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Movie Issues: Monsters University

It’s been a decade since Monsters, Inc. and it’s two top scarers Mike and Sulley first proved that things that go bump in the night could be fluffy and just as cute. Pixar is returning once more to fright factory with Monsters University. The prequel follows the monsters from the first film during their formative

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Movie Issues: Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! This week, we here at Movie Issues HQ wanted to give some love to the special effect master Ray Harryhausen, whose recent passing left a legacy that can’t be beat. Harryhausen’s work has inspired many artists we have today, and he was

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Movie Issues: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! With the opening of the new movie Man of Steel we here at Movie Issues wanted to give some love to Superman in our own way, so we suffered though Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. What a terrible idea. There is nothing, i mean,

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Movie Issues: Man of Steel

In 1978, the Superman movie lived up to its movie poster tagline: “You’ll believe a man can fly.” And he did. We had never seen a movie like that before, with its groundbreaking special effects, wonderful talent, and an amazing theme that still to this day gives fans chills. Soon after, the Superman franchise became

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Movie Issues: Fanboys

You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! This week it’s time for some Star Wars love. As fans begin to get ready for the new films, Leland and Spooky found themselves feeling just like Fanboys (2009), full of hope and wonder as new films arrive. So they sat down to

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Movie Issues: The Kings of Summer

The Kings of Summer is one of the best movies you will see this year, not something easy to say with so many good movies out there. A dramedy about three teenage friends on the verge of adolescence, frustrated by overbearing parents, girls, school, and other life concerns. In the ultimate act of independence, they

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Movie Issues: After Earth

After Earth is the newest science fiction film co-written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan (The 6th Sense, Signs). It stars real-life father and son Will and Jaden Smith as Cypher and Kitai Raige. Based on an original idea by Will Smith leaving him to also to co-write and co–produced. After a crash landing leaving

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Movie Issues: Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

You can listen to this episode on our Movie Issues channel at Anchor.fm! We’ve reached the end of comic book movie month, and we went out with a really doozy. Did you know that there was a made-for-TV Nick Fury movie in 1998, staring David Hasselhoff? There is, and we watched it. And it was

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Movie Issues: Fast & Furious 6

Fast & Furious 6 is the new installment in the Fast and Furious franchise, once again being directed by Justin Lin, who is no stranger to the films as he has directed the last three: Tokyo Drift (2006), Fast & Furious (2009), and Fast Five (2011). In its sixth installment, the film finds our crew Dominic Toretto (Vin

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