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AMP Watches: The Gruesome Twosome
The Halloween season rears its ugly head once again, and this year AMP has decided to bring dental destruction to your doorstep in the form of two indie horror-comedy films about teeth in places they shouldn’t be.
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Ratford Regrets
Ah, youth. The essence of life. They say that with age comes wisdom, but all I got from it were back pains, a weak nose, and a very ugly divorce with my latest ex-wife! So let’s forget them (and her) and flip this script around! Time to pry into the minds of our youth and […]
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Dune: Shifting Sands, Shifting Standards
About two months ago, on March 1st, 2024, “Dune: Part Two” released in theaters to critical acclaim and smashing financial success. Following up on its 2021 predecessor, which was simply titled “Dune,” the film marked the continuation of director Denis Villenueve’s theatrical adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel of the same name. At its core, the […]
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Character Death…Is Not That Serious
characters can die?? UNFORGIVABLE.
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Resolutions with Ratford
Comets shared their New Year’s Resolutions with me, seeking my knowledgeable opinion!
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Horror Movie Trailers Suck and Need to Leave Me Alone
Surprise scares on the silver screen SUCK.
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Fact or Fission: The Allure of Oppenheimer
After two years of memes, marketing, and hype, “Oppenheimer,” the newest film from famous director Christopher Nolan, finally released this July. In a manner fitting for a story about nuclear bombs, it proceeded to completely blow up. In a good way. Like, in a “it’s one of the most popular movies of the year and […]
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The Eternal Struggle of the Mature Cartoon
Across the wide expanses of streaming services, obsolete cable, and online piracy exists a vast universe of TV, with countless types of genres and stories. Out of the bunch, however, few have struggled as much as the mature cartoon. Now, when I say “mature cartoon”, what most people imagine are shows like South Park or […]
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Satire
Totally Tubular PRANKZ For AMPril Fools!!!
What IS up, my fellow Comet-brahs! Welcome to my all-new, radical prank showcase: TOTALLY TUBULAR COMET PRANKZ!! And my oh my, isn’t this just the absolute BEST season of the year for some EPIC pranks! That’s right, it’s APRIL FOOLS! A time where each and every one of us Comets can go absolutely wild with […]
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From Native to Na’vi: Cinematic Culture Controversy
Just as the long year of 2022 was winding down to an end, renowned director James Cameron’s newest film “Avatar: The Way of Water” released to stunning commercial success, smashing annual and historical records to quickly become one of the highest-grossing movies of all time. Although it was released a whopping 13 years after the […]
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Oh, the (cards against) humanity!
We live in troubling times, folks! The supervillainous team known as the SINISTER RADICAL-WOKE-LEFT have cooked up yet another diabolical scheme to wreak havoc upon our helpless society, and they do not discriminate between man, woman, or child! They’re corrupting our precious entertainment and media with malicious propaganda, injecting messages about garbage SJW politics in […]
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