In a special Holiday Edition of the Filmcore Web Series, critics Alex Kirschenbaum and Armani Barron commemorate the 10th anniversary of the seminal “The Gingerbread Man” (2005), a Gary Busey-starring “Child’s Play” retread that centers ...
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Filmcore Video – Ep. 4, The 2015 Filmcore Holiday Special: “Gingerdead Man” Reenactmentcore
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Walking Hairbrushes: “The Ewok Adventures” Were The Original “Star Wars” Spin-Offs
So I know we’re all very excited for J.J. Abrams’ latest “Star Wars” entry, blanketing the cinemas of this great nation on Thursday evening, the 17th, at 7 p.m. Creatively titled “The Force Awakens” (I’m ...
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Filmcore Video – Ep. 3, Listcore: Top 5 Best Surprise Deaths
Critics Alex Kirschenbaum and Charles Perry give you their Top 5 Cinematic Surprise Deaths. We don’t spoil any movie endings, BUT we do spoil some deaths. Only one movie from the last 5 years makes ...
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Listcore: The Top 10 JCVD Fight Scenes
So you may or may not have gathered by now that I love Jean-Claude Van Varenburg, a.k.a. Jean-Claude Van Damme. He is my favorite of the ’80s/’90s action stars, mainly because, outside of Chuck Norris, ...
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Filmcore Video – Ep. 2, “Black Mass” Critical Exchangecore
In which critics Alex Kirschenbaum and Charles Perry agree to disagree on this fall’s prestige gangster movie. Key quote: “This is a movie about, evidently, a vampire gangster who’s not an actual vampire but looks ...
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Top 5 Horrible Scenes In Very Good Movies
A lot of these moments are endings, because no bad scene stands out like a sore thumb more than a movie’s concluding moments, if those ring false. All these flicks are still worth watching, of ...
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A Lingering Lodger: Wingard’s “The Guest” Is Good Throwback Mash-Up Fun
Review, “The Guest” – **** stars (out of ****) Released September 17, 2014 Directed and Edited by Adam Wingard Written by Simon Barrett Cinematography by Robby Baumgartner Starring Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Lance Reddick, Sheila ...
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Cross-Generational Actor Coolness Face-Off: Johnny Depp Vs. Al Pacino
Al Pacino, now 75, is the coolest actor of his generation. His “Donnie Brasco” co-star Johnny Depp, 52, is the coolest actor of his. But which of these two all-timers is cooler than the other? ...
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A Mumbling Texas Jesus: Intimate Understatement Compromises “American Sniper”
Review, “American Sniper” – ** ½ stars Released December 25, 2014 Directed by Harry Callahan Written by Jason Dean Hall Cinematography by Tom Stern Starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller Running Time: 132 minutes Budget: $58.8 ...
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Inherently Boring: “Vice” Is Nothing More Than Meandering Nonsense
“Inherent Vice” (Director: Paul Thomas Anderson) – * star (out of ****) Released December 12, 2014 Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Cinematography by Robert Elswitt Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Joanna Newsom, a certain bad-ass ...