I’m not sure if the mainstream critics and I saw the same movie, but I’ll have to assume we did for this review to work. I start with this line because I have been bombarded with bad press for Shazam 2: Fury of the Gods since I first saw the…

Michael Jackson is a fascinating human being, and I have my own personal theory on his whole life and how it unraveled — and a lot of it revolves around the world of “Peter Pan”, a fictional character created by J.M. Barrie in 1904 and immortalized in many stage, screen…

Control over the minds of men can be achieved in many ways: propaganda (see American Drug War, Khmer Rouge, etc.), faith, greed, shame, lust, hate, and naked science. In this film the attempt is achieved through the latter at the hand of a mad scientist dictator named Boronski (played by…

Actor James Purefoy (HBO’s “Rome”, Netflix’s “Altered Carbon”, John Carter, the Resident Evil franchise) would be called a “jobber” in sports-entertainment jargon: he’s got the build and tone of a leading man and can do the job, yet seems content to play second and third to less-qualified leading actors. I…

I don’t normally do many comedies, but I certainly do films starring Asian actors (not just Hong Kong martial arts, J-Horror, or K-Drama). Even though Joy Ride was produced with the help of stoner-comedy master Seth Rogen and it has his fingerprints all over it, the movie is not about…

During the global Cold War between the United States and the USSR, many movies were made to get people ready for the possible war to come — a way to justify the planned failures of their leaders. The Fifth Column was the true enemy, and they could strike in any…

When I was younger, I favored The A-Team, Airwolf and Knight Rider over most of the shows of yesteryear. I gave some concessions to old comedies, and approached old sci-fi with an open mind. That’s how I became a closet Trekkie/Trekker. …

When I think about the person I am today, I can definitely say that the world of the 1980s has shaped me a great deal. There was a bunch of good stuff on TV then, and you can find any of that stuff on the Internet on any old 80’s…

The origins of 2003’s House of the Dead is quite the story, when told in steps: American filmmaker George Romero is responsible for making the seminal zombie movie of the 20th Century, Night of the Living Dead (1968). This film provided significant elements of zombie lore (strengths, weaknesses, origins, etc.) …