It's never safe to go back in the water and most kids stayed very far away from the beach after this movie came out. Stephen Spielberg crafts a terrifying tale from the novel by Peter Benchley about a great white shark hunting near a summer tourist island. Not only is it one of the best summer horror/suspense movies, but also my favorite 4th of…
So, you thought you'd have to wait until October to get some new horror movie reviews? You were dead wrong. Starting on July 1st, I'll be reviewing seven movies to celebrate the carnage that is our Independence Day. Here is the tentative list of mayhem: Uncle Sam (1996) Jaws (1975) The Purge: Election Year (2016) The Bay (2012) Jaws 2 (1978) You Are Not…
I watched the first Pacific Rim, because I like director Guillermo del Toro, but I found it to be fairly underwhelming. This sequel was not directed by del Toro, only produced. I wasn't really looking forward to watching it, and maybe the lowered expectations helped make it more enjoyable. At the core, it is a larger-than-life special effects driven robot/mech movie and that's really all…
I used to really enjoy Goldie Hawn comedies of the olden days. Movies like Overboard and Housesitter were fun and full of laughs. Part of me hoped that Snatched would bring a fresh twist to classic comedy that the genre desperately needs. Nope. There are virtually no laughs to be had. Most of the jokes rely on raunchy humor, which I usually enjoy, but there is no comedic…
Disney really messed up on this one, but it's not a terrible movie. The problem is they metaphorically had Greedo shooting first. A Han Solo prequel story was never going to be some big, epic blockbuster. They should have had a little more foresight to understand that and plan accordingly. It should have been a small story without all the bombast and excessive plot…
I think the reason why Black Panther became such a critical and commercial success was because it was fresh and inventive. It was nice to get a comic book movie about a superhero no one really paid much attention to. Instead of a Spiderman or Batman that everyone already pretty much knows everything about, we got an obscure character who was briefly shown in the…
I was first introduced to the book Ready Player One on the site known as Reddit. Many people raved about how it was a fun, nostalgic romp through pop culture of the 80s. The story follows a nerdy outcast named Wade who escapes the real world inside of a virtual world known as the OASIS. When he's not in a virtual school, he spends all of…
Sometimes, a movie will come out of nowhere and no one knows anything about it. Then a buzz starts up and then some Golden Globe awards are won and it seems like maybe there is something good there. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is that kind of movie and it appears to be a top contender for the Best Picture Oscar. The story follows…
Home Alone (1990)A Christmas Story (1983)National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)Die Hard (1988)Jingle All The Way (1997)Elf (2003)Scrooged (1988)Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1967)The Santa Clause (1994)Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
The 1990s were a transitional period when the bombast of the 80s hit the dawn of the technology age full blast. I went to see a lot of movies in the theater and I watched even more on home video. Here is my list of ten forgotten comedy gems of the early 90s. Bill Murray plays Bob, the extremely phobic mental patient who tracks…
