The Midas Protocol
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In 1983, brilliant Unalco researcher Dr. Lawrence Bingham and his wife are murdered, and Bingham’s greatest...
Back in May 2007, when I reviewed Déjà Vu for Cover-Ups.com, the idea of the government hiding a time machine was enough to get me interested. Tony Scott directing Denzel Washington gave me another reason to show up.
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Some movies are better ideas than they are movies. Stargate may be the perfect example. When I reviewed it for CoverUps.com in 2007, I was fascinated by its premise and frustrated by what it did with it. Revisiting that review now, I still feel much the same way: the portal remains irresistible, but the adventure waiting on the other side is not nearly as imaginative as the doorway.
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Some old movies age. Others sit patiently until the real world catches up with them. Wag the Dog belongs to the second group. Barry Levinson's political black comedy came out in late 1997, but when I reviewed it for CoverUps.com in 2007, it already felt less like a farce than a field manual for manufacturing reality. Revisiting that review now, the machinery looks dated. The idea behind it does not.
Read more: Cool Filmz: Wag the Dog (1997): Because It Says So on TV
Leonardo DiCaprio gives everything he has, but Martin Scorsese’s Wall Street epic feels less like a revelation than a familiar gangster movie wearing expensive loafers.
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I recently came across an old review I wrote back in 2007 for CoverUps.com, and it felt like the perfect artifact to dust off and add to the Cool Filmz collection.
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What did this movie feel like to a guy who writes Pittsburgh-rooted sci-fi thrillers about hidden history, alien power, secret technology, and whether humanity can handle the truth?
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Step from the screen into The Midas Files, a Pittsburgh-rooted sci-fi thriller series where ancient technology, alien mystery, secret history, corporate ambition, and humanity’s dangerous hunger for power collide.
Start the journey with The Midas Protocol: Midas Files Book One by Matt De Reno.
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In 1983, brilliant Unalco researcher Dr. Lawrence Bingham and his wife are murdered, and Bingham’s greatest...
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