Scanners (1981)

As a Canadian, I’m strangely proud of director David Cronenberg. Don’t know the man. Never met ‘im. But still. There aren’t many directors that hail from The Great White North who’s names people instantly recognize (James Cameron aside), but if you mention ‘Cronenberg’, it does tend jog people’s memories. If it’s not for his early […]

Poltergeist (1982), Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986), Poltergeist III (1988)

A couple of things prompted this particular 3 Picture review: First off, I was lucky enough to recently stumble upon a Blu-ray copy of the original 1982 classic (which looks the best I’ve ever seen, obviously). Secondly, the inevitable remake is currently gracing a handful of screens (to somewhat ‘meh’ reviews), so I wanted to […]

Jurassic World (2015)

Given the cinematic mile-stone that Steven Spielberg’s original 1993 masterpiece was, and the box office clout of the over-all series (yes, including the lame-ass 3rd one), another entry to The Jurassic Park Franchise was pretty much inevitable. I first heard rumblings about this one a couple years back and got a wee bit concerned, since […]

50 Shades of Grey (2015)

This sorry excuse for a ‘literary phenomenon’ would’ve made a perfectly acceptable porno, aimed squarely at the S+M crowd. But, as a ‘legit’ movie adaptation…it fails utterly. This probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise to just about anyone with an iota of taste, when it comes to movies, but still… Now, my own […]

San Andreas (2015)

Well, ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ and the awesome ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ have NO competition here. I went into this one with low expectations, and walked out surprised that it actually managed to fall below them. ‘San Andreas’ is pretty Not Good. My girlfriend and I decided, for a lazy Sunday afternoon, that we’d pop […]

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

I hate it when THIS happens: I hear about a film or I see a trailer and it looks awesome. Full of promise. There’s a long lead-up to the film’s release. The anticipation builds. The marketing campaign hits the gas. The film FINALLY releases…and it sucks. There’ve been a few of these (lookin at YOU […]

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Ladies and Gentlemen…the Summer Movie Season has arrived!! ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ is the first of the major ‘tent-pole’ flicks lined up for what SEEMS to promise a kick-ass Time at The Movies, over the next 3 months. This is a perfectly appropriate start for the deluge of cinematic treats heading our way. It’s also […]

The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

I love it when a sequel turns out to be a whole lot better than it needs to be. Many, many times, us Movie-Lovers have been bent over the creative barrel and screwed raw by the studio’s insatiable need to add even MORE of our earnings to their Scrooge McDuck-like oceans of cash. A hit […]

As Above, So Below (2014)

SO, it was a lazy pre-Statutory Holiday Thursday night in our household and we had just finished watching ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ (1990); an eerie psychological-horror flick that I HIGHLY recommend. My girlfriend enjoyed it (as best as I can tell), but wound up with an appetite for a more…straight forward…thriller. After sifting through our collection of […]

CHAPPiE (2015)

‘CHAPPiE’ is the 3rd major film from Johannesburg-born, Vancouver-based writer / director Neill Blompkamp…and there is no denying that this is one of his films. As most readers will know, Blompkamp came to prominence with his debut feature film ‘District 9’ (2009); an excellent examination / metaphor of South Africa’s horrible ‘apartheid’ era; substituting the […]