I used to love watching Army of Darkness, the third film in the Evil Dead franchise. The film features Bruce Campbell ( Jack Stiles in Jack of All Trades, Autolycus (the King of Thieves) in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess ), and is written and directed by Sam Raimi (Spider-Man film series, … Continue reading
Continuing from Batman Begins and Batman: The Dark Knight, is Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, the final part of Chistopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy. The film features Burn Gorman (Torchwood Series 1 and 2, Bleak House), and Morgan Freeman (Deep Impact). Notably, the film was accused of being political as the Salon article, “Batman hates the … Continue reading
Continuing from Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon is Transformers: Age of Extinction, a stand alone sequel to Dark of the Moon intended to be “the first of a new trilogy.” This might explain the noticeable redesign of Optimus Prime: This film is also notable for having some pretty awful reviews. According to The Atlantic‘s article, … Continue reading
For three summers during the 1990s, I attended the West End Camp in East Parsonfield, ME, which marked a pivotal time of my personal development. For some idea on what the camp is: West End House Camp, founded by James Storrow in 1908, comprises 135-acres, including 4,000 feet on beautiful Long Pond. We offer affordable … Continue reading
On June 10th, 2016, I finally had the pleasure of meeting Congressman Joe Kennedy III at a Pride Party taking place in Boston’s South End neighborhood at Ink Block Boston. Bobby Kennedy commends @mayortommenino and #coolglobes for understanding how #nature is public good we must protect. pic.twitter.com/HYIqZjeglB — Environment Boston (@BostonEnviro) August 15, 2013 The … Continue reading
Based on the novel by Michael Crichton (Sphere, Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park), Timeline features the late Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious film series). According to Roger Ebert: “Timeline” is inspired by on a Michael Crichton story that’s not so much about travel between the past and the present as about travel between … Continue reading
I have literally seen Event Horizon dozens of times, directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. According to joblo‘s article, “The UnPopular Opinion: Event Horizon“: 16 years ago this August, a movie hit theaters during the twilight of the summer and starred Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, and Jason Isaacs and was designed to be “THE SHINING in … Continue reading
Continuing the “friendly robot” theme as seen as *batteries not included is Short Circuit, as the premise of the film according to Wikipedia: Number 5 is part of a series of prototype U.S. military S.A.I.N.T. (Strategic Artificially Intelligent Nuclear Transport) robots built for the Cold War by NOVA Laboratories. The series’ inventors, Newton Graham Crosby … Continue reading
The Devil’s Advocate, starring Keanu Reeves (Point Break, The Matrix trilogy, Speed, My Own Private Idaho) can be considered “a hellva an entertaining film. A classic? No. Either of their top pictures? No.” According to the A.V. Club‘s “The New Cult Canon: The Devil’s Advocate“: “Diaboli virtus in lumbis est. Diaboli virtus in lumbis est. The … Continue reading
Continuing from Batman Begins is Batman: The Dark Knight, the second part of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy. According to SlashFilm’s “Assessing the Themes of The Dark Knight“: The Symbology of Batman The final monologue that Commissioner Gordon brings the themes from Batman Begins to their logical conclusion: Namely, that as a man, Bruce Wayne’s … Continue reading
Tekken 3 was another one of those video games I played with my brothers, and like many of them, kicked their asses. Notoriously, I used randomly selected special moves in combination, getting Perfects quite frequently, which instigated the received complaints that it “wasn’t fair,” because I wouldn’t let them hit me. My mother, and father, … Continue reading
I originally did not intend to do a post on X-Men: The Last Stand, continuing from X-Men and X2: X-Men United, but have since changed my mind, the reason to become clear later. X-Men: The Last Stand is certainly the worst of the first three films, namely for very specific reasons: The deaths of Cyclops, … Continue reading
Besides other films like Robin Hood, The Last Unicorn, An American Tail, and FernGully: The Last Rainforest that I watched as a kid, there was also *batteries not included, with Steven Spielberg (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, An American Tail, Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park) as Executive Producer. According to Time Out London: At the heart of this … Continue reading
My Own Private Idaho features Keanu Reeves (Point Break, The Matrix trilogy, Speed), and River Phoenix. It doesn’t espouse itself to be my type of film, so although I have seen it many times, I don’t resonate with some of it’s contents.According to Out Magazine‘s article, “The Enduring Power of My Own Private Idaho“: When … Continue reading
Continuing from the Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher Batman film series, is the reboot film series, beginning with Batman Begins, the first part of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy. According to io9‘s aticle, “Burton’s Batman and Nolan’s Batman Begins Complement Each Other Perfectly“: This weekend, a new man dons the famous cape and cowl. To mark the … Continue reading
I recall the first time I ever saw Tremors, certainly one of more interesting B-movies to see, featuring Kevin Bacon, and Reba McEntire (Reba). Some small budget films, like this one, have a certain appeal that makes them rewatchable for years to come. According to the Sabotage Times article, “Why Monster Movie ‘Tremors’ Is Still A … Continue reading
U2 is a pretty awesome band and they have been around for years. “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” from War, is always one of my favorite songs by them. “Pride (In the Name of Love),” from The Unforgettable Fire, is also quite well-done. “With or Without You,” from The Joshua Tree, is a beautiful song. “I Still … Continue reading
I originally watched Rounders during my Matt Damon/Ben Affleck film phase, largely due to them being locals. It, of course, features Damon (Good Will Hunting, Dogma, Elysium) in the titular role. According to the Huffington Post article, “‘Rounders’ Turns 15: Matt Damon Poker Movie Splashed The Pot On Sept. 11, 1998“: If you can’t spot … Continue reading
Speed was the film I got introduced to Keanu Reeves (Point Break, The Matrix trilogy). At this point, I thought Keanu Reeves was quite attractive, with the debut of “short hair Keanu“: Sandra Bullock also appears (Miss Congeniality, The Blind Side). Furthermore, “98.9 percent of the dialogue” can be attributed to Joss Whedon (Buffy the … Continue reading
It is not surprise with me watching TRL that I heard of ‘N Sync, during the early 1990s Boyband hayday. “Cry Me a River,” from Justified, is a particularly great song. “Rock Your Body,” from Justified, is also pretty awesome. “My Love,” from FutureSex/LoveSounds, is also pretty wicked. “What Goes Around… Comes Around,” from FutureSex/LoveSounds, is well worth listening … Continue reading
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