Let me state, for the record, that I was not a fan of the original Transformers animated series or the action figures on which the show was based. Of course, at the time the series and toys were released, I was a junior in high school. After hearing rave reviewsContinue Reading
Peter Parker is loving life. He’s finally won the heart of Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst,) the girl he’d always loved from afar. Spider-Man, his alter ego, has won the heart of New York City and has, in his own words, become something of an icon. So, naturally, it allContinue Reading
For months before its release, Snakes on a Plane received more Internet hype than any movie since 1999’s The Blair Witch Project. It received so much hype that, after the film finished principal shooting, some scenes were reshot specifically due to suggestions from Internet fans. But, when it was releasedContinue Reading
300 is based on the story of the Battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartan soldiers faced the much larger forces of Xerxes, the ruler of Persia, in a battle that has captured the imagination of many since it occurred in 480 BC. In particular, this film’s re-telling is based onContinue Reading
Back in the 1980s, the kind of action movie that now goes straight-to-video actually made it to theatrical movie screens. Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Sylvester Stallone all made movies that, to varying degrees, made decent money at the box office. Rutger Hauer was notContinue Reading
Giant monster movies — especially those made in Japan during the 1960s — are usually viewed as campy, kitschy, or children’s entertainment. How seriously can a viewer take a movie that’s essentially comprised of a man in a rubber suit destroying a model of Tokyo as toy planes and tanksContinue Reading
Who would have thought that when Disney announced a movie based on its “Pirates of the Caribbean” ride it would be the start of one of the most profitable movie franchises in history? 2003’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was a delightful summer blockbuster thatContinue Reading