In 1983, a movie called The Day After was aired on ABC TV. It told a speculative story about a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was a movie that stuck with me for a long time and actually taught me a few facts about whatContinue Reading
When I first saw the trailer for A Quiet Place, I thought it was a damn fine idea for a horror film. A creature that hunts by sound. Survival is only possible if you’re silent (or as silent as possible.) Otherwise, one loud noise and you’re toast. Thankfully, the movie livesContinue Reading
James Bond has been an iconic character for 50 years. To celebrate his golden anniversary, Bond returns to the screen in what may be one of the best films in a series that’s seen as many ups as downs. Daniel Craig returns for the third time as the legendary AgentContinue Reading
Willem Dafoe is an actor who, despite his craggy features, can alternately play unconventionally handsome leading men as well as near-freakish villains. In Daniel Nettheim’s The Hunter, Dafoe plays Martin David, a mercenary hunter who is hired by Red Leaf, a biotech company, to hunt down and obtain genetic materialContinue Reading
Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is the unluckiest man in Las Vegas. His luck is so bad that casino owner Shelly Kaplow (Alec Baldwin) employs him as a “cooler,” someone who’s mere presence makes winning tables go cold. Bernie has been working off a large gambling debt to Shelly byContinue Reading
In the near future, the world’s energy problems have led humanity to develop a way to harness the power found within helium-3, a clean and abundant fuel source found on the surface of the moon. A company called Lunar Industries maintains Sarang, a mining base on the dark side ofContinue Reading
Taking place in 2154, Avatar introduces us to the Na’vi, a race of 10-foot-tall feline-like creatures who live in spiritual harmony with their forest planet of Pandora. Humans have traveled to Pandora after plundering the natural resources of Earth. So far, the Na’vi have resisted the infiltration of the humansContinue Reading