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Get the skinny on “The Rise of Skywalker”!

December 22, 2019December 23, 2019 Serpentorslair StaffMovie Reviews, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker0 comment

I think and therefore I have an opinion. I think that the worst thing to come from the Disney trilogy or the DT as those who love to make acronyms for everything say is not flying frozen Leia. It is not a “Mary Sue” ( God I hate that term and any other so called tropes.) Rey, It is not Reylo, it is not Galaxy’s Edge as a shopping center/thrill ride.It is division.There is a long standing rift in the community of Star Wars fans. All based on opinion, nostalgia,…

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Get The Skinny On ‘THE JOKER’!

October 6, 2019October 7, 2019 Serpentorslair StaffDC, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Movie Reviews, The Joker0 comment

I think that the reason that Joker has been deemed so controversial is because it holds up a mirror and forces you to look at yourself. I think it also taps into the question of what is reality? How fragile is society? How much of what we believe to be true is just our own vision our own experiences? The truth here is what we see in the movie the Joker is what we want to see. If we want to see a movie that could spur catastrophic events that…

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Get The Skinny On ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’!

September 2, 2019September 4, 2019 Serpentorslair StaffNetflix, Reviews, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, TV0 comment

This saga is dark. Very dark. Like Power Rangers fan fiction by James Van Der Beek dark. However if you have seen the original movie, you know from the beginning that this is not going to end well for the Gelflings. What this series does show is the true nature of the Skeksis. They are arrogant, power hungry aliens from another world who have lied to and hoodwinked everyone on Thra including the Great Aughra. It is her mistake of letting the Skeksis be the guardians of the crystal so…

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Get The Skinny on ‘ROCKETMAN’ (Spoiler Warning)!

June 3, 2019June 3, 2019 Serpentorslair StaffElton John, Movie Reviews, Music, Pop Culture, Rocketman0 comment

Elton John, I was too young to remember him or too young for him to impact me. I do remember his music videos from the eighties and of course The Lion King Soundtrack. He is still standing. I went expecting (whoops) a documentary still autobiography or something like that. What you actually get is a Broadway play. It opens with Elton in his orange horned devil outfit. Elton is walking down a hallway and joins an addiction meeting. From there we start to see his past. Reginald, at a very…

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Get the skinny on Avengers: Endgame!

May 5, 2019May 7, 2019 Serpentorslair StaffAvengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel, Marvel, Marvel Studios0 comment

Before the movie all we heard was how it was 3 hours long, how Captain Marvel fit into the story and would ruin the movie because of the actor’s politics and opinions, how it could not be done or done well, because you know… internet. Anticipation and speculation. Toss every bit of that aside and be prepared to feel intense emotions. That is if you have seen all 21 movies so far. Because if you haven’t you may want to start now to get the full experience and see just…

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Get the skinny On ‘Love Death and Robots’!

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 Serpentorslair StaffLove Death and Robots, Netflix, TV0 comment

Take yourself back to the nineties when MTV had a little show called “Liquid Television.” It showcased animated shorts and a series or two, most notably “Aeon Flux.” I had a definite “Heavy Metal” vibe as I was watching. Heavy Metal was a series of animated features all in one long movie. Each story was connected to a mysterious orb. I felt a similarity mainly based on the styles and content. Fast forward now to the present, thirty some years later and Netflix has adopted the format of cramming several…

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Get the skinny On Captain Marvel!

March 10, 2019March 11, 2019 Serpentorslair StaffBrie Larson, Captain Marvel, Marvel, Marvel Movies0 comment

This will hit you where you live if you were a kid in the 90’s. Nostalgia meter equals a six out of ten. Nineties music, nineties technology, nineties attitudes even a nod to Kevin Smith and a few other nineties nuggets are what you will find waiting for you. If you don’t get misty eyed at the opening titles… I can’t help you.Also if you have not seen a majority of the Marvel films I cannot help you.There are many ties to Thor, Captain America, Guardians of the Galaxy, and…

Get The Skinny on ‘Welcome to Marwen’!

