Category: Reviews
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Jupiter Ascending — S&A147
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen is riding solo, reviewing the Wachowskis’ movie Jupiter Ascending. It’s an off the cuff reaction episode, and mostly spoiler free, as he tried to convince listeners that they might like the movie!
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The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies mini-review — S&A143
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen and Dr. Jayce have a short conversation about movie featuring lots of short creatures! Oh, and Steve is there, too…
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Big Hero 6 Family Review — S&A139
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen is joined by his four oldest children to talk about, review, analyze and laugh about Big Hero 6. With the insight only children can bring, his 13 year-old, 11 year-old, 10 year-old, and 8 year-old kids talk about their favorite characters, the big ideas of the movie, and the…
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Archer & Armstrong Vol. 1: The Michelangelo Code — THOUGHT CLOUDS #12
Archer & Armostrong Vol. 1: The Michelangelo Code Valiant Entertainment; Fred Van Lente, writer; Clayton Henry and Matt Milla, artists As I said in the first Valiant Entertainment review, X-O Manowar Vol. 1, I’m new to the Valiant Universe. I like the Valiant Universe. And I am all in with the Valiant Universe. But when…
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Robocop: the Franchise and the Reboot — SA115
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIt’s Ben and Steve vs. Robocop in this episode of the podcast that explores the Robocop franchise, from the first movie to the reboot! We also review the new Robocop movie, with a short section at the end with spoilers. Listen as we explore the themes, the strangeness…
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X-O Manowar Vol. 1: By the Sword — THOUGHT CLOUDS #11
X-O Manowar Vol. 1: By the Sword Valiant Entertainment; Robert Vendaetti, writer; Cary Nord, pencils; Stefano Gaudiano, inks So here’s the deal. I recently read a blog post by a friend, Nathan James Norman, about how he was ditching DC Comics and reading books from the recently re-built Valiant Entertainment. Back in the 90s, Valiant…
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Mr. Peabody and Sherman — THOUGHT CLOUDS #10
Mr. Peabody and Sherman IDW Publishing; Sholly Fisch, writer; Jorge Monlongo, artist I have always enjoyed the exploits Mr. Peabody and his boy, Sherman. They are one of my earliest exposures to time travel, an area of sci-fi that I love. (My first published comic was a time travel story, and of course there is my…
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THE HOBBIT Review — SA104
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn this episode, Ben, Dr. Jayce, and Steve review The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug! And there are some strong feelings about this one . . . Next episode: Christmas movies!
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RIDDICK (Summer Movie Series) — Episode 85
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen reviews Riddick. Alone.
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Ep. 77 — THE LONE RANGER (Summer Movie Series)
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIt’s the Strangers and Aliens review of The Lone Ranger! Unfortunately, of the three hosts, Ben seems to be the lone VIEWER of the movie. Fortunately, Ben remembered that one of our listeners, Hank Harwell, is a fan of westerns. And he remembered that Hank was a blogger…
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UPSIDE DOWN (movie review)
A while ago, I saw the trailer for an interesting looking science fiction movie called UPSIDE DOWN. It looked like it would be a visually quirky movie, if a bit ridiculous in concept. I promptly forgot all about it, until I saw it in one of my local Redboxes. I rented it, not sure what…
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Ep. 72: AFTER EARTH (Summer Movie Series)
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAfter Earth, directed by N. Night Shyamalan and starring Jaden and Will Smith, did not do well this weekend. But is it worth seeing? in the first (and spoiler free) half of this review episode, Ben and Dr. Jayce talk about what works and what doesn’t. The second…
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REVIEW: Superman and the Mole Men (live tweet transcript) (BONUS: The Adventures of Superpup)
Earlier, I live tweeted about Superman: the Movie. Rewatching that movie led to two things: first, it gave us an episode topic for the podcast, “The Test of Time”; second, it made me decide to live tweet while watching the other Superman movies! Instead of jumping into Superman II, though, I went back in time…
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REVIEW: Superman the Movie (live tweet transcript)
Today is Superman’s 75 birthday, if Facebook, Twitter, and news feeds are to be believed! We needed to do something to commemorate that here at Strangers and Aliens. So, while we will talk about it tonight when we record (tangentially), here’s something a little more immediate. Last night, I watched Superman the Movie. It’s been…
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WHO REVIEW: Cold War
Spoilers ahead! Heavily! And not labelled! Initial Thoughts: I liked this episode. I did. I need to say this because everything else I say after this will probably make it seem like I did not. But I did. That said, this season is on a downward spiral. After another episode or two continuing on this…
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WHO REVIEW: The Rings of Akhaten
Spoilers ahead! They are labelled, but they are not hidden! Initial Thoughts: I’ve seen a lot of people talk about how they didn’t really like last week’s episode. I really enjoyed it. I’ve seen a lot of people talk about how they loved this week’s episode. I liked it, most of it, anyway. But where many…
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WHO REVIEW: The Bells of Saint John
Spoilers ahead, they are labelled but they are not hidden . . . Initial Thoughts: An exciting and fun midseason opener. Worth the price of admission. Everything I’ve come to like about Matt Smith and Stephen Moffatt. Amused Thoughts: The motorcycle steals the show. Every scene it is used in is perfect Matt Smith Doctor…
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REVIEW: Safety Not Guaranteed
I want to spoil this movie so much. Not out of spite, out of love. For this movie. I want to talk about this line or that line, which could mean this or could mean that. I want to talk about how this character changed, that character didn’t, and that character surprised me. Maybe I…
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THOUGHT CLOUDS: Star Wars #2 (Dark Horse, 2013)
Star Wars #2 Brain Wood, writer. Carlos D’Anda, artist. A follow up to my review of the first issue of this series . . . Let me get this out of the way first, before I get into a rant that may make it seem like I’m not enjoying this comic book: I like…
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REVIEW: Robot and Frank
I first saw a trailer for this movie last summer but, honestly, I knew I’d want to see it before I even saw the trailer. The title and the poster image did it for me. This looked like a movie I’d want to see. The trailer just sealed the deal. When it came to theaters,…