Dan Skip Allen
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Matchbox: The Movie Review – A Film Based On Toy Cars That Was Better Than I Ever Anticipated It Being
By Dan Skip Allen I’ve seen my share of movies based on toys. Some of my favorites were the first “Transformers” “The LEGO Movie” and “Barbie”. The latest film based on a toy is “Matchbox: The Movie”. As most people… Continue reading
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The Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television And The World Review – A Film That Brought Back My Memory Of The Original 5 Year Mission To Explore Galaxies
By Dan Skip Allen I started watching “Star Trek” The Original Series when I was a kid. I saw the reruns in the early 80s when I was able to comprehend what Gene Roddenberry and company were trying to say… Continue reading
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Animals Review – An Underwhelming Reimagining Of One Of The Greatest Films Of All Time
By Dan Skip Allen I’ve been a fan of Ben Affleck for quite a while now. It’s not because he’s from the Boston, Massachusetts area either. I first saw him in Kevin Smith’s “Mallrats” but then went back and saw… Continue reading
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Once Upon A Time In The Middle East Review – An Important And Engaging Film With A Great Lead Character
By Dan Skip Allen I’m rarely surprised by a movie like I was for “Once Upon A Time In The Middle East”, a Chinese language period piece film. It’s based on a story I wasn’t familiar with, but it emotionally… Continue reading
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Lanterns Episode 8 Review – A Green Lantern Series That Wasn’t Quite Up To My Lofty Expectations
By Dsn Skip Allen “Lanterns” started off with a handful of mysteries, but the biggest was with the death of Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler). Hal did a lot of damage to Rushville, Nebraska, before he died. In the form of… Continue reading
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Lanterns Episode 7 Review – Another Episode That Complicates Things Even Further Than They Already Were
By Dan Skip Allen This series has thrust viewers into the buddy cop detective aspects of the story right from the very beginning. The mystery of what was going on from the beginning was dragged out into the previous six… Continue reading
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Here Is The Latest Episode of Picture This: 1971
This is the latest episode of Picture This, where I discuss with Dylan Randazzo and Chadwick Webb the Oscar nominated films of 1971. They were Fiddler on the Roof, A Clockwork Orange, The French Connection (Best Picture Winner of 1971),… Continue reading
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Unabomber Review – A New Take On A Story That Took The Country By Storm In The 90s
By Dan Skip Allen I think I’m safe to say that the “Unabomber” Saga took the country by storm in 1996. When people were getting packages in the mail with explosives in them. Ted sent 46 bombs out and were… Continue reading
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Heart Of The Beast Review – Ayer And Pitt Breathe New Life Into The Survival Thriller Genre
By Dan Skip Allen Survival thrillers are films that have been around for many decades now. Whether it’s Robert Redford as Jeremiah Johnson living off the land as a mountain man and fighting native Americans in the film with the… Continue reading
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Forgotten Island Review – One Of The Best Films Of The Year, Not Just Animated Films
By Dan Skip Allen DreamWorks Animation has been around for a few decades now, and they’ve gotten a few hit franchises on their hands. Starting with “The Shrek” Franchise, with a fifth on its way, then “The How to Train… Continue reading
