OBLIVION

OBLIVION: Predictable 126mins/Action/2013 Story: Without getting into spoilers, do to the fact I could easy ruin the film for you, I'm just gonna say it's pretty predictable. Way too predictable in the sense before every corner in the story, you will predict...

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Simplistic TV: HBO's VICE

NEWS HBO's VICE - News In my younger, retail, years, I worked at Urban Outfitters, aka, Hipster Outfitters.  When I worked there in the early 2000s it had the air of hipster while the term was still in its infancy, but I still liked, and continue...

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The Simplistic Reviews Podcast : March 2013

You might ask yourself, "Hey Simplistic Reviews!  It's April, this isn't the March Podcast."  Well, yeah, you're right......that's all I got.  You got us listening public, this is the March Simplistic Reviews Podcast, posted in April. We...

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The Simplistic Reviews March Madness Bracket of Good and Final Four Results: BAD

HANNIBAL LECTER (1) WINNER BEN LINUS (2) Ben Linus seems to always hide his motives through politeness.  Something that could keep Doctor Lecter at bay for a while.  However, Ben's massive inferiority complex is a glaring weakness...

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The Simplistic Reviews March Madness Bracket of Good and Evil Final Four Results: GOOD

JAMES BOND (1) WINNER BUFFY SUMMERS (2) There has been a litany of butt kicking babes Bond has had to befall.  Buffy's name can now be added to the list.  Right in between Xenia Onatopp and May Day.  May Day.   James Bond...

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Simplistic TV: Hannibal, Season One Premier

Hannibal - Mulligan When trying to adapt a specific character from another medium, say literature or film, to television, its always a tricky proposition.  Since the character is already established in said mediums you have to know the audience that already...

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The Simplistic Reviews March Madness Bracket of Good and Evil Elite 8 Results: FILM BAD

HANNIBAL LECTER (1) WINNER THE JOKER (2) Two master manipulators, but there can only be one winner.  Bottom line; The Joker is just a mad dog off the leash.  Hannibal knows how to train any canine no matter how deranged or psychotic.  The...

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The Simplistic Reviews March Madness Bracket of Good and Evil Elite 8 Results: FILM GOOD

JAMES BOND (1) WINNER JOHN McCLANE (3) Let's do this one by the numbers; 1.  They both use guns. 2.  They both hate women. 3.  They both try to uphold justice, in their own way of course. What sets these two apart is that one wears a tuxedo...

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The Simplistic Reviews March Madness Bracket of Good and Evil Elite 8 Results: TV BAD

BEN LINUS (2) WINNER CERSEI LANNISTER (8) Every Cinderella story must come to an end; especially for a woman who has sex with her brother, makes said brother throw a young boy out of a tower, lie about it, have more sex with other family members, and oh...

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The Simplistic Reviews March Madness Bracket of Good and Evil Elite 8 Results: TV GOOD

JACK BAUER (1) BUFFY SUMMERS (2) WINNER In one corner; the protector of black presidents, Chinese torture survivor, and a guy that shoots Robocop's wife to obtain information that might save the U.S. from a nuclear attack.  In the other corner;...

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Sneak Preview: Evil Dead (2013)

Evil Dead - Ode *I'd like to thank aintitcool.com for putting on this sneak preview of the film down in Miami, FL, and of course for bringing Bruce Campbell.* I'm not one for April Fool's pranks. I find them annoying, stupid, and most of the time, ridiculous. ...

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The Simplistic Reviews March Madness Bracket of Good and Evil Sweet 16 Results: FILM BAD

HANNIBAL LECTER (1) WINNER DARTH VADER (4) If there was any Star Wars character in need of psychotherapy it would be Anakin Skywalker.  Mommy issues, daddy issues, inferiority complexes, obsessive behavior, night terrors, megalomania,...

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The Simplistic Reviews March Madness Bracket of Good and Evil Sweet 16 Results: TV BAD

BOYD CROWDER (5)  CERSEI LANNISTER  (8) WINNER The one thing you have to admire about Cersei is her survival instincts.  She seems to always get her way.  She can get more done with a goblet in her hand than Boyd could with...

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Simplistic TV: Game of Thrones: Season Three Premiere

Game of Thrones: S3, EP:1-Valar Dohaeris - Duty And just like that; it's back!  The long-awaited season premiere of Game of Thrones was unleashed upon an unsuspecting viewership on March 31st, 2013.  I mean if I was Jesus, just getting out of the...

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