6 Movies with Giant Freaking Robots, In Honor of ‘Pacific Rim’ Directed by Guillermo del Toro
This week sees the release of Pacific Rim. If you’ve ever wondered what it looked like when Guillermo del Toro played in the bathtub, then this is the movie for you. He took his Transformers and had them fight his Godzilla action figures, and I bet he was grounded for a week after his mother […]
6 Comedy Western Movies, In Honor of ‘The Lone Ranger’ Starring Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer
This week The Lone Ranger stampedes (see what I did there) into theaters. Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski hope to recapture the magic of their Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. And by “magic” I mean “money”. The film is a middling success. It has glimpses of inspired antics but never really rises above mildly […]
6 Movies That Were Made to Launch Franchises, In Honor of ‘World War Z’ Starring Brad Pitt
World War Z opens this weekend. It’s a movie that Brad Pitt desperately hopes to turn into a franchise. It was notoriously troubled production and while it might not quite reach the heights that they hoped for it fares way better than any movie that came in $50 million over budget has any right to. […]
6 Movies Where Celebrities Star As Themselves, In Honor of ‘This is the End’
This is the End hits theaters this weekend. It stars a massive cast including but not limited to Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride and
Movies That Were Box Office Disasters, In Honor of ‘After Earth’
Last week saw the release of Will Smith’s After Earth. It was execrable. (You can read my review here.) While I felt it was the worst film of Smith’s career it’s also turning out to be a box office disaster as well opening in third place; previously unthinkable for a Will Smith picture. It made […]
6 Movies Starring Real Life Parents and Children, In Honor of ‘After Earth’ Starring Will and Jaden Smith
Will Smith is back in After Earth. It’s a dreadful film as you can read in my full review. But sitting through this painfully boring movie gave me plenty of time to think. And since the film stars Will Smith and his son Jaden it got me thinking about other parents who have starred in […]
Movie Review: ‘After Earth’ Starring Will and Jaden Smith, Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Will Smith returns with his latest sci-fi, ummm…“epic” After Earth, set 1,000 years after humans have abandoned the planet for the safer of confines of Nova Prime. Smith plays a space ranger (but not the Buzz Lightyear kind) whose ship crash lands on the now-forbidden planet. He and his son (played by his real life […]
6 Bad Comedy Sequels In Honor of ‘The Hangover Part III’
Hangover III makes its way into theaters this amid much skepticism. Read our review of THE HANGOVER PART III Here. While it’s significantly better than the Hangover II it’s still a far cry from the original. However, there have been many, many, many substandard comedy sequels over the years. Which got me to thinking… So […]
Movies Based on TV Shows Featuring Their Original Casts, In Honor of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’
This week sees the release of the Star Trek Into Darkness. Unless you’ve been living in cave (instead of your parents’ basement) then you know that Star Trek is cult show from the ‘60s that just keeps chugging along. Lasting for three seasons (1966-1969) the series was revived theatrically in 1979 due the success of […]
Movies That Feature Deliberately Anachronistic Music, Inspired by Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Great Gatsby’
This week sees the release of the heavily anticipated Baz Luhrmann directed adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Luhrmann is perhaps best known for the jukebox musical Moulin Rouge! (That’s their exclamation point by the way; not mine.) So far the bulk of the pre-release buzz surrounding his take on the material revolves […]
