If one mentions the name Jim Henson, most people immediately think of The Muppets. And The Muppets are kind of a sacred thing to a lot of people my age. We grew up learning to read and write with the Muppets from Sesame Street. We were entertained by the MuppetsContinue Reading
When I first saw the trailer for Skyscraper, the 2018 action film starring Dwayne Johnson, I thought it looked like a completely implausible re-imagining of 1988’s Die Hard. With its one-man-army vs. a gaggle of baddies in a skyscraper plot line, what else could I think? Well, it turns outContinue Reading
Second year grad student Lucy (Brittany Snow) is traveling home to Brooklyn with her new boyfriend, Jose (Arturo Castro.) When the couple arrive at the subway station, things seem off. It’s deserted and an announcement informs them that the station is no longer in operation. Suddenly, a man engulfed inContinue Reading
Zone Troopers is a science fiction/war movie mashup that stars Tim Thomerson as “Iron Sarge” Stone. Stone leads a small band of American soldiers, the young Joey Verona (Timothy Van Patten); a Polish lunkhead named Mittens (Art LaFleur); and journalist Charles Dolan (Biff Manard), behind enemy lines. The group isContinue Reading
Jason Momoa is best known to most people as either Aquaman or Khal Drogo from TV’s Game of Thrones. Aquaman is a muscle-bound, wise-cracking Atlantean superhero and Drogo is the muscle-bound and ruthless leader of the Dothraki tribe. He’s also played Conan the Barbarian in the ill-advised 2011 re-imagining ofContinue Reading
Japan’s iconic Godzilla finally made the leap into a successful Americanized film in 2014’s Godzilla. That movie’s financial success caused Legendary Pictures to greenlight two sequels mere days after its release. The studio also announced the creation of a MonsterVerse, a cinematic universe for Godzilla to share with other giantContinue Reading
King Kong is one of cinema’s most enduring and beloved monsters. From his on-screen origin in the 1933 film that bore his name until now, Kong has graced multiple films, TV shows, cartoons, and videogames with his presence. Usually cast as a tragic figure who falls victim to man’s inevitableContinue Reading