Movies

This Movie Got Everything Right But The Major. When I first learned this adaptation of Ghost in the Shell was in production with Scarlett Johansson in the lead roll, I was somewhat disappointed. All I could think was great, More Hollywood white-washing. But, after seeing the trailer and behind-the-scenes look at the film’s special effects … Read more

10 Cloverfield isn’t so much a sequel as it is a “set in the same universe” follow-up to the original. Honestly this feels like an entirely unrelated film that didn’t really have an ending so they just added some aliens and tacked the word cloverfield to the title. The trailers for this movie didn’t inspire … Read more

How can a movie starring Laurence Fishburne possibly go wrong? A wrong turn at Neptune takes Event Horizon on an inter-dimensional trip… to Hell! How bad can Event Horizon really be? For that matter, how can any movie starring Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) and Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) possibly go wrong? In this 1997 sci-fi … Read more

Riddick begins shortly after the events of ‘Chronicles’ and finds the titular Riddick unsatisfied with new his role as Lord-Marshall of the Necromongers; searching for his long forgotten home-world, Furya. Ultimately betrayed and left for dead by his necromonger crew, Riddick is stranded on his latest prison: a hostile world with a brutally harsh environment … Read more

After what seems like years… oh wait it literally has been years. Well then – after years of stagnation it appears that SyFy will actually deliver on the promise of a BSG spin off. Battlestar Galactica: Blood And Chrome” chronicles the adventures of (a much younger) William Adama during the first cylon war. It was … Read more

Do you remember Westworld? I’m betting that you don’t because most of you don’t even remember rotary telephones. Rotary phones… You are aware that those existed right? There was a time before phones had buttons. Just like now is the time before evil robots overthrow the human race. It’s going to happen just you wait … Read more

I thought there were more hard-core Judge Dredd fans out there who would flock to any film adaptation; no matter how flawed, as long as Sylvester Stallone was not involved. But Dredd 3D seems to have come and gone with little fanfare. I can’t believe I just said fanfare. But I was wrong . nobody … Read more

I cannot believe it. Emmet Cole was in some kind of gross  cocoon this whole time? A COCOON! Are you serious?  That’s not all: Do you know what a television executive does when something boring or stupid weakens a plot-line? You add zombies. I said ZOMBIES. That’s the second time I’ve had to repeat myself; … Read more

There hasn’t been a good mystery adventure series on network television since Lost ended in 2010.  A few projects have attempted to tap into the LOST vibe, but maybe ABC can repeat their success where other networks have failed. “The River” has been one of the most interesting new television series I’ve seen in several … Read more

“Jerry… that’s a horrible vampire name.” I purposely skipped seeing the new “Fright Night” in theaters. I’m generally not a fan of franchise reboot movies. Occasionally it is nice to see a familiar subject re-imagined with current cinematic technology. Unfortunately the new films fail to live up to expectations all too often. The new Nightmare … Read more