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“X-Men: Days of Future Past” Revitalizes the Franchise with the Best Installment Yet

Director Bryan Singer and 20th Century Fox have attempted to reconcile six film’s worth of X-Men material into one ambitious story that combines all the best elements — and all of the cast — from every X-Men film to date. The resulting ensemble, X-Men: Days of Future Past draws from the beloved Days of Future Past…
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Podcast: Liam and Corey Discuss the “Interstellar” Trailer

Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here. Here at Snippets, we are huge fans of Christopher Nolan’s work — especially Liam. The Prestige, Inception, and especially the Batman Trilogy. The man has an impressive body of work. A trailer for Nolan’s newest film was recently released, attached to the new and…
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“Godzilla” Reigns with Artistic Restraint Over Indulgence

I was utterly bewildered during my background research for this movie when I found that everybody pretty much unequivocally hated that 1998 lizard-esque Godzilla vs. New York City movie. I was 9 years old when the film came out, and I absolutely loved it. Maybe it was a bumbling, blubbering, utterly confused Matthew Broderick as…
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Ric’s Netflix Picks: “How to Be a Man”

What is the most important thing a father can teach his son? How to be a man. Mark McCarthy (Gavin McInnes), a former comedian, has just discovered that he is dying. Not wanting to leave his unborn son without life lessons, he recruits a young filmmaker, Bryan (Liam Aiken), to document his remaining days. Keeping…
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How to Make a Wonder Woman Movie (As Told by a Dude)

“We need one!” “The world is not ready for one!” “It cannot be done right!” There has been a lot written about the prospect of a Wonder Woman movie; a lot, possibly too much. But that isn’t going to stop me from telling you the things that need to be done in order to make…
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Great Chemistry Can’t Save the Day in Poorly Scripted “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”

The Amazing Spider-Man 2, much like its predecessor, is a colorful comic book movie that stands apart from the recent slew of common hyper-realist superhero films, but not necessarily in a good way. In the rest of the Marvel Universe, superheroes are used as the gimmicked premise for which a logical, compelling, and otherwise realistic…
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“12 Years a Slave” Review

A black slave is called to the master’s house just before sunset. It has been a long day’s work. The slave, Platt, engineered a new means to transport logs via the swampy river rather than carrying them by land and he spent the day working with others to ferry logs down the river. The entire…
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“Muppets Most…” Disappointing

There was a time I never thought I’d utter “Muppet” and “disappointment” in the same sentence. I’m remiss to say that day has finally come. Since last Saturday, I’ve been mired in a period of intense and savage reflection. In bearing witness to the most recent Muppet caper, I’ve been saddled with an unfamiliar sense…
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Reactions to the Final “X-Men: Days of Future Past” Trailer

X-Men: First Class was one of those peculiar movies that’s mind-numbingly awesome while you’re watching it, but as soon as you leave your seat it becomes utterly forgettable. There were a lot of really great things going for it: it was extremely well-cast, bringing in a lot of fresh faces to a franchise that was…
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Ric’s Netflix Picks: “Mean Girls”

Are you a lady between the ages of 19 and 31? Chances are, you love Mean Girls. Sixteen-year-old Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) has just started public school for the first time and wants to fit in. She quickly makes friends with outsider Janis (Lizzy Caplin), who warns her against making friends with the popular girls,…
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