I saw this movie as a child. It came in 1963, but as I saw it on television, it must have been later. Whatever age I was, my brother was three younger. I can remember, after watching the movie, creeping my hand towards him from around corners, down from the top of the bunk-bed,...
What good is building a classy brand if you can’t whore it out for big bucks? Clothing manufacturers do it, chefs add their names to canned soups. Why not Imax? The latest controversy is that “Imax” movies are being shown on relatively small screens, for full price. The Imax experience used to mean one...
Steeped in both cold war paranoia and 50s-style scientist-hero myth, this could have been done as a Twilight Zone episode.
It’s hard to argue with the weight of critical opinion, not to mention Oscar nominations. But I will argue. Mongol loses points for being, essentially, a love story. We have lots of love stories. Anybody can be the subject of a love story. Complex love stories can also be woven into to tales of...
I love this movie. I’m unable to say why. I can link superlatives together, describe awesome over-the-top scenes, but the magic is in the attitude. From the opening credits which took the last scene from the first movie and did it 8-bit video-game format, we knew exactly what level to take the movie. Everything...
I just finished watching Polymorph, a straight-to-video cheapie made in 1996, for a budget that must have been under $100,000. It was a pretty standard mish-mash of alien body-snatcher, psycho drug dealers, and the band of attractive interns that alway seem to attract killing. I gave it five stars on Netflix. The acting was...
Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus: Breaking the Contract
My old roommate watched reality shows, like I Love NY and Rock of Love. It was a total trainwreck, bad television gone worse, but there was something compelling in watching people be honestly stupid. Some things you just can’t coach. Yes, I know there is a bit of scripting, drama is encouraged, but you...
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