1992 was a great year; we were introduced to the one game that would change the face of video games and pop culture forever. Mortal Kombat made its debut in arcades and eventually ported onto the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo systems. This spawned a cultural phenomenon that I was personally swept into, the martial arts craze. Around the same time as Mortal Kombat was introduced we also got
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We come to the most successful video game based movie franchise in history, Resident Evil. Why is this series so popular and has audiences lining up for every new installment? I’m here to tell you why. Let me start by saying that I am a massive fan of both the video game series as well as the films that follow, I know every story line and characters created by
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I am going to try and do the unthinkable; review “Inception”. A film that baffles and in all counts shatters the senses, causes you to doubt everything you’ve been told. A follow up to the box-office and critical smash hit “The Dark Knight”; director Christopher Nolan crafts a modern day masterpiece. The levels of complexity and careful direction are mind blowing in the highest sense; trying to decode all
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Finally, The Expendables. I’ve followed the production of this movie since the beginning, the idea of gathering the biggest names in action and rolling them up into one solid package is brilliant. The Expendables is like Valentine’s Day — only way more violent and with a higher body count. So I guess — nothing like Valentine’s Day. The Expendables is an absolute throwback to the 80’s action genre, with
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Let me start by saying that “exploitation” is by far my favorite genre of film, I’m sure you’ve heard this term being thrown around recently; especially since the release of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s double feature Grindhouse back in 2007. Even my film Kill Day was homage to that era of film making and raised a lot of concern due to the subject matter, but that’s exactly the
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