MacGyver Was A Silly TV Show, Now It’s A Silly Movie

by Furious
March 16th, 2009

Wiktionary defines MacGyver as:

To assemble, or cause to be repaired or completed, an object, device, machine, or project from duct tape as the preferred repair tool, but in its absence, other items, (normally common, ordinary and mundane such as a rubber band or paper clip), not normally used for that purpose, where others would assume one needs a manufactured part, as per the design. Especially: if the items are used in ways significantly different than their intended use.

Even if you never saw MacGyver, there’s little doubt you know all about the premise about a secret agent who was so resourceful he could literally make anything out of anything. I believe he once made a fission reactor out of Pop Rocks, Silly Putty, and an empty Pringles can. I never saw the show, but I still

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Rebooting Tomb Raider- The Movie, Not The Game

by Furious
January 28th, 2009

Do you happen to remember the movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider? How about Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life? Yes? No? Doesn’t matter, they’re starting from scratch.

When Time Warner upped it’s stake in video game publisher Eidos in December, the film rights to Tomb Raider were part of the deal. Now they’ve announced the rebooting of the Tomb Raider movie franchise, replete with a reworking of the Lara Croft character- new back-story, villains, love interests, yippee! I mean that whole thing with her being a rich English adventurer following in the footsteps of her dad was sooooo tired. It totally needs a revamp because… who the hell knows? A total whitewashing of the franchise/character appears to be the only hope for the another Tomb Raider movie.

It’s not like I enjoyed either of the previous movies all

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Is Aaron Eckhart As Two-Faced As His Character?

by Furious
January 12th, 2009

Back in September, Aaron Eckhart was unequivocal in his statement that Harvey Dent/Two-Face would not be returning for a sequel to The Dark Knight. He said the character was “dead as a doornail” and “ain’t coming back.”

Either Eckhart spoke too soon (even thought he did consult director Christopher Nolan) or he is as two-faced as his character because he’s changing his tune. He parallels the character’s status with that of it’s onscreen counterpart- not dead, but in a coma. Maybe he’ll pull through, maybe he won’t.

I’ve never had much interest in comics or superheroes, but I liked The Dark Knight well enough. Heath Ledger’s performance as the Joker was outstanding. The story was exciting. The semi flipping over was like, whoa.

Christian Bale’s growling aside, the thing I didn’t like about The Dark Knight, actually hated

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Weekend Predictions: 11-14-08

by Furious
November 14th, 2008

The title says predictions, but there’s really only one prediction to make. This weekend’s lone, lonely new wide release is the 22nd entry in the James Bond pantheon, Quantum of Solace.

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Public Domain Movie Of The Week: The Kid

by Furious
November 10th, 2008

By 1920, Charlie Chaplin was one of the biggest movie stars in the world. The Tramp was, and arguably still is, the most recognizable character to ever grace the screen.

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The Three Stooges Ride Again?

by Furious
November 4th, 2008

Next up for the Farrelly Brothers will be perhaps the most ambitiously repugnant thing they’ve attempted yet, a Three Stooges movie.

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This Date In Movie History: October 8th

by Furious
October 8th, 2008

October 8th has historically been a pretty good day, at least as far as movies are concerned.

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A Review Of The Devil’s Rejects- That’s A Better Introduction Than It Deserves

by Furious
October 7th, 2008

William Wyler once said a movie is “eighty percent script and twenty percent you get great actors.” Unfortunately Rob Zombie’s math was a little off when he made The Devil’s Rejects, as he had about eight percent script and two percent competent actors.

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And Introducing… Superman

by Furious
August 22nd, 2008

According to Box Office Mojo, it had a worldwide theatrical take of $391 million. That sounds good enough, but you can tell the studio expected much bigger things since they invested $270 million in the production. $120 million net (not including advertising costs) at the box office is just not getting it done.

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