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Blu-ray Review: Silent Running (1972)

Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern) spends most of his time aboard the spacecraft Valley Forge caring for the ship’s verdant greenhouses while the rest of the skeleton crew tears ass through the corridors of the vessel on dune buggies… when they aren’t shooting pool, playing poker, or generally acting like complete assholes. Speaking of the Forge; the ship is part of a space fleet that contains all of the Earth’s remaining flora after the planet has succumbed to a catastrophic environmental event, and they’ve been cultivating those plants for eight long years, and to say Lowell is attached to his job is an understatement. Imagine his outrage then when the orders come down from above to jettison the greenhouse pods from the fleet and nuke them… and imagine how he’s not going to sit still and let that happen… at least not to his greenhouse. After eliminating the crew, Lowell makes a desperate gambit to pilot the ship through Saturn’s rings

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DanXIII

Dec 1, 2020

GamingProductReviews

Game Review: ‘Mutant Football League: Dynasty Edition’

Football is one of the most popular sports in America, there’s just one problem…it’s slow, boring, and repetitive. Worse, the video games are the same! Well, Digital Dreams Entertainment & Nighthawk Interactive have made a game that makes the sport more exciting, “Mutant Football League: Dynasty Edition”. This game is now available both for digital download and in physical retail form for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC/STEAM, and Nintendo Switch. As the name implies, there are no human football players in this game, the rosters are full of the undead, aliens, robots, mutants, orcs, werewolves, and demons. Unlike football, after the whistle blows, the hits don’t stop! That’s right, players will fight after play and sometimes with deadly results and the players are not the only ones able to do the killing, the fields you play on are full of traps as well! In “Dynasty Edition” there’s a new game mode by the same name, it’s a management mode. In

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Capt McNeely

Oct 31, 2018

IndieMovies

Blu-ray Review: Robot Wars (1993)

In the year 2041, the the United States is divided into two opposing blocs, the North Hemi and the Eastern Alliance. Now these two aren’t exactly bosom buddies, but they both really hate the pirates known as Centros who go around causing all manner of havoc. Can anyone stand in their way? Why yes, yes they can (because if the answer was “no” this would have been a very short film…)…two anyone’s in fact; a rogue mega-robot pilot (Don Michael Paul) and his pal Stumpy (James Staley…who, in a real humdinger of a twist has all of his appendages) who discover that dignitaries from the EA are out to steal the aforementioned scorpion shaped mechanical marvel (the last of it’s kind…or is it?). Anyway those evil bastards succeed, but our heroes…along with plucky archaeologist Leda (the legendary Barbara Crampton) discover a hidden mega-robot (this one humanoid in apperance)…which of course leads to a nice bout of robot asskickery! Simply put;

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DanXIII

Apr 29, 2018

IndieMoviesNewsProductReviewsTrailers

Killer Robots, Drug Cartels, And Danny Trejo: Review Of ‘Cartel 2045’

Chris Le’s film Cartel 2045 takes us to the year 2045 where the drug war in Mexico has reached new heights of brutality as one of the drug cartels acquired a new weapon to strike fear in rivals and the United States, combat robots. The robots were used by the US military till an incident in Iran made them illegal. Now the company that made the robots have sold them to a Mexican drug cartel headed by Angel Malvado played by Danny Trejo (Machete, Machete Kills). Former Marine Carson Wright, played by Brad Schmidt (The Birth of a Nation, Here and Now, House of Lies) who was responsible for the incident in Iran due to a “faulty” chip that’s implanted in his head that allowed him to control combat droids, is sent to Juarez, Mexico to meet up with a special forces team sent in to rescue an engineer played by Chris Perskey (Bagboy, Hot Bot, Artifice) who’s being held

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Capt McNeely

Apr 7, 2018

Comic Books/Graphic NovelsNews

‘Pacific Rim: Amara’ Webtoon Launches Today

Set in the same universe as the films, Pacific Rim: Amara is the prequel to the upcoming film Pacific Rim Uprising. Legendary Comics and LINE Webtoon teamed up to distribute the prequel that’s co-written by Cavan Scott of the UK and Zhang Ran of China, the webtoon is illustrated by Chinese artist BigN. The story is about Amara, who will be played by Cailee Spaeny in the film, showcasing her struggles in post-Kaiju Santa Monaca after the invasion of the large monsters called Kaiju that come from the sea. Kaiju is Japanese for “strange beast” and is also the name of the popular film genre in Japanese cinema that depicts large monsters destroying large cities or fighting one another with humanity caught in the middle, the most famous Kaiju is Godzilla. The webtoon will showcase Amara’s adventures to making her own Jaeger, a large mechanical fighter capable of fighting the Kaiju in which a human is inside piloting the machine.

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Capt McNeely

Mar 9, 2018

Movies

‘Rogue Warrior: Robot Fighter’ Is An Absolute Win

Finally, finally, finally I was able to watch the Neil Johnson written and directed film ‘Rogue Warrior: Robot Fighter’. I have been anticipating seeing the movie for a long time, and (if you follow my twitter) have obviously been eager to write this review. I just want to start off by saying that I really enjoyed this movie. The movie has been presented as a whole bunch of things… a little ‘Mad Max’, a little bit ‘Terminator’, a little bit ‘Star Wars’, science fiction, drama, action…and a slew of other things. Well, it delivers on them all. From intergalactic battles in space, to making me laugh, to heart wrenching scenes. We are truly taken on this journey with the protagonist Sienna through pinnacle points in her life when she has to deal with not only her own journey to figure out who she is, but also to destroy the artificial intelligence that is killing humans. I am not going to

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Capt McNeely

Jul 4, 2017

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Watch As Two Of The World’s Most Human Robots React To The Trailer For ‘Morgan’

The psychological sci-fi thriller ‘Morgan’, from 20th Century Fox, opens in theaters nationwide on September 2nd. Earlier this week we shared an exclusive video from Morgan, titled ‘Beautiful Baby‘. Today, we have a second video titled ‘Robots React’. The video reveals how two the world’s most advanced, and most human, robots responded to seeing the trailer for ‘Morgan’. The film, directed by Luke Scott, delves into the potential dangers of biological engineering and evolution while captivating audiences with a fantastic, intelligent story and an amazing cast. Official Synopsis: A corporate troubleshooter (Kate Mara) is sent to a remote, top-secret location, where she is to investigate and evaluate a terrifying accident. She learns the event was triggered by a seemingly innocent “human,” who presents a mystery of both infinite promise and incalculable danger. Mara stars alongside Rose Leslie, Boyd Holbrook, Toby Jones, Paul Giamatti and Anya Taylor-Joy who plays the role of the mysterious character Morgan. This intense thriller, filled with

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 25, 2016

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