September 2011
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MOVIE FACTS THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW! #2
1) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
When casting “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, Richard Harris (Dumbledore) was approached by denied the role for numerous reasons: his health had started to decline and Harris did not want his role in the Harry Potter films to overshadow the rest of his 50 year film career. He relented and accepted the role though when he found out that his ...
Netflix's Unwanted Pregnancy
There was a happy time when I could watch any movie instantly, and yet I could reserve a movie not on instant queue on DVD. It was a time when all we had to do in order to transition back and forth is to click either “Watch Instantly” or “On DVD” tabs.
But then ever since Netflix begat Qwikster, and especially since they made a Berlin Wall-proportionate paywall between...
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THOSE MOVIE FACTS YOU DIDN'T KNOW! #1
Need cool facts to entertain your friends with when you go to the movies? Well, look no further! In order to celebrate almost a month into college here at Florida State University, I’m here to give you THOSE MOVIE FACTS YOU DIDN’T KNOW about some of the movies that have played at the Student Life Cinema! Let’s start off with:
1) Citizen Kane
During the filming of...
I Saw The Devil
I Really saw Three Devils
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Lately, Korean movies have been rather violent. From hammers, to war, to monsters, and so on and so forth - it seems that the Koreans are frantically trying to catch up to famous American bodycounts.
Unfortunately Kim Ji Woon (The Good, The Bad, and the Weird)’s I Saw the Devil isn’t any different, in fact not even the title is accurate.
So...
Arena Review
Arena is a fun, light hearted science fiction boxing movie filled with an unbelievable amount of cheese. The story centers around the appropriately named Steve Armstrong, a fry cook on an enormous space station that serves as a hub of intergalactic trade. In that regard it’s similar to the Citadel of Mass Effect. Steve left Earth with the dream of one day becoming a fighter in the eponymous Arena...
G-Saviour Review
G-Saviour is commonly known as “the terrible live action Gundam movie”. This is for good reason, because it is a terrible live action Gundam movie. For those who don’t know, Gundam is an enormously popular metaseries that started in Japan in 1979 with the television anime “Mobile Suit Gundam”. This series spawned literally dozens of tv spin offs, toys, video games, comic books and models. It is a...
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Seven Films to Watch on Netflix Instant Before...
Let’s be straightforward. All of us are entirely addicted to the Netflix Instant play library. It makes wasting time the easiest thing on the planet when you have so much content at your disposal. I think we all remember when the library was so slim we’d have trouble finding even one good film to watch. Now, as Netflix has almost entirely taken over the DVD rental market, its...