The Simplistic Reviews Podcast: August Edition

Hello boils and ghouls.  Okay, this isn't the Cryptkeeper, and it's nearly three months away from Halloween, but I couldn't help myself.  But what I can offer you is The Simplistic Reviews Podcast for the month of August (and some of June and July,...

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Back to School Special: Bully (2011)

Bully (2011) - Frustrating For most kids, the end of August is always a sad time, because that is when Summer fun is over and it's time to go back to school.  Yes, on one hand it's when you get to see all your school friends again and you get to share stories...

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Simplistic Reviews Presents: Cinema and Suds, 3:10 to Yuma, Jackie Brown, The Perfect Crime Black Smoked Saison

In celebrating the life of Elmore Leonard, it felt appropriate to dedicate this edition of Cinema and Suds to him.  Shoot, if I had it my way I would've cracked open a 40 oz of Olde English, but due to the fact that I only have access to 32 oz Olde English bottles, and being a man that still has integrity, I had to resort to what I had.  Sometimes...

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Nature Calls

Nature Calls: Ouch79 min  -  Comedy (?)  -  2012So one night a friend and I went on Netflix looking for a film to watch. You know, late night snacking with a “funny” movie playing, drinking beers and pissing the night away. When we finished...

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R.I.P. Elmore Leonard

On August 20th, 2013 we lost one of the masters of the modern crime novel, Elmore Leonard.  The voice behind classics like "Rum Punch," (which was turned into the Tarantino classic "Jackie Brown) "Get Shorty," "Out of Sight" and the short story, "Fire in...

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Kick-Ass 2 (Matt's Take)

Kick-Ass 2 - Subversive SUBVERSIVE *Caution, there might be some naughty language in this review* Before I start this review, I'd like to begin with a story;  Normally, I don't like hearing kids in movies, and as a personal preference, kids shouldn't...

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The Conjuring

The Conjuring: Fun 112 min  -  Horror | Thriller  -  19 July 2013 It’s a simple film, unlike the recent past horror films; this one takes a simple classic approach. I’ve always thought horror films were a somewhat beat to hell...

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Kick-Ass 2 (DJ's Take)

CLUMSY Matthew Vaughn's 2010 film Kick-Ass is one of my favorite superhero movies ever.  It really breaks down the archetypes, underlying messages, and mythos of superheroes just as well as M. Knight Whats-his-face's Unbreakable did.  It pulled no...

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Simplistic Reviews Presents: Cinema and Suds, A Film Quadruple-header and Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer

When I think of pizza I automatically think of beer.  Nothing goes better with a slice of pepperoni and mushroom than an ice cold beer.  We also know that beer goes with movies, but what happens when you combine pizza, beer, and movies?  Episode 2 of Cinema and Suds happens. What I'm sure started out as a joke, has become a reality...

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Elysium (Matt's Take)

Elysium - Preaching PREACHING As the Summer movie season winds down, we start to enter this zone of thoughtful Summer fare where the lines are blurred between balls-to-the-wall action and films with a message.  When Fall movies begin to roll out in the...

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Elysium (DJ's Take)

ALLEGORICAL Neill Blomkamp tops the list of my five favorite great directors of the future.  (Duncan Jones, Rian Johnson, Matt Reeves, and Josh Trank are the others)  His first film out of the box, District 9, is probably the most original, groundbreaking,...

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True Stories: The Iceman

RUSHED The thing about reviewing films based on a true story is you're usually limited to technical aspects of the film.  Barring some historical inaccuracy, the only fair thing to harp on is how the story is told.  Essentially because it all really...

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Simplistic Reviews Presents: Cinema and Suds, Hot Fuzz and New Belgium Sunshine Wheat

It's not a mystery that beer goes with anything.  Just ask your drunk uncle when he shows up at Thanksgiving having started at 6 am, reading The Washington Post while on the toilet.  Hey man, Miller Time is any time! So with that image of your uncle on the toilet in mind, get ready for "Cinema and Suds" a new weekly series from Simplistic...

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