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Movie Review: WarGames: The Dead Code (2008)

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Synopsis: Despite warnings from Stephen Falken, the creator of the War Operation Plan Response artificial intelligence that nearly caused World War III, the United States government has moved forward with another AI program known as RIPLEY, which is designed to find terrorists. High school student and computer genius Will Farmer accidentally draws RIPLEY's attention when he steals money from a neighbor to play an online gambling game based on terrorist attacks as a way to earn money for a school trip to Canada. The program overreacts to that and other data and flags Will as a terrorist, forcing him to flee authorities with his girlfriend, Annie, as soon as their plane lands. Who's in it? The movie stars Matt Lanter , Amanda Walsh , Gary Reineke , Maxim Roy and Chuck Shamata. Review: Even though WarGames is one of my favorite movies, I was admittedly unaware of the sequel, WarGames: The Dead Code , until I came across it on ScreenPix a couple days ago. Even though I had dou...

Movie Review: Clown (2014)

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Synopsis: A realtor discovers an old clown suit and decides to wear it for his son's birthday party. There's just one problem, the suit is cursed and, in addition to not being able to remove it, he is slowly being turned into a child-eating monster. Who's in it? The movie stars Andy Powers , Laura Allen , Peter Stormare , Christian DiStefano and Chuck Shamata . Review: This movie has been on Netflix for some time and, while I have considered watching it in the past, I usually ended up picking out a different movie instead. And, when my wife and I finally sat down to watch it last night, I honestly had some doubts about it. However, as it turns out, it was actually a pretty decent film. The movie wasn't quite as scary as I prefer horror movies to be and, because of that, I won't say it was the best clown-themed horror film I've ever seen. But, the movie did have quite a few things going for it. One thing, in particular, I found I liked about this m...