In 2014, the second American version of Godzilla hit the big screen. The first, 1998’s Godzilla, was a colossal failure at the box office and a complete mockery of the iconic Japanese monster. I was skeptical when it was announced that an American studio would take another stab at AmericanizingContinue Reading
The Asylum are known for cranking out “mockbusters”, low-budget knock-offs of highly anticipated theatrical films. Typically, they air on SyFy or appear on store shelves around the same time as the movie they’re meant to imitate is released to piggyback on the interest for the original movie. A roll callContinue Reading
From the ashes of Sony’s failed attempt to re-launch Spider-Man outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes Venom, a confusing mix of humor and violence along with an added measure of horrible dialogue. For the uninitiated, Venom, the character, owes his existence to the Spider-Man comic books. In the 1980s,Continue Reading
While attending college in 1993, I had the privilege of meeting Robert Ballard, the man who discovered the wreckage of the doomed White Star liner, RMS Titanic, in 1985. It was fascinating to hear him speak about his adventures. Up until his discovery of Titanic’s wreckage in the North Atlantic,Continue Reading
In the early to mid-1970s, a slew of gangster movies hit theaters and drive-ins, inspired no doubt by the success of 1967’s Bonnie and Clyde and 1972’s The Godfather. Never one to miss the opportunity to cash in on a trend, Roger Corman’s New World Pictures produced and released BigContinue Reading
A year ago, the tone of the DC Extended Universe could be summed up as dark, gloomy, and almost humorless. Films like 2013’s Man of Steel and 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice had established the superhero film series as the polar opposite of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. After 2017’s heavily flawed Justice LeagueContinue Reading
Sony has released five live-action Spider-Man films since 2002 spanning two different iterations of Peter Parker, with two of the five movies being origin stories. Add to that the recent integration of Spidey/Peter Parker into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Captain America: Civil War and the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, whichContinue Reading