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Junkfood Cinema: Battle Beyond the Stars

Junkfood Cinema: Battle Beyond the Stars

Brian Salisbury is back with another movie so bad, it’s also good. This time he dips into the catalogue of Roger Corman and unearths a galactically-bound remake of The Seven Samurai.

By Brian Salisbury on November 20, 2009 | Comments

Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 11.20.09

Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 11.20.09

Kevin Carr heads out to the movies this week, giving his take on New Moon, Planet 51, The Blind Side and Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire

By Kevin Carr on November 20, 2009 | Comments

Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 141 – Big Fat Moon

Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 141 – Big Fat Moon

Neil squeals about Team Jacob in his review of the highly anticipated The Twilight Saga: New Moon while Kevin struts around the Magical Studio in the Sky with no shirt on, desperately hoping people will mistake him for Taylor Lautner. There’s also a bizarre discussion of where Somali Pirates might fit into one of this week’s movies… how does that all work? Listen and find out!

By Kevin Carr on November 20, 2009 | Comments

Discuss: Would You Go On Another ‘Vacation’ With Chevy Chase?

Discuss: Would You Go On Another ‘Vacation’ With Chevy Chase?

Sometimes I feel like I’m just getting back from Wally World. I’m tired, irritable, and there’s an unseasonably high urine count in my sandwiches.  But with the news that Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo are teaming up for a Superbowl commercial, I have to wonder if we should really be saving up for a real [...]

By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 19, 2009 | Comments

Bonus Weekly DVD Drinking Game: A Very Sunny Christmas

Bonus Weekly DVD Drinking Game: A Very Sunny Christmas

Are you tired of the weepy family dramas, the feel-good television specials and all that peace on Earth, goodwill to men garbage? Well, take a break and head down to Paddy’s Pub in Philadelphia to have a few Christmas Eve drinks with the gang.

By Kevin Carr on November 19, 2009 | Comments

Coroner’s Report: Friday the 13th Part VI

Coroner’s Report: Friday the 13th Part VI

The Coroner returns with a now classic look at the real ‘new beginning’ of the Friday the 13th franchise – the introduction of the supernatural killer as we now know and love him.

By Robert Fure on November 19, 2009 | Comments

Five Actresses Who Should Play the Black Cat in Spider-Man 4, And Three Who Shouldn’t

Five Actresses Who Should Play the Black Cat in Spider-Man 4, And Three Who Shouldn’t

If you read a lot of movie blogs, chances are that you’ve seen plenty of suggestions about this week’s top rumor, the question of who should play The Black Cat in Spider-Man 4. You can throw all of those suggestions out the window, because we’ve got our own list of ladies who should be wearing tight outfits and sneaking into NYC banks.

By Neil Miller on November 18, 2009 | Comments

Exclusive: ‘New Moon’ Screenwriter Talks Adapting Empty Pages and ‘Eclipse’ Additions

Exclusive: ‘New Moon’ Screenwriter Talks Adapting Empty Pages and ‘Eclipse’ Additions

Did you know Eclipse was already in post-production? Well, apparently I didn’t, and the interview still went really well.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 18, 2009 | Comments

This Week In DVD: November 17th

This Week In DVD: November 17th

Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves his job as a CPA who occasionally finds a little mystery thrown his way. These two joys come together in the form of cash money payments that he receives every week and immediately uses to buy more DVDs. This week includes Star Trek, Vampire Party, Taintlight, and more!

By Rob Hunter on November 17, 2009 | Comments

This Week in Blu-ray: Where No Man Has Gone Before

This Week in Blu-ray: Where No Man Has Gone Before

Aside from taking Dr. Cole Abaius’ advice to change the name of this column to ‘This Fortnight in Blu-ray,’ I can’t say that I’ve done much in the way of the HD format lately. So this week we’re back on the bus…

By Neil Miller on November 17, 2009 | Comments

Boiling Point: If You’re Gonna Watch, Watch

Boiling Point: If You’re Gonna Watch, Watch

Robert Fure takes his TV watching seriously and you’d better too, or he will hit you. Really.

By Robert Fure on November 16, 2009 | Comments

10 Great Films That Prove Slow Isn’t Always Boring

10 Great Films That Prove Slow Isn’t Always Boring

Culture Warrior Landon Palmer, Foreign Objects specialist Rob Hunter and Dr. Cole Abaius take on the concept of slow films, and how they don’t always have to be boring.

By Rob Hunter on November 16, 2009 | Comments

The Stretch: Find True Love in Fight Club [A Look Back]

The Stretch: Find True Love in Fight Club [A Look Back]

If you thought Fight Club was about violence and chaos, you were wrong. If you thought it was a retelling of Romeo and Juliet, you might be on to something.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 16, 2009 | Comments

Culture Warrior: What is Hitchcockian Suspense?

Culture Warrior: What is Hitchcockian Suspense?

To movie critics (including myself): yer doin’ it wrong.

By Landon Palmer on November 16, 2009 | Comments

Old Ass Movies: Duck Soup

Old Ass Movies: Duck Soup

War! Politics! Insults! Absurdity! The greatest comedy group of all time makes their funniest movie.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 15, 2009 | Comments

The Wait is Over: An In-Depth Review of Star Trek on Blu-ray

The Wait is Over: An In-Depth Review of Star Trek on Blu-ray

Reviewing Star Trek on Blu-ray was such an all-encompassing, enjoyable experience, I had to fight to find the right words to describe it. Luckily, about 1600 of them just popped into my head.

By Neil Miller on November 15, 2009 | Comments

Junkfood Cinema: 1990: The Bronx Warriors

Junkfood Cinema: 1990: The Bronx Warriors

We wish we could say that Brian Salisbury is a film school reject because he was caught night putting with the dean’s daughter or because he drank his weight in scotch and accidentally burned down an archives building. But alas, it is because he has a well-documented addiction to cinema crapiteé. Behold, his new creative outlet.

By Brian Salisbury on November 13, 2009 | Comments

Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 11.13.09

Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 11.13.09

Kevin Carr heads out to the movies this week, making a stop in a fox hole with the Fantastic Mr. Fox, and then moving on to the end of the world.

By Kevin Carr on November 13, 2009 | Comments

Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 140 – 2012 Pounds

Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 140 – 2012 Pounds

Kevin and Neil meet up in the Magical Studio in the Sky for an epic show about the end of the world. They gush (sort of) over Roland Emmerich’s movies and dance a jig around how awesome Fantastic Mr. Fox is.

By Kevin Carr on November 13, 2009 | Comments

Celebrate Veteran’s Day with a War Movie Overload

Celebrate Veteran’s Day with a War Movie Overload

Instead of doing a cheesy list for Veteran’s Day, we here at FSR decided just to give a run down of all the war-type movies that we’ve covered over the years (the good, the bad, and the boots on the ground).

By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 11, 2009 | Comments