Tim Burton may have failed to bring Batman successfully to the screen, but he’s done a slam-bang job of satirizing 1950’s sci-fi in Mars Attacks! A massive fleet of Martian ships is gathering in orbit around the Earth. President Dale (Jack Nicholson) consults his advisers to see what course ofContinue Reading
For those that doubt a summer movie can live up to the usual hype, I give you Men in Black as an example of a film that does. It’s full of surprises, laughs and has a story that contains just enough gas to keep your attention for the full runContinue Reading
The summer movie season has kicked off and the movie that ended up being the first out of the chute is most typical of summer film fare. It’s big, loud and chock-full of special effects and stupid characters. Granted, no one goes to the summer action films to be educated.Continue Reading
The Fifth Element recently opened to rather boffo box-office. I assume that the re-release of the Star Wars trilogy hasn’t quite whet the sci-fi appetites of the movie-going public. Personally, I think that’s a good thing especially if it means that more movies like The Fifth Element are waiting in the wings. It is byContinue Reading
(Note: This is a review of the Special Edition released to theaters in 1997) Ok, maybe this movie was the reason to retool the entire Star Wars series. The original Return of the Jedi was my least favorite of the trilogy. The cuddly Ewoks grated on my nerves. Luke SkywalkerContinue Reading
What if corporate entities took over the police force of a major city? According to RoboCop, it opens it up to subversion and mismanagement at the expense of innocent lives. In the near future, Omni Consumer Products, who owns the police department of Detroit through a company called Security Concepts,Continue Reading
(Note: This is a review of the Special Edition released to theaters in 1997) After seeing the original Star Wars just a few weeks ago, returning to the theater to see its first sequel, The Empire Strikes Back, gave me a real feeling of what it must have been likeContinue Reading