I will not apologize for giving this movie a strong Matinee with Snacks rating. I came out of it all pumped and gleeful and satisfied, and if anyone wants much more than that from a Terminator movie, well it also has some freaking great sequences and effects.
When I think of director McG, I think [...]

If you have just come out from under your rock, here is the 11th Star Trek movie, more accurately Star Trek Zero, a full-on reboot and reinterpretation of the four-decade cult phenomenon. Star Trek Nemesis (10) broke the rule of only even-numbered Star Trek movies are any good, and this Star Trek (inconveniently titled [...]

Billed as a real film from 1957 (with excellent lobby cards and generally good print advertising), one that was lost to studio politics and the vagaries of time, Alien Trespass is a love letter to the ’50’s sci-fi films of yesteryear. They even go so far as to justify their recognizable lead actor as [...]

An impulse choice, fueled mostly by convenience and being willing to see anything, got me into the theatre. I had read (against normal protocols) some derisive press about this movie, so worst-case scenario, I would have a fun negative review to write. Sorry to disappoint! This movie was comfortably middle of the [...]

Wow. I mean just – wow. It’s staggering to contemplate that some producer group sat in a screening room and thought, “Wow, this is gonna be great!” Now, I know we weren’t walking into an Oscar contender or a cult classic, that much was evident. My companion and I hoped and assumed it would be [...]

We’re not here to discuss what a watershed the 1986 Alan Moore graphic novel is/was. They said a movie of it couldn’t be done, but no one dared to suggest it shouldn’t be done (unless you count Alan Moore taking his name off this film). As a movie, as a flickering visual narrative, [...]

Push suffers from a combination of a lack of ambition and repressed ambition. Unlike the two million superpower movies & TV series we have already seen or are waiting to see, Push’s special folk are just normal people who happen to possess one of a limited range of special abilities. Basically, these folks [...]

The 1951 original film, updated here by director Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose), has been an acknowledged classic for fifty years.  While naturally limited to the technical capabilities of the past, the 1951 Day instead leans on good old-fashioned story and fear to instill itself into the viewers’ hearts.  Any modern remake has [...]

Full disclosure:  I watched the X-Files television series until the first movie came out.  I was so disgusted with the transparent clumsiness of the story (so much more forgivable on TV) that I stopped watching the show.  Curiosity and a cautious sort of press buzz (”it’s a stand-alone episodes even non-fans can love!”) drew me [...]

My first exposure to the idea of this movie, I thought, who cares, don’t wanna see it. Another freaking superhero movie, only this time it’s not based on anything famous and it stars Will Smith so they figure our love for him will save them from having to actually write a script (see: Men [...]