Sidewalk Cinema No. 17: Battleship

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Mario

Mario and Dave decide to take one for the team and watch Battleship, the movie based on a board game that stars Taylor “Gambit” Kitsch, Liam “I sleep better on piles of money” Neeson, Ri-”umbrella-ella“-hanna, Alexander “No not the quirky scientist, the other one” Skarsgård, Brooklyn “my eyes are up here” Decker and a lot of CGI.

Expectations were pretty low for this one, but to our immense surprise… it wasn’t terrible?! We were just as shocked as you were and maybe it’s just the fever talking. Check out our review and let us know what you thought.

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AWESOME Adaptations: Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Alyssa

I can’t always make it when the podcasts get recorded on Monday, so I missed my chance to see Ed Wood with the boys – also, I wasn’t able to attend the midnight showing of Dark Shadows.  Still, listening to and watching those posts inspired me to revisit another classic Tim Burton movie that happens to hold a very special place in my heart and my movie collection…

Sleepy Hollow Poster

These two have appeared together in three different movies.

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Mario Reviews Movies: The Woman in Black (2012)

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Mario

Hello.

Sometimes here at Mario Likes Movies, we tend to watch movies for FUN! That’s right, this isn’t just a “job” or a “hobby”. I genuinely LIKE movies and LOVE watching them. Though those times are few and far between, I would like to share with all of you a dirty secret…
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Mario Likes Movies No. 19: Ed Wood (1994)

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Ivan

Ed Wood!  Wait…Ed Wood?  Like, Tim Burton’s Ed Wood from 1994, starring Johnny Depp?  And Martin Landau in an incredible, Academy Award-winning turn as an aged Bela Lugosi?  But…but that’s a great movie!  This is far, FAR out of our wheelhouse, but Mario had never seen it, and so now you, gentle listener, get to turn in for a somewhat lighter podcast as we wax happy about what many of us consider Burton’s best.

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American Demigods: An Introduction, and The Avengers (2012)

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Ivan

On our Conan the Destroyer podcast, I pontificated a bit about my love of movie heroes and the impact that they had on my upbringing and who I am as a person.  Well, with the incredible success of Joss Whedon’s The Avengers, about to be the first movie in history to make over $100 million in its second weekend, this seemed like a prime opportunity to go into a bit more depth about what these heroes, super and otherwise, mean to me, and possibly to the country, perhaps even the world.

I should start at the beginning.
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Sidewalk Cinema No. 16 – Dark Shadows

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Mario

Mario and Dave take a look at Tim Burton’s re-imagining of Dark Shadows starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Johnny Lee Miller and Jackie Earle Haley. Does it stand up to the original?

Our verdict: Fans of Burton and Depp will want to check it out, but serious fans of the show should keep in mind that the two are very different.

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You’ve Never Seen… UHF?!

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Alyssa

So I’m not usually a comedy person, which explains why I never bothered to watch UHF until now. Not only that but Mario and especially Dave have been bugging me to watch it for about two weeks now which only makes me even more against the idea of watching it.  Still, I decided to watch this bad boy, if only to get them to stop bothering me about it.

Poster for UHF

Subtitled "Maybe now Dave will stop bugging me."

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Midnight Movie No. 36 – The Deadly Spawn (1983)

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Mario

Tonight Mario and Dave check 1983′s The Deadly Spawn which came to us via request! This is a surprisingly good one, so check out our review and check out the movie.

And if you like the movie and are in the New York/New Jersey metro area, check out a screening of The Deadly Spawn at the Forum Theater Cultural Arts Center in Metuchen on Saturday June 9th at 8:30 PM! More details available here!

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Mario Likes Movies No. 18: Star Slammer (1986)

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Ivan

I’m sorry.  I am.  Really, sincerely, dreadfully sorry.  This is a terrible movie with next to no redeeming qualities, but all of the guys actually had a lot of fun talking about the supremely terrible sci-fi women-in-prison film, “Star Slammer”.  Whatever the movie tried, it failed, but the guys drift on and off-topic and occasionally cover what made this atrocity such a steaming pile.  Tromadance, video games, and jagger rats.  Strap in.

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MLM On Location: TromaDance 2012

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Mario

This past Saturday, the Mario Likes Movies crew took to the streets of Asbury Park, NJ to check out the 13th Annual TromaDance being held at Asbury Lanes.

TromaDance is an independent film festival created by Lloyd Kaufman, CEO of Troma Entertainment. The festival is 100% free with no admission fees or entry fees. They showcase independent cinema from around the world with a program of shorts and features from all genres. This year’s festival also featured a panel on Independent Filmmaking featuring James Gunn (Slither, Super), Ti West (House of the Devil, The Innkeepers), Roy Frumkes (faculty member at New York’s School of Visual Arts), Tony Timpone (Fangoria Magazine) and Katha Cato (Queens World Film Festival).

Check out our review and don’t forget to check out TromaDance and see how you can submit and get ready for TromaDance 2013!

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