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Hops and Box Office Flops: IF LOOKS COULD KILL – Grieco: Far from Home
If Looks Could Kill is a piece of vintage 90s cinema. It takes a young star—presumably on the rise—and tasks them with elevating a sub-par film. It’s a challenge many budding leading men have been burdened with. Richard Grieco—most famously Dennis Booker from the 21 Jump Street TV show and its spin-off Booker—is not quite up to the task. His big screen woes mirror that of his small screen ones. Like Booker, audiences did not flock to If Looks Could Kill. His suave appearance and brash attitude were not accompanied by the requisite charm. Grossing just $7.8 million on a budget as high as $12 million, it served as evidence that Grieco may not be the next big…
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5 Game Ports That Nintendo Should Do Next
We all have games of old that we’d like to to play again on a newer console. It’s a big reason why backward compatibility is a selling point for consoles, after all. So with Super Mario 3D World’s re-release, I figured why not write about the games Nintendo should port next? Let’s take a look, shall we? Star Fox Zero (Wii U) Star Fox Zero is unique on this list because I have not been given a chance to play it. I would like to see this game ported because I wish to see more Star Fox, and I find it likelier to get a port then an entirely new…
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Introducing The WOBAM Beacon Newsletter!
We’re excited to announce the first ever installment of The WOBAM Beacon, our brand new newsletter. The WOBAM Beacon is all about building positive spaces and shining a beacon on others; if you’re not already subscribed, you can subscribe here. Since this is our first installment, we’ll be posting the full newsletter bellow. If you like it, please share! And thank you for tuning in. Without further ado… Welcome to The WOBAM Beacon newsletter! – February 19th, 2021 If you’ve been around WOBAM Entertainment, you know we’re all about pop culture and nerdy things. On The WOBAM Beacon, we want to be a beacon that shines brightly sharing all the…
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Hops and Box Office Flops: THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT – This Movie is Pain
The Long Kiss Goodnight is obnoxious, loud, and dumb. In other words, most action movies of the 80s and 90s. It’s also hopelessly convoluted and botches its central premise—that of an amnesic suburban housewife who has forgotten that she used to be an assassin. Starring Geena Davis—in her second collaboration with former husband Renny Harlin—as Samantha Caine (the innocent)/Charly Baltimore (the no-so-innocent), The Long Kiss Goodnight just isn’t equal to the sum of its parts. The supporting cast is great—boasting Samuel L. Jackson, Brian Cox, Craig Bierko, and David Morse, amongst others—and it was written by Shane Black, the literal master of this conceit (i.e. the mismatched action duo). Even with those elements, it…
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REVIEW: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
Considering the lackluster sales of the Wii U, it is not surprising that Nintendo thought it was necessary to port the “bigger” titles from that console generation to the Nintendo Switch. Just look at the current best-seller for Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and you can see that this legendary company knows what it is doing with its IP. Which made it just a matter of time before Super Mario 3D World joined the fray of games being ported to the Switch. Unlike previous ports, however, this one arrives with an expansion called Bowser’s Fury (something I will go over later in this review). The general basis of Super Mario…
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THE MANDALORIAN SPOILER Review: Episodes 2×07 and 2×08- “The Believer/The Rescue”
The Mandalorian (2×07 and 2×08)- “The Believer/The Rescue” Written by: Rick Famuyiwa (2×07) Jon Favreau (2×08) Directed by: Rick Famuyiwa (2×07) Peyton Reed (2×08) Welcome to the home stretch. The Believer We open in a scrapyard that apparently doubles as the New Republic prison holding Mayfeld. He’s released in Cara Dune’s custody. While he seems happy to be released he’s first confused and terrified to find that Cara’s running with Boba Fett and Mando. They need him for his knowledge of Imperial codes and procedures to help them get a line on Moff Gideon’s cruiser in exchange for some leniency from the Republic. He asks them to take him to…
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THE MANDALORIAN SPOILER Review: Episodes 2×05 and 2×06- “The Jedi/The Tragedy”
The Mandalorian (2×05 and 2×06)- “The Jedi/The Tragedy” Written by: Dave Filoni (2×05) Jon Favreau (2×06) Directed by: Dave Filoni (2×05) Robert Rodriguez (2×06) So, did anything related to Mandalorian happen while I was away… Hmm, I’m just going to review the next pair of episodes and let that sort itself out. The Jedi We open of some sort of village and it doesn’t look good. Someone’s ringing a big alarm bell and there’s masked troops running to and fro. I wonder what’s happening- That would do it, I reckon. This village seems to have crossed a Jedi with twin lightsabers. White-bladed lightsabers, that’s a new one. The woman in…
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REVIEW: Willy’s Wonderland (2021) – The Best Movie Ever
This is a spoiler free review. I’ve been a fan of Five Nights at Freddy’s since Markiplier and MatPat started flooding YouTube with jump scare footage. The indie horror games created by Scott Cawthon played a huge role in reviving the childhood horrors of Chuck E. Cheese. Animatronic horror has seen a revival as a result, with a prominent example being The Banana Splits Movie, which reintroduced the Hanna-Barbera characters as serial killers. The most recent addition to this weird subgenre is Willy’s Wonderland. I saw the trailer for it a while back was intrigued, but it wasn’t exactly on my radar until I saw a clip from the movie…
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THE FANBOY: “DC United Under One Vision? WandaVision Lays Exciting Groundwork for Marvel, Maguire and Leto Return, and More From Zack Snyder’s Justice League!”
This week’s episode of The Fanboy Podcast begins with an examination of quotes from HBO Max’s Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys on the interconnectivity of the DC universe, going forward. He paints a picture of an Arrowverse, Snyderverse, Titansverse, and Films universe that all work together in a logical way, and MFR reacts. Things then shift into thoughts on Marvel’s WandaVision, where things have finally kicked into a gear where MFR had to delve in and see what all the hype was about. What he found was the promising start of the next chapter in the Marvel saga. He also touches on the rumor that Tobey Maguire has officially signed on…
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Hops and Box Office Flops: WAYNE’S WORLD 2 – We’re Putting on a Podcast … Oh Yes
Wayne’s World 2 came hot off the heels of its smash hit predecessor. The first—which remains the most successful Saturday Night Live-inspired film—grossed over $180 million worldwide. Suffice to say, Wayne’s World 2 could not replicate that success. Earning just $48 million on double the budget ($40 million), its returns were a disappointment. Some would say they, “licked the cat’s butt.” The dismal gross would also suggest that Wayne’s World 2 is demonstrably worse than the first. That’s simply not true. Is it derivative? Sure. But it’s also consistently funny, generating enough new gags to keep the most cynical of us entertained—even if just moderately. Anyway, if you’ve got a fine eye for details, perhaps some of the…
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