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Andrew recommends Candyman
The mid ‘80s to the mid ‘90s was a rough time for the horror genre. Most movies that attempted to scare usually scared up only laughs. Fright films went from gritty and haunting to
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Andrew recommends Ghostbusters I & II
One of the most popular movies of the last 30 years with one of the most popular theme songs ever written? A waste of time to even recommends? Absolutely. The only reason I’m bothering
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5 Actors Who Can’t Be "Smart"
Some actors can play a smart person very well, even if they’re not smart very bright themselves. Think Russel Crowe in A Beautiful Mind or Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man or Sherlock Holmes. This is
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Andrew does not recommend "The Tower"
I’ve been watching a large number of documentaries on Netflix lately, and since I’ve always been a nerd about historical landmarks, when I saw this miniseries on the Tower of London, I immediately added
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Andrew does not recommend "Dial ‘M’ for Murder"
I’m usually underwhelmed by the selection Netflix has when it comes to classic films. Oftentimes, they’re just old movies that were probably cheap for them to purchase the rights to. So I always get
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Andrew (surprisingly) recommends Mega Piranha
Some movies are so terrible, I find myself laughing harder that I did at “The Hangover.” All for the wrong reasons, of course. It’s just hard to take anything in movies like “Mega Pirhana”
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Andrew does not recommend Sleeping with the Enemy
The early ’90s was kind of a hit-and-miss era for thrillers, namely the ones with a female lead. While there are some solid features such as “Misery” and even “The Hand that Rocks the
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Andrew recommends Death Becomes Her
“Death Becomes Her” has one of the most creative twists on the zombie genre out there and one of the creepiest messages. Though the movie is a hilarious satire of beautiful women unwilling to
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Andrew DEFINITELY recommends Futurama!
I never watched much of “Futurama” when it first aired on Fox over a decade ago. I didn’t really like the premise, and the robot bugged me. I figured it was another one of
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Andrew does NOT recommend Network
I have a love-hate relationship with ‘70s movies. Times were changing. Vietnam soldiers returned home, the civil rights movement died down, Nixon resigned as president, and television officially replaced radios. No one knew where
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