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Retro cult review: Escape from L.A. (1996)

Welcome to the human race.

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Retro cult review: Escape from New York (1981)

Cinema gets one of its biggest badasses.

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Movie review: The World's End

The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy comes to a somewhat disappointing close.

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Van Dammage Report: Death Warrant

A dour and joyless entry in the Van Damme canon.

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Then and Now: Revisiting Prince of Darkness

How does Carpenter's Satan film hold up all these years later?

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Movie review: The Wolverine

This is the Logan solo film we deserved in the first place.

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Movie review: Only God Forgives

I can understand why Only God Forgives has received a chorus of mixed reactions since its premiere at Cannes, where the film was reportedly booed….

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The Movie Excitability Index, July 2013

Welcome to the Cult Spark Movie Excitability Index, a bimonthly chart where we rank upcoming films by order of just how excited we are to…

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Movie review: Man of Steel

More solid than super.

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Van Dammage Report: Lionheart

By now we're starting to get a very good idea of the recurring themes that Van Damme is drawn to and will populate his films…

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The Movie Excitability Index, June 2013

Welcome to the Cult Spark Movie Excitability Index, a monthly chart where we rank upcoming films by order of just how excited we are to…

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The Movie Villain Hall of Fame: Dargent Peytraud

"You dreamt of me … and of the grave."

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Movie Review: Fast & Furious 6

One of my all-time favorite musicians, the incomparable David St. Hubbins, once spoke of the fine line between clever and stupid. Justin Lin's previous entry…

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Ride or Die: Gauging the Fast & Furious Franchise, Part 3

When the lights go down and Furious 6 roars to life in theaters this weekend, audiences will be watching a franchise that now only tangentially…

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Ride or Die: Gauging the Fast & Furious Franchise, Part 2

In the intro to part one of this retrospective, I stated that the Fast & Furious franchise is bizarre. The series' third entry is why…

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Movie Review: Star Trek Into Darkness (Colossal Team-Up Edition!)

Tim and Bob converse about the latest Trek flick.

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Ride or Die: Gauging the Fast & Furious Franchise, Part 1

Stew re-examines the first two Fast & Furious movies.

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Honoring Ray Harryhausen

Some footage of Ray's ground-breaking work.

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Movie Review: Iron Man 3

Let's talk numbers. Three: The number of Iron Man films that Disney outfit Marvel has produced. Seven: The number of films Marvel has released in…

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Marvel gets ballsy with their big-screen take on the Mandarin

Massive spoilers of Iron Man 3 to follow. Seriously, don't read this if you haven't seen the movie yet. In the Marvel Comics universe, the…

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