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JJ looks at the Oscars
The Academy Awards are over, and it takes award season with it. For movie junkies like me, it will be a long wait till we get our next fix. I didn’t want the season to fully move on without a little “Doom.” The Hosts- While it was joked on stage that the choices of James Franco and Anne Hathaway were picked by the Academy to pull in the youth demographic, that never works. Jon Stewart was … Read entire article »
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Mars Needs Culture #7- Everyone’s a Critic
I think what we need now is not criticism. I like to believe that movie critics think their role is to steer you toward a great film. However, new film gets all the spectacle and noise, and the fantastic library of great work gets tossed out for the shiner model. I am going to try to rectify that. The role of the movie critic is evolving; it is the pinky on the movie industry’s hand. We … Read entire article »
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Mars Needs Culture #6: Hear Me Roar!
Hello, my name is JJ Hawkins, and I am a geek. I started geeking as a young child and by the time I was in sixth grade, I had worked myself up to a steady habit that included comics, cartoons, television, toys, and many of the obsessions that you may even have in your life. Do not make the mistake, my friends, of thinking that I am ashamed of this admission. By no means am … Read entire article »
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Mars Needs Podcasts Episode 92- Balletballin’
JJ and his amazing friend Elizabeth talk about movies. Recent trips to see Black Swan and True Grit spawn spoiler free conversations that span the worlds of Baseball, Ballet, and Bugs. The topics may wander, but this episode always seems to find its way back to everything celluloid. Click here to listen! Click here to download! View the RSS feed! ---------------------- Attention campers: Leave a comment below, or post on our new community forums! … Read entire article »
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Mars Needs Culture! #5: …And to all a good night
The holidays are solidly upon us now, and in my household it is definitely a time where I like to shut off from the rest of the world and spend time with my girlfriend. I’m sure it will surprise no one that movies play a large part in our Christmas day festivities, and I couldn’t imagine having a discussion on our favorite holiday movies and specials without her. So please join me in giving a … Read entire article »
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Mars Needs Culture! #4: Video Killed The Comic Book Star: Part Three
Wow, this really turned out to be a much bigger project than I first thought it would be. What do you say to wrapping it up? I know it means skipping a few fun items like The Tick, the Dr. Strange movie, and Captain America in a motorcycle helmet?!?! It pains me for these glaring omissions; however, I never intended this to be a column dedicated to the superhero shows of yore, so I am … Read entire article »
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Mars Needs Culture! #3: Video Killed The Comic Book Star: Part Two
You needn’t feel confused! If you have not read the previous Mars Needs article, please do so; then come back and join the fun! So, when we left off we were discussing the varying degrees of success achieved by assorted superhero and comic book properties on the television. Let’s continue down that path, but I’m feeling inclusive, so let’s add some properties that didn’t start on the comic page, or maybe fall outside the usual label of … Read entire article »
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Mars Needs Culture! #2: Video Killed The Comic Book Star: Part One
I love superheroes. I always have. Whatever part of your DNA that connects with people in capes, I have in spades. It translates to all mediums, too. Comics, movies, I even watched the new show No Ordinary Family after I was told it was weak, just to get my hero fix. Which brings me to this question: Can a decent superhero show be done on television? For the sake of this pondering, I am going to … Read entire article »
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Mars Needs Culture! #1: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Let it be? Or not to let it be. That is the question. Is it nobler in the eyes of the studios to let their past classics gather dust, or to take arms against the sea of bad buzz and by opposing them, remake their films? Hollywood is remaking films left and right. But what I want to ask today, is why not? Now I can hear the cries of some: “Hollywood has just run out … Read entire article »
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