Darker. Bolder. DreamWorks Animation corrects their sequel mistakes of the past and produces a heartwarming masterpiece of animation that holds up (and then some) to its predecessor. Mounting a second...

Seven months after the 2nd Mass arrives in Charleston, the gang realizes – what with new characters, new aliens, new technology, and new presidents – that all is not what it seems. Perhaps the viewer...

The pervading metaphor of “Manifest Destiny” as American soldiers turn to cannibalism in the 1840s is what sells director Antonia Bird’s horror film and makes it worth revisiting. Ravenous was release...

Directed and produced by Howard Hawks, Red River is proof that, if pushed by the demands of a well-written script, John Wayne could actually act. I am not a Wayne fan by any means but my father raised...

Based on the Japanese novel "All You Need Is Kill," in which an ill-prepared recruit dies in his first battle over and over again, Doug Liman's Edge of Tomorrow is the type of action-oriented science...

Blazing Saddles , the penultimate western comedy, has been unseated by Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways to Die in the West . This take-no-prisoners comedic assault is both a farce of the western genre...

Writer/director Robert Hiltzik’s notorious slasherfest has returned to stalk the shelves right in time to celebrate the summer season. No need to pack your overnight bags, though. There’s no coming ba...

Grateful Dead. Janis Joplin. The Band. Buddy Guy. What do they all have in common? Well, other than being fantastic rock bands, artists, and live performers, they once upon a time in 1970 shared the s...

Are you Team Godzilla or Team Gigan? Because, in the fight against giant mutated cockroaches, it matters. Yes, alien cockroaches are behind the plans to do away with Godzilla and his pal, Anguirus, wh...

Godzilla flies! Godzilla vs. Hedorah is one of the most creative of all of the Godzilla flicks. It’s also one of the least successful due to its dark themes, dark tale, and even darker shoot. Opening...

Watching a rubber-suited Godzilla fling rocks at a rubber-suited giant lobster might not by your cup of tea but it works for someone raised on a steady diet of these Toho flicks from the swinging 1960...

I have a great and genuine appreciation for director Steven Spielberg’s 22 nd film, The Terminal . From the set design to the love of America’s jazz, the delicate film is – for me – a touching and bea...

Endless wonder. That’s what Warehouse 13 promised when it debuted on Syfy in 2009. To its credit, endless wonder is exactly what the show delivered. The five seasons that make up this set are a fan’s...

When you think of a romantic comedy your brain doesn’t immediately turn toward science fiction. Or does it? After all, isn’t the dizzying aspect of falling into love comparable to a loss of gravity? C...

The passing of time favors 1981’s Evilspeak , a film a little too late to ride the whole Satanic scene of the late 1970’s but way in front of the curve as far as computers are concerned. Starring Clin...