Gladiator II (2024)

Did Ridley Scott’s superb 2000 insta-classic Gladiator virtually define Epic Stand Alone Story? Yes, it did. Did ANYONE truly ask for a sequel, especially 20+ years later? Not that I recall. However, as seems to be his way these days, the legendary 87 year old (wow!) director has been revisiting some of his early titles […]

A Revisit: D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

Since I currently reside in the throes of a strangely productive mid-life crisis, I’ve been cherry-picking near-forgotten media from decades past, titles that, at one time or another, made some kind of an impact on lil ole me, enough so that I’m now daring to go back, to locate the best versions possible, and revisit […]

A Short Film: China Lake (1983)

Robert Harmon is a director who deserved a FAR more notable career in Hollywood than he ended up with, in my humble opinion. For a man with a truly distinct and oddly mature cinematic vision, much of his career is woefully bargain-basement (at a glance), with much of it seemingly devoted to some dumped-on-cable series […]

A Revisit: Farewell to the King (1989)

Movie nerd that I’ve always been, I have very fond memories of Movie Night with the family when I was a wee lad growing up in 1980’s British Columbia, when we’d go to the local Video Store, that always seemed to smell of popcorn and slight mustiness, rent a VCR (that weighed roughly the same […]

Harry’s Game (1982)

This obscure but well-regarded mini-series from the UK (also recut into a movie version for certain markets) has long fascinated me, going way back to 1992, when I first saw Phillip Noyce’s adaptation of Tom Clancy’s best-selling novel Patriot Games. Through that underrated action / thriller, I was introduced to something the soundtrack lists as […]

A Small Tale: Hot Water – Another Harrowing Adventure of The Rocketeer!

Our brave adventurer, Cliff Secord, arrives on the scene, ready to dole out sweet, sweet justice! But…has our plucky hero bitten off more than he can chew? Or, will something else bite off more than it can chew…of our plucky hero!?! Stay tuned, scroll down and find out!! Going in on foot, keeping this on […]

Wisdom (1987)

Well, I guess everyone has to start somewhere. I’m a big fan of the music of Danny Elfman (overlooking his recent alleged transgressions), going back to when I first heard his score for Tim Burton’s debut film, 1985’s appropriately quirky Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. When I was just breaking into the double digits, age-wise, I […]

Alien: Romulus (2024)

I went into this one cautiously optimistic and that approach seems to have mostly paid off. Mostly. As any semi-regular reader of my reviews can confirm, I’m a HUGE, life-long fan of the Alien franchise, with the second installment, 1986’s excellent insta-classic Aliens, sitting at the top of my Favorite Movies list (I have the […]

The Rescue (1988)

OK, this one is a bit different. The whole point of this silly little blog is to give an honest opinion ASAP on films I, as a rule, have never seen before. This particular surprisingly-hard-to-find Disney flick (that’s right folks, this here is a Touchstone title!) is one that I had vague memories of, select […]

Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

At this point, what’s there to say about the wildly successful Deadpool franchise, and superstar / driving force Ryan Reynolds, that hasn’t all been spat out before!? The dude is a Canadian treasure and we up here in the Frozen White North hold him in deservedly high regard…and this flick is yet another example of […]