Quickie Scary Movie Reviews

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 15, 2013

Every year, my wife and I watch a bunch of scary movies for October. It started as an attempt to cover as many of the creepy classics as possible. There’s a lot that we don’t like: excessive gore, the trend towards torture movies, slasher flicks, etc. Not our thing. What we like best is ghost […]

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Will Movie Theaters Go the Way of the Video Game Arcade?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on August 26, 2013

Once upon a time, arcades were a fixture in my life. This was so deeply ingrained that even to this day, on those (relatively rare) occasions I find myself inside a shopping mall, I still find myself looking for one. It was something of a surprise in the late 80s when I’d go to a […]

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The Gamers: Hands of Fate

Posted by Rampant Coyote on August 15, 2013

It looks like this Kickstarter-funded movie, the sequel to The Gamers and The Gamers: Dorkness Rising, is now available for streaming for about two weeks. This is the “festival cut”, so it is not the final, release version of the movie. The Gamers: Hands of Fate And hey, my name is in the credits! Along […]

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Sharks… Tornado… Sharknado…

Posted by Rampant Coyote on July 11, 2013

It sounds like some filmmaker for SyFy has the soul (and budget) of an indie game dev. “Here’s $50 grand and the phone number to my nephew, who has a fledgling CGI studio. Make us a horror movie!” I guess when you get into that situation you can either make the best movie possible under […]

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How to Not Screw Up a Superhero Movie

Posted by Rampant Coyote on June 19, 2013

I saw Man of Steel the other night. I was really looking forward to it, but the final product was… well, it wasn’t bad. We’ve all seen plenty of bad. This was good, but could have been great. I wouldn’t call myself a huge comic-book fan when I was growing up. For a while I […]

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Why the Battle of Hoth Was a Disaster – For the Empire

Posted by Rampant Coyote on February 15, 2013

Just last week, I re-watched The Empire Strikes Back with my youngest daughter, who couldn’t remember the original Star Wars movies all that well. Yes, it’s been that long. Yes, I’ve been failing in my duties as a geek parent. The movie reminded me of just why I used to love Star Wars. And it […]

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Wreck-It Ralph

Posted by Rampant Coyote on November 21, 2012

We finally went to see Wreck-It Ralph last night. I was told I’d love it, but seriously we haven’t had a night free in the last three weeks. It’s been that crazy here on the home front. I am utterly incapable of objectively reviewing this movie. It was like watching Tron as a kid… any […]

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Indie Game The Movie – Thoughts

Posted by Rampant Coyote on June 19, 2012

I pre-ordered the Special Edition of Indie Game: The Movie some time ago. Unfortunately, I still ended up being one of the last people to see it. I wasn’t able to see it when it showed at the Sundance Film Festival here in Utah, and I guess there was some kind of exclusivity thing with […]

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Movie: John Carter

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 27, 2012

Evidently, the original books by Edgar Rice Burroughs (more famous for his “Tarzan” stories) about John Carter and Mars were a source of inspiration for James Cameron for his movie Avatar. Avatar had stunning and beautiful 3D graphics (and IMO not much else going for it), and the movie went and sold a gajillion tickets. […]

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Unicorn City

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 12, 2012

Over the weekend, I saw the indie film, “Unicorn City.” Unfortunately, it’s near the end of its local theatrical run already – being a tiny indie movie – and the only show offered was 10:30 PM at a nearby theater. But since it was (A) indie, (B) locally produced, (C) rated PG and “family friendly”, […]

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Indie Game: The Movie

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 1, 2011

I live in Utah, and the Sundance Film Festival isn’t far away. I’ve just never had much of an interest in going. But this year… one of the films admitted into Sundance has my interest. I still don’t know if I’ll go, but this time I just might: Indie Game: The Movie It looks… painful […]

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Neuromancer – The Movie?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on November 11, 2011

I discovered the novel Neuromancer just shortly after the 80’s had faded. Then I discovered the (by then, old) adventure / RPG based on the book, which was somewhat surprisingly quite good in spite of failing to capture anything close to the tone of the novel. For those who haven’t played the game or read […]

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EPIC PULP!

Posted by Rampant Coyote on July 14, 2011

The lengths I will go through to avoid having to write a new blog post, huh? Anyway, sorry about the down-time of the website today. Everything should be honky-dory now. To make up for it, here’s a movie trailer that I personally am really looking forward to – if they don’t screw it up. Edgar […]

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The Empire Strikes Back: The Silent Film

Posted by Rampant Coyote on July 6, 2011

The pivotal scene of The Empire Strikes Back filtered to resemble a 1920s-era film, complete with silent titles and an excellent piano score:   I wonder if the prequel trilogy would be good as silent films. Having Jar-Jar silent could only improve things…

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TRON: Uprising Trailer

Posted by Rampant Coyote on March 6, 2011

So I guess this series is scheduled to appear on the Disney XD channel next year. From the trailer… uh, well, I can’t really make any judgments based on the trailer at all. “Competent CGI,” I guess. But I’m glad they have Bruce Boxleitner and Elijah Wood involved. I’d probably be more excited about it […]

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Tron Legacy – Heir to the Throne?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on December 18, 2010

I saw Tron Legacy last night in IMAX 3D. I am definitely glad I did. It was one of those movies that really should be experienced in 3D on the big screen. I’ll save you the guesswork now and say I really enjoyed the movie overall, but I also definitely had mixed feelings about it. […]

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