Watchmen takes place in an alternate 1985. In this universe, President Nixon has been re-elected beyond the two terms he served in our universe. Also, the Vietnam War was won by the United States. Russia and the United States teeter on the brink of nuclear war. And superheroes have beenContinue Reading
Astronauts Charles Brubaker (James Brolin), John Walker (O. J. Simpson), and Peter Willis (Sam Waterston) are sitting on the launch pad, poised to become the first men to travel to Mars, when they’re pulled from their command module and taken to a remote location in the desert. When they areContinue Reading
Based on Upton Sinclair’s “Oil!”, There Will Be Blood tells the story of Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), a gold prospector who discovers oil in California in the late 1800s. As the initial scenes of the movie unfold, he assembles a team of drillers to help him build a small companyContinue Reading
“Based on a true story” is a term that, in film-making, usually means that the core of a movie is based on fact but some dramatic license has been taken to make the story “more interesting” to a mainstream audience. Such is the case with Fire in the Sky, a movieContinue Reading
Charles Farmer (Billy Bob Thornton) has always wanted to be an astronaut. In fact, he was in training to be one when his father’s death forced him to pull out of contention. He never got another shot at fulfilling his dream. That is, until he took it upon himself toContinue Reading
Director David Cronenberg has been consistent at one thing in his career: being wildly inconsistent. He’s made films that I’ve loved, like The Fly and The Dead Zone, and films that I’ve hated, like Naked Lunch and eXistenZ. So it was with some trepidation that I viewed 2005’s A HistoryContinue Reading
I was 8 years old when the original Rocky was released. The story of a no-name boxer getting a shot at the title was inspirational and exciting. Back then, before home video, movies made the rounds from the local theater to the local drive-in and back again before they woundContinue Reading