Movie Reviews

Stargate Continuum is the recent direct-to-dvd release movie of the record-breaking Stargate SG-1 TV series.

While performing an Extraction Ceremony on what SG-1 hopes is Baal’s last clone, something goes terribly wrong. And people start disappearing. When Baal travels back to Earth’s past, he ensures that the Stargate program doesn’t happen. Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, and Cameron Mitchell arrive back on Earth in a different reality and must figure out how to correct the timeline before the Goa’uld invade Earth and destroy all hope.

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Thanks to Downtown Comics, I was able to watch a sneak preview of Hellboy II: The Golden Army Tuesday night!
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In the opening scene, a young Hellboy is told a story about a long-forgotten time when the mystical creatures were at war against the humans. The Golden Army was forged and given as a gift to the elf king to use against the humans. But after the battle where all humans were slaughtered, the king decided never to use the indestructible Golden Army again. But the king’s son, Prince Nuada disagreed and went into exile. And now, in present day, Prince Nuada has returned to reclaim the Golden Army and wipe humanity off the face of the earth. Hellboy and his fellow BPRD team members must protect humanity against the ruthless prince.

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After a tragic lab accident, when Bruce Banner is given a near-fatal dose of gamma radiation and turns into a monstrous hulk, he runs from the government and heads to South America. Trying to live a quiet life in Brazil, Bruce is trying to find a cure for his gamma-radiated alter ego, while keeping his heart rate and anger under control. When an accident at work, allows the government to trace his location, Bruce must once again flee and seek help where he can find it.

After Ang Lee’s craptastic Hulk five years ago, I had little hope for the Hulk movie franchise. From a ridiculous-looking Stay-Puff-Marshmallow-Man-Hulk to even more ridiculously silly radioactive killer dogs, I was glad to hear that this new movie was going to completely ignore the Ang Lee version.

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