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The Crazies

Rating: ★★★★ Category: Movies Genre: Horror I went to see a movie for the first time in a few years. The experience hasn't improved much; still paying wayyyy too much money for a ticket and way way way way too much for popcorn. For comparison, at the local race track I can get a bag of popcorn for a buck (at my daughter's softball games, 50cents) but for the same size bag, I paid 4 dollars. Seriously??? and then theaters don't make money? why the hell not? If a movie theater isn't making money it's employees must be blowing it all up their collective noses. Oops, I digress... The Crazies is a remake of the original by my movie hero, George Romero, who brings us zombies mixed in with social and political commentary to make a good 'screw with your head' kinds of movies *happy sigh* At any rate, this new version leaves out the political aspect of the original, and it ends up working very well. More on that in a minute. The story centers around the small t