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Recently a friend of mine and I re-watched the original Ghostbusters film together. He wanted to show it to his son and it was...
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Recently a friend of mine and I re-watched the original Ghostbusters film together. He wanted to show it to his son and it was...
Ever root for a character to die? I’m not talking about merely hating a character, like that awful cousin Oliver, who seemingly showed up...
Produced by Megan Ellison, Chelsea Barnard, David Distenfield, Jessica Elbaum, Katie Silberman Written by Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, Katie Silberman Directed by...
I recently re-watched the Andrew Davis thriller The Fugitive starring Harrison Ford. I have to say it holds up. To say this film had...
In 1956, science fiction author James Blish, who would later go on to novelize the original Star Trek series, wrote a book called Year...
It’s difficult to review a series like this without giving it away. There are definitely parts of the show I really want to discuss...
“I’M NOT AN ACTOR, I’M A MOVIE STAR!” So ranted Alan Swann played with hilarious deftness by the legendary Peter O’Toole in the 1982...
A good friend of mine and I debated the breakdown of society motif used in Alex Garland’s brilliantly written running zombie film, 28 Days...
It was supposed to be fantastic. It certainly had the pedigree to be one of the greatest Sci-Fi series of all time. In a...
Harlan Ellison was a prick. That is not subjective. He was married five times. His cantankerous nature is the stuff of infamy. Ellison was...
Imagine you’re a making a movie with a castle, flying vampires, re-animated monsters, special effects, and thousands of extras playing angry townspeople. Sounds great...
Over the years I’ve been asked if I loved the original Blade Runner. I always answered the same way, I don’t know. I mean,...
Ask any casting director in Hollywood and they’ll tell you the same thing. Whenever it comes to casting a new project, a sexy doctor...
After the monster success (pun intended) of Dawn of the Dead (1978), George A. Romero could pretty much direct anything he wanted. He had...
More American Graffiti is an uneven, needlessly slapstick, overly sentimental, preachy, shameless attempt to sell a soundtrack all the while riding the George Lucas...
If you’ve never seen the 1981 Sean Connery Space Western Outland, you should. Peter Hyams, coming off the success of the mother of all...
Some movies age poorly and not necessarily because they’re bad. History and hindsight can turn the deepest drama into a comedy and vice/versa. It’s...
Much has been written over the years about the three main actors in Star Wars who helped define an entire generation of science fiction...