January 1, 2019January 2, 2019 Serpentorslair StaffWelcom to Marwen0 comment

This is not exactly a G.I.Joe movie in fact G.I.Joe is never mentioned. It definitely uses “dolls” to tell the story. (Sorry Kirk Bozigian but they use that term extensively.) In the case of the ladies that certainly is true.For that matter this is not a Barbie story or an Americana doll story. You will see plenty of action scenes with the figures, and the CGI would make a film fest participant drool. If only we could get our hands on such a budget. Marwen is the 12 inch diorama…

Get The Skinny on ‘BUMBLEBEE’!

December 24, 2018December 26, 2018 Serpentorslair StaffBumblebee, Paramount Pictures, Transformers0 comment

This directorial take by Travis Knight is vastly different than the Michael Bay films. Gone are the crude humor, the slow motion jiggle shots, and the explosion a second style of Bay. What we do have is a human interest story and that is what is most likely appealing to audiences right now. The story is similar to Sam Witwicky’s and also Cade yeager in that we find a human thrust into an adventure when they discover a car that is more than meets the eye. Charlie played by Hailee…

Get the skinny on “The Captain”

December 9, 2018December 9, 2018 Serpentorslair Staff0 comment

Directed by Robert Shwentke I was intrigued to see his latest effort.Having seen RIPD and RED and enjoying both. I went in optimistic. The Captain is a true story based on Willi Herold. Herold, a 21 year old German, stole an officer’s uniform and committed several war crimes. Most notably the Massacre at Emsland. Herold found a Luftwaffe Captain’s uniform and soon took over a prison camp with other soldiers. He convinced everyone he was acting under direct orders from Hitler. He executed deserters and thieves at the camp and…

Get the skinny on ” The HappyTime Murders”!

August 26, 2018August 27, 2018 Serpentorslair StaffBrian Hensen, Melissa McCarthy, Movie Reviews, Muppets, The HappyTime Murders0 comment

In 2015 ABC ran a Muppet series that lasted just one season. It was more adult in nature and had darker themes than any of the films and especially the television series.Three years later, not learning their lesson, a new muppet production arises. Trying to delve into 10th grade humor hoping that the novelty of puppets acting like humans would sustain an entire feature. It does not.The HappyTime Murders revolves around a plot of someone killing off puppets who were the stars of a television series that is going into…

Welcome to Marwen!

July 23, 2018July 24, 2018 Serpentorslair StaffMovies, Robert Zemeckis, Steve Carell, Welcom to Marwen0 comment

This holiday season, Academy Award® winner Robert Zemeckis—the groundbreaking filmmaker behind Forrest Gump, Flight and Cast Away—directs Steve Carell in the most original movie of the year. Welcome to Marwen tells the miraculous true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit. When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town where he can heal and be heroic.…

JEM “More To The Story”!

May 31, 2018May 31, 2018 Serpentorslair StaffFan Film, Jem, JEM More To The Story0 comment

From Chickbait films comes a film two years in the making. A Kickstarted fanfilm that generated after the Jem movie, this film is truer to the Jem cartoon made by Sunbow in the eighties. Watch famous Cosplayers, Chloe Dykstra, and Allison Scagliotti from Warehouse 13 fame as they battle the Misfits once more. There is great original music and fun campy times ahead for those who watch Jem ” More to the Story”. Check it out in the player below and let us know what you think AFTER THE JUMP!

Get the Skinny on “Ready Player One”!

April 1, 2018April 2, 2018 Serpentorslair StaffMovie Reviews, Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg0 comment

Ready Player One is by far one of the best movies I have seen in a great while. Spielberg is a master storyteller and Zak Penn is right up there with him. Of course all they did was adapt a book, but, they created a great movie. Full disclosure I have not read the book. Wade Watts, this is the first of many great Easter eggs. The entire movie is an Easter Egg. If you were born in the seventies and were a kid or teen in the eighties this…

Get the skinny on “The Toys That Made Us” on Netflix

December 23, 2017December 24, 2017 Serpentorslair StaffBarbie, G.I.Joe, he-man, Netflix, Star Wars, The Toys That Made Us, toys, TV0 comment

The Toys That Made Us is a documentary series that gives a behind the scenes look at the toys that for many of us helped define who we are and how we transitioned from children to adults. What was it that captured the imagination of all those kids and just how did ideas become reality. Four episodes delve into some of the biggest toy properties that Generation X played with. The first episode tackles the monumental task of the story behind Star Wars toys. A toy line that nobody wanted.…

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