The future of the world depends upon the band Wyld Stallions forming after two teenage misfits played by Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter getting an A+ on their high school history report final. With said future in jeopardy George Carlin of all people hops into an old school 20th century phone booth and travels through the portals of time to set things right. I must … Continue reading Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure Review
I know for a fact that I am under-rating this movie in this review, but I don’t feel too bad about that. The reason I sought out this movie in the first place because it was the favorite film of the man who made me want to write about movies, Roger Ebert. Ebert reviewed this movie at least three times in his life, and the … Continue reading La Dolce Vita Review
I don’t know if this is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s best action movie, but I believe it may be my personal favorite. This is a good example of a very smart dumb movie. Arnold plays an American version of James Bond by night, and a normal loving boring husband by day, to his wife played by the smoking hot at the time Jamie Lee Curtis. Arnold’s sidekick … Continue reading True Lies Review
I’m a sucker for good coming of age movies, and for music history movies, and this is another one, like Almost Famous that is directly in my wheelhouse. This movie tells the story of the fictional one hit wonder band known as the Wonders (originally the Oneders—not pronounced Oh-needers by the way) who go from obscurity to overnight sensation with the success of the very … Continue reading That Thing You Do! Review
There’s a fine line between inspirational and cloying, and this movie teeters dangerously on the brink the entire film. I found that half the time I went along for the ride, while the other half I had to distance myself from the main character. Walter Mitty is a really old character updated here as a writer for Life Magazine during the period when they were … Continue reading The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Review
As a former employee of Walmart, watching this movie gave me vague flashbacks to those awful corporate brainwashing “orientation” videos we were forced to watch in our first few days on the job that basically informed us that A: unions are the devil and will kill your children, and B: Sam Walton was the greatest person to ever walk the face of the earth sans … Continue reading Saving Mr. Banks Review
Some of my most sacred childhood memories involve walking the local railroad tracks, most of the time with my dad trailing not that far behind. I grew up in the early to mid 90s, so it was not quite the same odyssey that the characters in this movie experience, but I get very fond nostalgia flashbacks whenever I think about this film. This is one … Continue reading Stand By Me Review
This is a story of two kids, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, who begin a life in crime early on. One of them winds up going straight and becomes a policemen, the other winds up a crook. You can guess which one James Cagney plays. This movie is over eighty years old but still feels fresher and more original than at least half of the … Continue reading The Public Enemy Review
It had completely escaped my memory that both Liam Neeson and Jim Carrey (in yes, their only movie together) appeared in the fifth and final installment of the Dirty Harry franchise known as “The Dead Pool”. Those are two of my favorite actors for very different reasons, and if any modern actor was going to take over the mantle of Dirty Harry right now Neeson … Continue reading The Dead Pool Review
This was the first Dirty Harry movie to be made in the 1980s, and as such the change in tone was very noticeable. This was a time when marketing and product placement became much more obvious in movies, and these kinds of movies more or less became vehicles to establish catch phrases and make flashy trailers, and also tell a story if there was enough … Continue reading Sudden Impact Review
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