2010’s TRON: Legacy was not quite the slam-dunk blockbuster Disney had hoped for when it started plans to create a sequel to TRON way back in 2005. The original was considered a failure when it was released in 1982, earning $72 million — nearly four times its $17 million budget — but it quickly gained “cult … Continue reading
When adapting an Italian comic book that stars a moody Rupert Everett lookalike investigating crimes of the undead and aided by what is essentially Groucho Marx, the first thing you should do is…well…not do that. But, the makers of Dylan Dog: Dead of Night just couldn’t help themselves. Truth be told, I can’t really blame … Continue reading
Well, now you know. 63rd Street was an unprecedented event and I’d like to thank all those who had a hand in the making of it. So…thanks, me. And I’d like to apologize to everyone who was subjected to it. It seems like a lot has happened out in the “real” world since the last … Continue reading
John Hughes is a revered filmmaker responsible for some of the most influential films of the 1980s and 1990s. Classics like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles are just a few of Hughes’s best. But as prolific as he was, and as good as so many of his films … Continue reading
The Golden Globes were handed out last night, and since I’m writing this less than 15 minutes after the final curtain, my thoughts are just about as scattered as the awards themselves were. I guess “scattered” is what you should expect when you throw TV and Movies together in a room together, but there didn’t … Continue reading
Jonah Hex was a movie that appeared on 2,825 movie screens in the United States. And that’s the most positive thing I could say about it. Based on the DC Comics character in the same way that feces is essentially based on food, Josh Brolin stars as the titular gunslinger with a seriously messed-up face. … Continue reading
A few months ago I posted the trailer for a little movie called Iron Sky and swore that some day…some day…I would see this film about Nazis from the Moon that try to invade Earth. Today was that day. Iron Sky opens in the year 2018 as a new manned mission to the Moon touches … Continue reading
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