90s animated classic was influential in helping bring the X-Men franchise from out of the...
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J.C. Reviews: Dune Part 1 is an Interesting Slowburn of a First Part

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by James Coulter Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi epic Dune has long been considered an unfilmable story due to its grandiose length and scale. Then again, the same was said of Lord of the Rings, which is roughly the same length....
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J.C. Reviews: Madame Spider Was Wasted Potential

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by James Coulter Unless you've been living under a rock for the past 15 years, you probably know the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is currently one of the hottest movie franchises of all time—so much so that many other movie...
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J.C. Reviews: Go Watch The Beekeeper! It’s Awesome!

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by James Coulter The Beekeeper is not a good movie. The Beekeeper is an awesome movie. And that's all I can really say about it. Seriously, the best thing I can do to endorse The Beekeeper is tell you to go watch it....
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J.C. Reviews: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom: A Weak Ending to the DCEU

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by James Coulter Recently, I purchased a handheld game console. It came pre-loaded with 5,000 classic video games. One of them was Pokémon FireRed for the Game Boy Advance. I never played that game, but I did play the original...
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JC Reviews: Wonka is a Movie That’s Hard to Hate

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by James Coulter I'm going to be perfectly honest: I had exceptionally low expectations going into this movie. When the first trailer was released last year, I rolled my eyes so hard watching it. Really? Who, in the Year of...
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Welcome, World Travelers: Rebel Moon is Zack Snyder Star Wars Fan Fiction

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by James Coulter Admittedly, it's become a grossly reductive cliché to compare any sci-fi flick to Star Wars. After all, even films based on stories that pre-date it like John Carter and Dune are unfairly compared to a film that,...
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J.C. Reviews: Sonic 3 Was Radical (Highway!)

by James Coulter I grew up during the Console Wars of the 1990s. Back then, the big divide was between...
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Loretta Lynn, Country Music Star Dies at 90

NASHVILLE — Loretta Lynn, the country singer whose plucky songs and inspiring life story made her one of the...
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Learn The Reason for the Season with These Holiday Stories on the Chattin on the Podcast

by James Coulter Christmas is almost here. Is anyone else excited? But a more important question to ask would be:...
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