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Godzilla 2014 preview review

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Well, what do you think? For me, I can tell you that I like it! It seems, dark, serious, and no joke! Godzilla looks amazing, not like that iguana/raptor looking thing from 98...oh no....THIS IS GODZILLA! I grew up on this stuff. My father used to take me to the movies in Washington Heights to see Godzilla films when they were finally released here in the US. I used to look through the TV Guide every week to see if they were playing any Godzilla movies on the TV...for those of you who are very young...we only had like 14 channels....And let's not forget those Friday afternoon Godzilla marathons on channel 9 the day after Thanksgiving. I used to eat a left over turkey sandwich as I watched Godzilla fight either King Kong, or Hedorah, or that big Lobster thingy in the ocean....awesome. Enough of my rant regarding my glee….let’s get into the meat of it. First you see these soldiers being given instructions before their mission. At first you think this is just another mil...

Vampires....who likes vampires?

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I love vampires....not the silly Twilight versions mind you, I'm talking about hardcore, gothic, kill em all vamps. Out of all of the vampire films that have arisen since the heydays of Dracula and the Hammer films, there are two series I absolutey love involving vampires...True Blood and Underworld. Underworld is more of a fantasy series as opposed to horror. I tell you it's something that has come out of comic books and video games. An age old hostiltiy between vampires and werewolves (Likens) goes terribly wrong when it involves the descendant of Alexander Corvinus, the founding father of both races. It kind of reminds me of how Abraham is the father of both Jews and Arabs and how there is hostility there. All you have to do is read the newspapers and you see it there blazing at you in black and white. It's an interesting parallel. In the first Underworld film, we see our hero, Seline (played by Kate Beckensale)getting too involved in an undercover plot to eliminate...