It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a good, serious, monster movie. Peter Jackson’s remake of King Kong was pretty good, but it was still King Kong. I never got into Eight-Legged Freaks, or the new Godzilla. I just constantly felt like I’d been there and done that.
So when I learned J.J. Abrams new [...]
Oh where do we begin? Black Sheep is a movie about genetic experiments, environmental do-gooders, feuding brothers and, of course, killer sheep.
Yes, you read that right. Killer sheep.
A horror/comedy film, Black Sheep does for “mutant animal” movies what Tremors did for “giant monster” movies. Ostensibly the story of a brother who returns to the family [...]
What do you get when you combine a centuries-old fairy tale, a lot of pop culture references and a $15 million dollar budget? A very poor copy of the Shrek films.
Hoodwinked is a re-telling of “Little Red Riding Hood.” Re-framed, the story is one of a police investigation into the events that occurred at Grandma’s [...]
I have always loved history. When I was in college, I concentrated on medieval history more than any other topic, even World War II. So when I first saw the trailer for Kingdom of Heaven, I was pretty excited. Ridley Scott, who had done such a wonderful job on Gladiator was going to do a [...]
First of all, it’s a remake. Let’s get that out of the way. George Romero’s classic movie, which created the entire “killer zombie” genre of films has been updated for the 21st-century world. If you’re not into remakes, you will not like this film. However, if you can realize Romero’s film is twenty-six years old [...]
