John Wick (2014)

They stole his car and killed his dog. This means war. Keanu Reeves stars as the title character, John Wick, a retired hitman-for-hire who just wants to live his life in peace after losing his wife to a terminal illness. After some Russian thugs break into his house and beat him up, we wakes up to find his fancy Mustang stolen and his little…

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Killing Cars (1986)

Ralph (Jurgen Prochnow) is just an innocent engineer who wants to better the world with his car that runs on energy cells instead of gasoline. Car companies want his technology and oil companies want him dead in this German film from the mid-80s. For being an action thriller, it sure takes a long time to get going. The pumping 80s soundtrack was great when…

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Terminator: Dark Fate

They tried so hard and got so far, but in the end it didn't even matter. When I first heard about this new Terminator sequel, I remained skeptical. The previous sequel Genisys was a complete train wreck on almost every level. The exciting part this time was that original series creator, James Cameron, was back to produce with Tim Miller (director of Deadpool) in…

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2019 — A Music Retrospective

The year is finally over and it was quite the year for music releases. While there were more than 10 albums that deserve recognition, I'm limiting the list below to just the 10 that were listened to the most based on my Last.fm listening numbers. Local Natives - Violet StreetOf Monsters and Men - Fever DreamYeasayer - Erotic RerunsOne True Pairing - One True…

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Halloween (2018)

Billed as a direct sequel to 1978's Halloween, this movie explores what would happen to Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) if she spent 40 years waiting for her murderous brother Michael to come back. Not just waiting, though, prepping. Laurie Strode is the ultimate badass doomsday prepper. Things kick into high gear as Michael escapes custody while being transferred on a bus from one…

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Leatherface (2017)

This is the latest installment in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. It's hard to keep track of these movies, because they did a remake in 2003, a prequel, a retconned sequel to the original 1974 film, and now this pre-prequel. The movie starts with Jed/Leatherface as a child and after a brutal murder, he is incarcerated at a psychiatric hospital for adolescents. Ten years…

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Candyman 3: Day of the Dead (1999)

Say his name five times and he will be summoned to start the killing. Watch three Candyman movies and you may be bored out of your mind. The story follows Caroline (Donna D'Errico) who keeps having nightmares about Candyman and spends 95% of the movie in a tight shirt and panties. People keep dying in violent meat hooked ways, but Caroline manages to survive.…

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