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Timecrimes – (2007 movie)

2016-10-09
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/

Having moved into a new place, a man gets caught in terrible circumstances when he discovers his neighbour is a research facility which built a prototype time machine.

A great movie. In the tradition of lower-budget movies, it emphasises atmosphere, writing and acting than special effects. In, in fact, has no special effects whatsoever.. and they’re not missed.

Highly recommended for fans of time travel movies. For others not familiar with this sub-genre, this’ll probably play like a mild mystery-horror.

  • In Spanish, Los cronocrímenes


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Return of the Ghostbusters – (2007 movie)

2016-09-19
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1230164/
was returnoftheghostbusters.com

An archaeologist seeks an ancient Egyptian amulet to gain godlike powers.

A great fan film. I wish I had a better source than the 240p on YouTube, but I didn’t actually look around at all.



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Colony – (2016 show)

2016-09-18
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4209256/
https://web.archive.org/web/20200911092658/https://www.usanetwork.com/colony

The Earth is invaded by aliens, and although civilization is cordoned off and human-managed, pockets of resistance remain.

A largely-boring drama. I don’t know why I don’t like this.. there’s something about its tone that grates on me. I did watch ten episodes, but it never “clicked”.



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The Expanse – (2015 show)

2016-09-17
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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/
https://www.syfy.com/the-expanse

Tensions between the three factions in our solar system rise with an known party’s military science efforts.

Describing this one is pretty damned hard. Quite a good series, although the lead actor is just a little too young to be properly-believable. They all are, but I guess that was the target market.


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Timequest – (2000 movie)

2016-08-16
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238463/

A man travels back in time to save the husband of the woman he grew up idolizing.

Not a terrible movie, but it really breaks down into a confusing mess past the half-way mark. It does make up for things near the end though, which is a good recovery. So for a direct-to-video movie, it does pretty good for itself.



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Star Trek Beyond – (2016 movie)

2016-08-16
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(on Wikipedia)
(trailer)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2660888/
https://www.facebook.com/startrekmovie/

Another alien race is whipped up, with another genocidal personality wielding another universe-threatening super weapon, and The Enterprise and her crew are once again the only thing standing in the way.

God, yet another of the same old shit. If you liked the other, you’ll like this.



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Outpost 37 – (2014 movies)

2016-08-02
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I’ll take proper notes when I re-watch this.

Outpost 37 (2014) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2474972/

A documentary following soldiers fighting the aliens left over from an invasion.

I rather liked this! People talk about this being low budget, but until it’s pointed out I doubt someone would really notice.

  • aka Alien Outpost



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Ghostbusters – (2016 movie)

2016-07-26
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289401/
https://www.ghostbusters.com/

Having fallen from grace, two friends are reunited in their pursuit of ghosts, eventually forming a band of four who fight them. And stuff.

This is neither a sequel to the actual Ghostbusters – (1984 movie), nor is it anything in its style or quality. It’s just a theft of the franchise. It shits all over it. Ignoring all of that, it’s still an awful movie on its own.

This is not a comedy! Don’t mistake it for one! The only funny scene had nothing to do with the main characters.

This is a steaming pile of shit. Do not watch it!

This is officially non-cannon.



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Second Chance – (2016 show)

2016-07-02
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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4378456/
was https://www.fox.com/second-chance/

An old retired cop is reborn into a younger, stronger, version of himself, and fights crime.

Seems fairly good, though I’d bet it would be bland without the pretty girl.

  • Cancelled 2016-05-12



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Approaching the Unknown – (2016 movie)

2016-07-02
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2674430/

A guy who builds the technology to turn dirt into water goes to Mars, and even though he knows the ship better than anyone else, somehow, he has trouble on the way.

A patient, somewhat interesting movie. Worth watching if you’re into such things, but definitely not if you’re new to this style.

I watched the whole thing, and don’t really regret it, but I wouldn’t categorize this as anywhere near awesome.



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