On the surface, this is a strange Terry Gilliam movie. Now, many Gilliam movies (The Brothers Grimm,?12 Monkeys) are strange, but this one appears to be shockingly normal… at first. A shock jock, Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges), sports the Howard Stern lifestyle, shouting out his misanthropic bile on the radio waves, until one day his…
Cupid. Hearts. Coal-mining-pick-axe-wielding-serial-killers. Chocolates. One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn?t belong. Oh, contraire. Because if you?ve ever enjoyed the sheer deliciousness of this week?s feature, you?ll know not since the odd coupling of chocolate and peanut butter have two great tastes tasted so great together. That?s…
$208.8 million dollars. Let?s just let that number sit there for a minute. While it was no surprise that it took top spot at the box office, the fact that Jurassic World has literally shattered every box office record in its opening weekend is nothing short of staggering. While there was high anticipation for the…
Let?s go ahead and get this out of the way now: you should run?not walk?to your nearest movie theater and go see Pixar?s latest film, Inside Out. It?s a unique and powerful tale that thrusts emotions and feelings into the spotlight, where they shine (in some cases literally) for the world to see. The premise…
Recently released on Blu-ray by Twilight Time,?Mississippi Burning?has always been one of my favorite films. Where?Selma?took the inside track with Martin Luther King Jr.’s inner circle and avoided the violence of the era (mostly),?Mississippi Burning?shows us the regular violence dispensed by?the Klu Klux Klan to African Americans in Jessup County, MS, as well as those…
What if we had never met Dory? Or if Buzz and Woody had never become friends? Would our world be different? Most of us think that Pixar burst onto the scene with the release of its first feature film in 1995, Toy Story, noting its fifteen Academy Awards coinciding with the partnership with Walt Disney…
Hellraiser is a blatantly honest, FX-laden altar call: our actions have consequences, and unless we turn from our wicked ways, we are in for one hell of an eternity.
I mentioned on Facebook a few days ago that The Goonies, one of my favorite films of all time, was about to turn thirty. It seemed to surprise a few people.
?With the best intentions? Some of the worst things imaginable were done with the best intentions.? ? Dr. Alan Grant
It doesn’t need the first-person, character camera-holding to make the film. The film stands alone without all that. Not to mention the touches most likely influenced by one of its producers – Michael Bay. Bay manages to add his own touch to the film as a producer. The only thing it lacked was an appearance by Megan Fox.
