I am not an avid comic book or graphic novel reader. I wouldn’t even classify myself as a casual one. Even with my somewhat limited knowledge of comics, I am aware that Alan Moore’s 1988 graphic novel, Batman: The Killing Joke, has a reputation as “the greatest Batman story everContinue Reading
Transport disaster movies like The Poseidon Adventure, The Hindenburg, and Airport were all the rage in the 1970s. Most of those films cast a gaggle of big name (or formerly so) actors and put their characters in all kinds of dangerous situations. Eventually, it became formulaic that the genre wasContinue Reading
When the original Predator was released in 1987, I don’t think anyone intended it to be the launch of a movie franchise. But, yet, here we are five movies later with 2018’s The Predator. What began as a interesting (and successful) mash-up of the action and science fiction genres hasContinue Reading
For thousands of years, the demonic wizard, Mestema (Richard Moll,) has searched for a worthy combat opponent to relieve his monumental boredom. He believes he’s finally found one in Paul Bradford (Jeffrey Byron), a wizard in his own right in the field of computer programming. Transporting Paul and his girlfriend,Continue Reading
After serving 2 tours of duty in Afghanistan, Alicia West (Naomie Harris) returns home to New Orleans to serve as a police officer. As she makes the rounds with her partner, she quickly learns that things have changed since she left. Not so much in her neighborhood — which remainsContinue Reading
No matter what your personal opinion of Mel Gibson is, there’s little to debate about his acting ability. Before he ran into legal and personal troubles in the late 2000s, he was a bankable film star and an exceptionally well-regarded director. Since 2011, he has slowly been emerging from aContinue Reading
In 2008, Sylvester Stallone co-wrote and directed Rambo, a film that was thought to be the final entry in the Rambo series of films. The series, which began in 1982 with First Blood, portrayed a Vietnam veteran waging a one-man war against injustice. Over the course of four films, includingContinue Reading