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He-Man is an interesting creature from a cultural perspective. Mattel, having scored great success with Barbie and seeing the success of G.I. Joe, decided to try to slide into the boy's toy market, cashing in on the post-Conan "Sword and Sandle" craze.
In May of 1983, I sat on the Vancouver SkyTrain with my uncle and father and literally vibrated with excitement. I had just seen an army of Ewoks assist a ragtag Rebel Alliance take down a galactic fascist empire. I was 9 years old and this was squarely in my wheelhouse (and unknowingly helped inform my spirituality, politics, and love of science fiction and fantasy for the rest of my life).
I Swear is the true story of John Davidson, a recipient of the MBE for his work educating people about Tourette syndrome. John was a kid like any other growing up outside Edinburgh – he liked playing football and worked his paper route. There were big hopes for his future education, and then as puberty hit, everything changed.
I will admit, I am not unbiased in this review. The Cure have been an active part of my life since I found them in high school, and based on the software big companies are trying to convince me I'm enjoying and is TOTALLY not spying on me, if you combine the time I've spent listening to them over the year it totals around a month of my time.
Two films are in cinemas right now that have ties back to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Predator: Badlands opened this past weekend to a rather positive reception, the third in Dan Trachtenberg's (10 Cloverfield Lane) reboot of the Predator universe after Prey and Predator: Killer of Killers.
Tron is a film series that was pioneering and inventive, universally hailed as innovating but never quite appreciated enough while playing in the cinema.
Roofman is my favourite thing that I've gotten to review in a long time. No disrespect to the film industry, but the last 10 years have been pretty heavy on watching franchise material.
Troma Entertainment opened its doors in 1974 and – like Roger Corman, who created B-movies and served as a proving ground to great talent – launched the careers of innumerable talents in front of and behind the camera: James Gunn, Eli Roth, Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Marisa Tomei to name a few.
Created in 1958 by Belgian artist Peyo, the Smurfs first appeared in le journal de Spirou, an anthology magazine which was the home of many respected artists over the years. They first landed in animation in 1961, but I came by the Smurfs in the 1981 wave of Smurfy fandom.
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