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
When a body washes ashore near a hotel on the coast of Cornwall, the local fisherman are spooked. They’ve been hearing “ghost bells” from out on the water and have heard legends of Lyonesse, a city beneath the waves. They’re convinced the sound of the bells means death. Ben HarrisContinue Reading
1989 was a good year for fans of underwater science fiction movies. In the span of nine months, three separate movies were released that featured plots that took place under the sea. Probably the most well-known of these films is James Cameron’s The Abyss, which was one of the firstContinue Reading
When I saw that Hollywood was making a new movie about The Battle of Midway, I remembered that I’d seen that movie before. Literally. In 1976, a star-studded war movie also called Midway was released to theaters. Featuring a slew of marquee actors from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, theContinue Reading
Who would have thought that James Cameron’s low-budget 1984 action/sci-fi flick, The Terminator, would spawn five sequels over 35 years? During that time, the Terminator franchise has gone through many iterations. However, other than its superior 1991 sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the later films in the series have alwaysContinue Reading
Taking place in the years following World War I, The Great Waldo Pepper stars Robert Redford as the titular character. Pepper is a former wartime flight instructor who, having missed an opportunity to take on Germany’s air aces in the war, tries to make a name for himself as aContinue Reading