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Author: Rob Kirchgassner

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Jul 11, 2016

The Dirty Harry series: When police brutality was cool

“This film basically states that criminals’ rights are often at the expense of the rights of those who have been victimized. This allows viewers such as yours truly to look at Dirty Harry as something of a modern-day Man With No Name.”

Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Jun 14, 2016

Summer blockbusters, and why they’re harmless

“This is probably a key reason why summer blockbusters continue to thrive: Plot and even coherency can be rendered secondary if the film itself has enough kinetic energy to keep the audience awake for a couple of hours.”

Text / TV

· by Rob Kirchgassner · May 19, 2016

The magic of Star Trek: TNG’s third season

“The third season finale ‘The Best of Both Worlds’ was not only a culmination of TNG’s third year; it was the culmination of what TNG had achieved by this point.”

Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Apr 19, 2016

A look back at the Scream franchise, 20 years later

“Whether Courteney Cox’s presence was a coincidence or not, the Scream series became less of a scare-fest as it went on, and more like Friends with murders sprinkled in. ”

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Mar 21, 2016

The Fly (1986)

“The Fly actually managed to be superior to its ‘50s predecessor. This is because it drastically toned down the tongue-in-cheek elements seen in the earlier version.”

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Feb 8, 2016

Wolf (1994)

“Wolf accomplishes what I previously thought was impossible: it actually features Jack Nicholson being restrained.”

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Dec 14, 2015

Bubble Boy (2001)

“Bubble Boy is such a misfire all around that it should be considered a medical nightmare.”

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Aug 27, 2015

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

“This film has an even more misleading title than Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.”

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Jul 15, 2015

Hollow Man (2000)

“Basically The Invisible Man redone as a slasher film, containing all the stupidity that this genre (unfairly or not) is associated with.”

Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · May 18, 2015

5 reasons the TNG movies weren’t that good

“The four TNG movies had some good ideas, but those were sadly overshadowed by the studio’s desire to turn TNG into something it wasn’t.”

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Apr 18, 2015

Planet Terror (2007)

“I wonder if it ever crossed Rodriguez’s mind that the grainy film and ‘missing reel’ scenes of such movies were not put in there intentionally.”

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Feb 12, 2015

Valentine (2001)

“Easily one of the worst films released as part of the Scream-inspired slasher renaissance of the late ‘90s and early ‘00s.”

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Dec 11, 2014

Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

“I’m surprised the tagline was ‘Seeing is believing’ and not ‘You will believe reindeer can fly!’”

Series Review / Text / TV

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Nov 25, 2014

Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, AKA Star Trek: Voyager with Captain Hercules

“Alas, all of this development was rendered moot afterward. This is because, like Star Trek: Voyager, Andromeda basically jettisoned its premise by its second season and was content with simply being an action show, with an ineffectual captain to boot.”

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Oct 28, 2014

Starship Troopers (1997): Satire of bad movies, or just bad satire?

“If the movie was truly meant to be satire, as many of its fans insist, it’s poorly done satire, because there’s very little in the way of actual wit or insight that might distinguish this film from other entries in the genre.”

Text / TV

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Sep 12, 2014

Do marriages ruin TV shows?

“While many fans of Big Bang Theory are excited, some are wary, especially because they can point to a long list of other TV shows that were cancelled not long after the decision to have two of their main cast walk down the aisle. ”

Agonizer / Comic Book Review / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Jun 17, 2014

Marvel’s Transformers G1 Comic (1984-1991)

“While people today may automatically think of the dumb, annoying Michael Bay films (starring the dumb, annoying Shia LeBeouf) when they think of the Transformers, the comic book series proved that something dramatically intriguing can be mined out of its premise.”

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Apr 23, 2014

War of the Worlds (2005)

“While I wouldn’t go so far as to say that it’s one of Steven Spielberg’s best, his version of War of the Worlds is high up there on the rather short list of remakes that are actually better than the originals.”

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Mar 20, 2014

Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

“True to the title, the movie does give you cowboys, and it does give you aliens, but not a whole heck of a lot else.”

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Feb 20, 2014

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

“Damn, first half the world gets frozen over, then Cheney gets to be President. It really is the apocalypse!”

Author: Rob Kirchgassner

The Dirty Harry series: When police brutality was cool

Summer blockbusters, and why they’re harmless

The magic of Star Trek: TNG’s third season

A look back at the Scream franchise, 20 years later

The Fly (1986)

Wolf (1994)

Bubble Boy (2001)

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Hollow Man (2000)

5 reasons the TNG movies weren’t that good

Planet Terror (2007)

Valentine (2001)

Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, AKA Star Trek: Voyager with Captain Hercules

Starship Troopers (1997): Satire of bad movies, or just bad satire?

Do marriages ruin TV shows?

Marvel’s Transformers G1 Comic (1984-1991)

War of the Worlds (2005)

Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

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