After 2018’s lackluster entry, The Predator, my hope was that the long-suffering Predator franchise would finally be at an end. 1987’s original action/sci-fi hybrid, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers, has produced five completely forgettable sequels. Two of those were Alien vs. Predator offshoots and both were awful. So,Continue Reading
All things must have a beginning. 1955’s King Dinosaur marked the start of producer/director Bert I. Gordon’s career. Eventually known as “Mr. BIG,” Gordon constructed a résumé chock full of B-grade creature features, most of which center around abnormally large animals or people. He also had a penchant for workingContinue Reading
The Frisco Kid tells the story of Avram Belinski, a Polish rabbi dispatched to a synagogue in San Francisco. He encounters a series of misadventures shortly after his boat lands in Philadelphia. After he loses his money to a trio of con men, Avram meets Tommy Lillard, a bank robber.Continue Reading
Royce Tullis (Clint James) and his gang are in the process of hunting down the jurors that sent his brother to the gallows. As the movie opens, they approach the homestead of the last juror standing. After killing him and his wife, they kidnap his daughter, Ruth (Anna Harr). IntendingContinue Reading
With the advent of affordable computer graphics programs, independent filmmakers are capable of adding special effects to their movies that were once only possible with millions of dollars of equipment. Unfortunately, most don’t take the time to make them look anywhere near as good as those older, more expensive effects.Continue Reading
American soldier Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel) leads a successful one-man hostage rescue in Kenya against superior numbers. Afterward, while he and his wife, Gina (Talulah Riley,) vacation in Italy, they are captured by enemy soldiers. Martin Axe, the man responsible for their kidnapping, threatens to kill Gina unless Ray disclosesContinue Reading
Reviewing films in the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe becomes increasingly more difficult with each new entry. Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness is the 28th film in the MCU dating back to 2008. It is the sixth to include Doctor Strange but only the second to feature him asContinue Reading