“Nostalgia film” is a problematic genre. For every successful nostalgia film, like TOP GUN: MAVERICK a few years ago, the cineplex is...

Let’s cut right to it. If you were amused by the first 2 Deadpool films, then you are looking forward to DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE. If you...

There have been many words that have been used to describe Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 study of youth gone wild in a dystopian future, A...

Netflix has not done their new Richard Linklater Directed/Glen Powell starring movie HIT MAN any favors as it is mis-marketed and upon...

The prequel film, A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE follows an interesting trend in recent “monster movies”. Much like GODZILLA MINUS ONE and...

Of all the films that Stanley Kubrick has Directed, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY is the one that I have seen the most (by far). Why is that? ...

One of the tricks of making a succesful sequel is to capture the essence of what worked in the first film and then expand upon that to...

Word was out early on that the latest Marvel film, MADAME WEB, was one of the worst films ever made. But…in watching the first 1/2 of...

Many a time, the movie-going (or TV watching) public watch an EPIC saga and think - “I wonder what happened in the events leading up to...

As Director/Writer/Producer Stanley Kubrick was wrapping up production of his controversial, dark comedy LOLITA, he turned his attention...

If someone would have said that 2 of the more emotionally rich movie going experiences of the past 6 months (or so) would have been a...

In 1979, Burt Reynolds had an unexpected hit with HOOPER - a story of a stunt man. In 1980, Steve McQueen had an unexpected hit with THE...

The upside of doing a retrospective on a Director, Actor or Genre is that it brings to the forefront films that would not, normally be...

And…the “Leader in the Clubhouse” for Best Picture of 2024 is… Alex Garland’s CIVIL WAR. Positing the question: “What would the United...

Back in 2012, Writer/Director Zach Snyder (300) conceived of a Star Wars film that he pitched to LucasFilm. This idea was rejected, but...

The 2021 reboot of the Ghostbuster Franchise, GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE was a pleasant surprise in that it brought a perfect mix of...

When TITANIC won 11 Oscars in 1997, talk was how that film was the first to win 11 Academy Awards since Ben-Hur did it in 1959. Many...

In the history of cinema, there has been some fantastic performer pairings. Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy; Bob Hope and Bing...

“Sword and Sandal” Epics were all the rage in the 1950’s/early 1960’s.  Films like THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956) were cleaning up at the...

Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE: PART TWO is a review-proof film. Either you watched - and loved - the first part, in which case you have...