Tomb Raider, a series of games featuring the athletic archaeologist Lara Croft, launched in 1996. Croft is a mash-up of Indiana Jones and a gymnast with dual pistols. Since her debut, she’s been featured in over 15 games on various systems. In 2001, Lara Croft made her motion picture debutContinue Reading
Word-of-mouth and a frigid box-office reception gave me an obvious clue that 2010’s Jonah Hex should be a terrible movie. Based on DC Comics’ long-running western series and featuring an excellent cast and an interesting premise, I was surprised that it flopped. I had no knowledge of the comic seriesContinue Reading
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