A top-secret surgical procedure allows anyone to wear the face of anyone else temporarily for whatever reason. When FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) needs to interrogate Pollux Troy (Allesandro Nivola), brother of supercriminal Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage), he realizes that the only way that he can retrieve information isContinue Reading
When this movie was originally released in theaters, I could only wonder what was going through the minds of those in charge at Paramount Pictures. The Phantom, as a comic book character, is relatively obscure. He doesn’t have the immediate recognition of, say, Superman, Batman or even, for that matter,Continue Reading
The fact that this movie was pushed back from a summer release should have been an indication that something was wrong with it. Unfortunately, I had no idea exactly how much until I sat in the theater to watch this incredibly disappointing movie. But, I digress. Starship Troopers, which isContinue Reading
Despite being one of the biggest box-office draws in Asia, Jackie Chan had failed to achieve anything approaching modest success here in America until 1996. His first two U.S. backed movies, The Big Brawl and The Protector, were both relative failures. His third attempt to crack the U.S. market wasContinue Reading
Finally, a comic book movie that gets it right. Now, I’ve never been a big fan of the comic book incarnation of Spawn. Not because I didn’t like the character, he just came along after I’d put aside comics for the most part. So, this movie was really my introductionContinue Reading
I finally got my chance to see the second of Joel Schumacher’s “Batman Lite” movies. Schumacher, after taking control of Warner’s big budget franchise in 1995, pronounced that he would make Batman a less dark character on-screen. Of course, he was referring to the film noir-ish quality that Tim BurtonContinue Reading
1992’s Batman Returns turns up the violence level a bit while turning down the humor a lot. Undoubtedly the darkest film in the Batman series, Batman Returns verges on the point of being unpleasant. Michael Keaton stars, for the last time, as Bruce Wayne and his caped and armored alter-ego,Continue Reading