Category Archives: On the TV

This is the movie Event Horizon probably aspired to be, if it didn’t give up and go with the lame supernatural angle. Leave it to Danny Boyle of 28 Days Later and Shallow Grave to bring out the horror, fright … Continue reading →

Judd Apatow, Hollywood’s current golden child of comedy, loans his production company and credibility to Seth Rogen (an Apatow regular) for this coming-of-age picture. It’s a fouler-mouthed version of Weird Science with Dazed and Confused‘s flow (or snapshot) of one … Continue reading →

Thanks to the backlog created by getting sick, the holidays and my general apathy, I have made a promise to myself that I can’t rent any new movies until I finish posting the last three I saw. I also felt … Continue reading →

This goofy movie has a special place in my heart for several reasons. In the past, it was a Silder tradition to watch it on New Year’s Day while nursing a hangover from the previous night and eating Paul’s infamous … Continue reading →

Probably the worst Disney Movie I’ve ever seen since The Emperor’s New Groove. My immediate guess is that Disney made this dog in anticipation of Pixar taking their movies elsewhere. All they got right was using computers to generate the images. … Continue reading →

As soon as I heard about Marc Shaiman’s contribution to the songs for this musical, I definitely wanted a copy of the album. If he could make memorable tunes for what appeared to be the big South Park cash out of … Continue reading →

Current Mea Culpa: This is the last review of a movie I saw before we went on vacation, now I’m backed up on all the post-vacation reviews for almost another half dozen. Hang in there. I think I’m going somewhere … Continue reading →

Quick Mea Culpa: Another “leftover” review that wasn’t finished by the time I went on vacation last month. This little French comedy was included in the trailers for Black Book so Somara and I decided to check it out. The premise … Continue reading →

Thanks to vacation, I have a slight backlog of reviews on DVDs, Books and comics to post. Please bear with me as I plow through them. If they’re not helpful, say so as well. I can funnel my writing energies on … Continue reading →

Twenty-five years ago, this was the most anticipated movie of 1982 for me. Sure Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan turned out to be immensely better, but that flick didn’t have the hype or momentum. Tron was going to be Disney’s most … Continue reading →

Hard to believe one of the guys behind Jimmy Neutron was involved with this yawner of a kid movie. Even children can tell this is just a weak knock-off of The Lion King minus the crown-prince cow living in exile with a … Continue reading →

When the name of Paul Verhoeven is mentioned, most people turn up their noses and go “ugh!” since they always recall his violent movies: Starship Troopers, Total Recall and Robocop; or his “adult” movies: Basic Instinct and Show Girls. I read that he was … Continue reading →

I always thought this movie came out in 1981 but then again, that was the year Raiders of the Lost Ark appeared and Harrison Ford couldn’t make movies so quickly then. Despite this guy overanalyzing it, especially why there aren’t any Black … Continue reading →

I am glad I finally saw this movie now instead of when it was new or during its first 20-25 years of existence. Much like all pieces of Pop Culture, Fever was loved at first then reviled followed by a revival … Continue reading →

Pixar’s A Bug’s Life is still the best of the batch when it comes to animated movies about ants and/or insects. I’m not sure who approved this rather mediocre forary into children’s programming for last last Summer but if it weren’t … Continue reading →