Watch: The Schmoes Review ‘The Hangover Part III,’ ‘Fast & Furious 6′ and ‘Before Midnight’

The Schmoes, Kristian Harloff and Mark Ellis, not only have their Schmoes Know Movie Show on Movies.com—they're reviewing movies for us too. Watch more of their reviews here.

The Hangover Part III

Fast & Furious 6

Before Midnight

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The Most Ridiculous Decisions People Make Throughout the ‘Fast and Furious’ Series

Here's the thing: the Fast and Furious series is, by and large, pretty amazing. Who would have thought that the first film, a fairly simple and derivative Point Break riff with cars instead of surfing, would evolve into one of the most entertaining, continuity-heavy and rewarding franchises in recent memory? But there's no denying it — these movies are ridiculous. They disrespect the laws of physics. They're filled with characters who think and act like they're from another dimension. They take place on Earth in name only.

And this is not a bad thing.

Half of what makes these movies so great is their sheer insanity; their commitment to a universe of questionable actions and characters doing things that no sane human being would ever do. So let's go on a…
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The Last Sci-fi Blog: What ‘Forbidden Planet’ Can Teach the Modern ‘Star Trek’ Franchise

Let's face it: we haven't seen a truly great Star Trek film in decades. Even the 2009 reboot (which is leagues better than its sequel) feels more like "Really Cool and Extremely Entertaining Science Fiction Action Film" instead of Star Trek. And let's not blame J.J. Abrams for transforming Star Trek into an action series — that had already happened. Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection and Star Trek: Nemesis are just as shoddily put together as Star Trek Into Darkness and they also ignore everything that made Trek special in the past in favor of action, action, ACTION! This is not a new problem. No one wants to finance a Star Trek movie that's about discovery and exploration and kooky sci-fi ideas.

Yearning for good sci-fi in the…
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See Some Cool, Unused Versions of Hollywood’s Most Iconic Movie Posters

One of the best parts about working at a movie theater in my youth (aside from free movies and not having to be at work before noon) was raiding the poster room for one-sheets and banners. I’ve always loved movie posters – pretty much from the first time I saw a Jaws one-sheet as a kid. There’s just something magical about a great poster, and we’ve certainly seen a lot of them over the years.

However, it shouldn’t be too surprising to learn that even the best movie posters of all time were just one of several potential options a marketing department had come up with. Any of our favorite iconic posters could have easily been passed over for other options. In some cases, this would have been a real tragedy – I mean, who can imagine a film like The…
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