On August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman went to the observation deck of the tower at the University of Texas at Austin and began shooting random people on and around the campus. In the 96 minutes that he rained bullets down on the university, 18 people were killed and 31 wereContinue Reading

Wall-E (2008)

Pixar has made some of my favorite animated films. Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Cars are all top-notch family entertainment and each of them provides humor suitable for children with plenty of adult-oriented references to keep parents from dismissing them as simple kiddie flicks. So, I was preparedContinue Reading

Talk about a Simpsons movie had been going on for years. The TV show’s been on for 18 years, so it was inevitable that a film would eventually be made. However, I don’t think even Fox expected it to take this long. According to The Internet Movie Database, Fox registeredContinue Reading

Hollywood’s recent love affair with computer animated feature films has turned what was once a delightful treat for moviegoers into a force-feeding of by-the-numbers films with generic artwork and storylines. So it was such a nice surprise to find that Monster House, from Sony’s Imageworks division, isn’t just unpredictable, it’sContinue Reading

Philip K Dick’s novels and stories are responsible for some of the best science-fiction movies to ever come out of Hollywood. Total Recall, Blade Runner, and Minority Report were all based on Dick’s stories. A frequent complaint by Dick’s fans, however, is that the movies tend to stray from theContinue Reading