Titanic (1997)
Over the course of his career, James Cameron has directed a total of 8 feature films thus far. The most successful of these was his last one, Avatar, which was for a time both the most expensive movie ever…
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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
The Oscars are almost here again, which is why I’m looking at Quentin Tarantino’s latest opus, which is nominated for a few Academy Awards this year and has already gotten Golden Globes for his screenplay and Brad Pitt’s performance. For…
The Mummy (2017): Universal's Dark Universe begins (and ends)
Obviously, one reason Disney continues to thrive today is because of the crap-loads of cash their films revolving around Marvel superheroes have brought in. While not quite as successful, Warner Brothers has still managed to endure thanks, in part, to…
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A saga repeated
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skwalker had a lot to accomplish for one movie: it had to not just wrap up a trilogy, but a saga of three trilogies, and to also find a direction to go in…
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019): a spoiler-filled review
For many, the big moment is here. The final story of the Skywalker saga officially hits theaters this weekend. But I for one wouldn't be surprised if there were more film entries in this series, with or without Skywalkers. After all, Star Wars does have the backing of some studio that uses a mouse as its mascot. But onto the movie itself.
Kull the Conqueror (1997)
Before he began his new career as Trump’s mouthpiece, Kevin Sorbo was actually beloved for starring in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Naturally, like most actors who hit it big on TV, there were hopes that this stardom would be…
Let There Be Light (2017), Kevin Sorbo and Sean Hannity’s idea of a good movie
Easter is this week, and the movies that come to mind for many during this holiday are (naturally) It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown as well as religious-based ones like The Robe, The Ten Commandments, and Ben-Hur.…
Pet Sematary (1989)
Because a new film version of Stephen King’s classic 1983 book Pet Sematary is due in cinemas in a few days, I decided to take a look at the film version, which hit theaters in 1989. There were already numerous…
Eyes Wide Shut, 20 years later
It’s been twenty years since Stanley Kubrick put out his final movie, Eyes Wide Shut. This film made headlines in the months leading up to its July release date for many reasons. First of all, it was the first…
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Like the Alien series, the first two entries in the Terminator series are embraced as classic movies. The 1984 original was a nerve-jolting thriller whose success is all the more remarkable when you consider that its writer-director, James Cameron, only…
Franchise Evolution: The Unbreakable Trilogy, part 2: Split (2016)
Previously in the Unbreakable Trilogy: Despite mediocre reviews, 2000’s Unbreakable was a pretty sizable hit for M. Night Shyamalan, who then went on to experience years of diminishing critical and commercial returns culminating in bombs like Lady in the Water…
Franchise Evolution: The Unbreakable Trilogy, part 1: Unbreakable (2000)
Lately, a lot of film critics and film fans have been revisiting Unbreakable, M. Night Shyamalan’s deconstructionist take on superhero mythology, mostly thanks to a mid-credits scene in Shyamalan’s 2016 thriller Split that revealed it was secretly a backdoor…
Warcraft (2016): a recap (part 6 of 7)
Last time on Warcraft: The relentlessly plot-driven narrative continues to toss our hapless characters around like mice in a dryer. Durotan’s tenure as a clan leader has come to a dramatic end, Draka’s on the run with their baby,…
The Great Wall (2016)
Anyone who follows the movie business nowadays is starkly aware that the Chinese box office now accounts for a disproportionate share of Hollywood blockbuster profits. This is why audiences of late have seen unprecedented levels of pandering to China in…
God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018)
The Christian movie studio Pure Flix was around for nearly a decade before becoming a major faith-based player thanks to 2014’s God’s Not Dead. Maudlin and treacly and often violently disdainful of nonbelievers, God’s Not Dead nevertheless struck a…
The Happytime Murders (2018)
In 1988, Who Framed Roger Rabbit didn’t just revolutionize animation with its seamless insertion of wacky cartoon animation into a majority of its live-action shots; it subtly satirized Hollywood’s own history through a hard-boiled noir plot with a novel premise:…
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Luc Besson is not a man who inspires a lot of moderate opinions. He is not a moderate man. He’s been referred to as the most American French filmmaker, a title he earned through a characteristically French kind of pigheadedness.…
Ready Player One (2018)
When Ready Player One came out back in April, I went on a bit of a rant in that month’s box office predictions about how much I hated the novel. I admit this might make me a less than ideal…
Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
Maze Runner: The Death Cure is the third and final installment in the Maze Runner trilogy based on the young adult novels by John Dashner. The movie was delayed for a year after star Dylan O’Brien got seriously injured in…
Geostorm (2017)
At the start of 2017’s Geostorm, a young girl’s narration informs us that in the year 2019, a scant six months from now, the planet will be devastated by a series of catastrophic weather events: In New York, the…
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