reviews
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My Top 10 Rock Groups of the 90s: #1 to #5
Welcome to the top of the heap for rock bands of the 90’s. These five groups defined the sound of the decade for me, from towering double albums to Irish dreamscapes and arena-sized choruses. If you missed the first half, Part 1 covers #6 through #10 and you can read it here. #1 The Smashing… Continue reading
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Stephen King’s Silver Bullet
We recently went on a binge of 80’s vampire and werewolf movies. The first was Silver Bullet, and we watched it for the very first time over the weekend. Here’s my review. Please note that there will be links to purchase the movie if you’d like in this review, which will help support my site.… Continue reading
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My Top 10 Rock Groups of the 90s: #6 to #10
My Top 10 Rock Groups of the 90s: #6 to #10 The 1990s may be the last decade when rock truly ruled the mainstream, and it did it in a dozen different accents at once. Grunge, alternative, punk revival, funk metal, industrial and power pop all shared the same radio dial. In this first half… Continue reading
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Top 5 Revenge Movies, #1. The Crow.
“Thirty two years later, The Crow remains untouchable. I was 16 when The Crow was in theaters. I saw it there first. Actually I was supposed to have seen one of the City Slickers movies that night, but we changed our minds when we got to the theater, because of course we did. There is a… Continue reading
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Top 5 Revenge movies, #2, Kill Bill The Whole Bloody Affair
One of the greatest revenge epics ever put on film. Quentin Tarantino has never been a subtle filmmaker, and Kill Bill is perhaps his least subtle film of all. It is also, arguably, his greatest achievement. Split across two volumes released six months apart in 2003 and 2004, Kill Bill is a four-hour revenge odyssey that draws from samurai… Continue reading
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Top 5’s: Revenge movies #4 – Sleepers
A slow burn of a masterpiece. Sleepers earns its revenge with patience, grief, and a cast firing on all cylinders. By the time justice arrives, it hits like a freight train. If you’d like to support my site and want to watch Sleepers, I would greatly appreciate you following one of the links in this… Continue reading
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Top 5’s, Revenge movies #5. Ready or Not, A razor-sharp, blood-soaked delight
If you’d like to help support my site, and watch this movie, please check out the links within this page. We are going to be watching Ready or Not 2 soon, and this felt like a perfect transition into a new TOP 5 movie list! I’m going for a much more recent movie for the… Continue reading
