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Second Annual Cinefessions Summer Screams Challenge – Week Four Preview

June 24, 2013
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Just like that, we enter the fourth and final week of the Second Annual Cinefessions Summer Screams Challenge. June has absolutely flown by once again, and we only have on more week of obsessively counting our viewing, and trying to fill in the puzzle that is the checklist. What an odd thing it is that…

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Second Annual Cinefessions Summer Screams Challenge – Week Three Preview

June 17, 2013
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It’s hard to believe that the challenge is already past the halfway point, but alas, the reality is that there are only 14 days left to earn points watching what we love. Week two was – for me, at least – a roaring success, as the earth, or the people on it, screamed for various…

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Movie Review – Chris Ranson on Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

May 18, 2013
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This review was written by my Film Swappers partner, Chris Ranson. You can follow Chris on twitter @Wolverinefactor. Title: Star Trek Into Darkness Runtime: 132 minutes Director: J.J. Abrams — Star Trek Into Darkness has done everything it could to make me think it was going to be terrible, from the cheesy title, to the pretty-but-boring ten-minute IMAX…

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Second Annual Cinefessions Summer Screams Challenge

May 16, 2013
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 The Second Annual Cinefessions Summer Screams Challenge The weather is warming up, and classes are finally letting out, which can mean only one thing: it’s time for the return of the Cinefessions Summer Screams Challenge! Those that joined in last year will be familiar with this challenge, but we’re hoping to bring in a lot…

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Movie Review – Videodrome (1983)

May 5, 2013
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This review is part of the Around the World in May-ty Days challenge that Cinefessions is taking part in throughout the month of May. The challenge originated on Letterboxd thanks to a user named Berken. Find out more, including how to follow along, via this list on Letterboxd. Title: Videodrome (1983) Runtime: 89 minutes Director:…

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Movie Review – Jurassic Park (1993)

April 30, 2013
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Title: Jurassic Park (1993) Runtime: 127 minutes Director: Steven Spielberg — What better way to kick-off the summer blockbuster movie season than by watching one of the best of its kind, Jurassic Park? How about watching it, for the first time, in 3D? Yeah, that will do it. It has been more than a handful of years…

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Movie Review – I Am Legend (2007)

February 10, 2013
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Title: I Am Legend (2007) Runtime: 101 minutes Director: Francis Lawrence — Having watched all three of the Richard Matheson “I Am Legend” adaptations, I am confident in saying that I Am Legend is – by far – the best of the lot. Will Smith is incredible in this film, and the direction is spot…

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