Unhinged
by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: August 21 Director: Derrick Borte Starring: Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, and Gabriel Bateman Mister Marquee Says: The Movies Are Back! Number: 3/5 In this thrilling but horrific documentary, a film crew follows Russell Crowe around the streets of Los Angeles as he lashes out violently at anyone and anything.…
Read MoreThe Fox X-Men: The Great, the okay, and the Ugly.
by Hans A. Carpenter This summer is the 20th anniversary of Fox dropping X-Men, a serious summer blockbuster based on superheroes. While that may be the norm now, in 2000, superheroes were considered box office poison. X-Men changed that. For better or worse, the franchise rode ups and downs straight into being bought by Disney…
Read MoreDrive-In Theaters Are Back!
by Hans A. Carpenter Once again friends, we are months into the pandemic’s decimation of the movie scene, and I’m sick of writing about streaming titles. I love streaming as much as the next millennial, but as I’ve written previously, there’s nothing like the theater experience. That can be said for another somewhat abandoned piece…
Read MoreDo You Miss Movies Yet?
by Hans A. Carpenter It’s a simple question, do you miss movies yet? No, not streaming, I mean walking into a movie theater, sitting down, and watching a new release on the big screen. I know I have. Anyone who reads this column on a regular basis can surely tell that I am grasping for…
Read MoreNetflix Disney +; 90’s Marvel Cartoons
by Hans A. Carpenter Before the MCU, there was a time when Marvel is spiraling down. The comic crash of the 90s had left the once giant destitute and on financial death’s door. Only two things kept them afloat, toys and selling off movie rights to popular characters. Both of these were made possible by…
Read MoreVirus Death Match – Outbreak vs. Contagion
by Hans A. Carpenter Hans@freeburgtribune.com Well folks, our new movie supply is still pretty dry thanks to the virus shutting everything down. So, in that spirit, I figured I’d take a look back at a movie I’ve reviewed in the column before and one I haven’t. In the spirit of 2020, let’s take a look…
Read MoreLittle Monsters
by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: August 25, 1989 Directed by: Richard Greenberg Starring: Howie Mandel and Fred Savage With no new movies in theaters, my fianceé, Jessica Metcalf, and I have decided to share movies we love with one another. Last week I shared Dawn of the Dead. This week, well I’ll let Jessica…
Read MoreDawn of the Dead (1978)
by Hans A. Carpenter Director: George A. Romero Release date: Jan. 1, 1978 This week, for a change of pace (and without the theater to turn to), my fianceé, Jessica Metcalf, and I decided it would be fun to introduce each other to movies that we love which our significant other definitely wouldn’t have picked…
Read MoreStar Wars: The Clone Wars Season
by Hans A. Carpenter Streaming on Disney-Plus Showrunner: Dave Filoni Mister Marquee Says: Gooooooood Number: 4.5/5 Star Wars: The Clone Wars returned to streaming on Disney-Plus giving fans a last taste of the well-regarded cartoon set between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Ashoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker’s former apprentice, tries to find…
Read MoreTiger King
Netflix Documentary Hey all you cool cats and kittens. Okay, everyone is talking about this show, and it’s created a flood of memes. Tiger King is a show full of truly terrible people who all see themselves as heroes and a bunch of exploited exotic animals. Tiger King follows the feud between flamboyant tiger breeder…
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