Category: Ric Review

Deliverance Well, this is certainly a movie that was grossly overrated at the time of its original release (Best Picture nominee? Really??), but what it really is or ever was is a solid exploitation flick with an A-cast and crew. The opening scenes are promising, particularly the legendary “Dueling Banjos” bit between Ronny Cox and […]

Demolition Man While it’s not uncommon to see an action movie that has so many big explosions and wild fight scenes that it nearly verges on self parody, it IS rare to see that same type of movie in the genre that also incorporates a sly sense of social commentary as well, projecting where we […]

Demons A film that can quickly be summed up as “Evil Dead In A Movie Theater”, this Italian horror classic (filmed in Berlin) from 1985, directed by Lamberto Bava and produced by the legendary Dario Argento, manages to combine scares, gore, suspense, and atmosphere in a way not seen much in European cinema.  A mysterious […]

Demons 2 In making this quick sequel to his seminal Italian horror classic, Lamberto Bava makes a few missteps here, but still does enough to satisfy fans of the original.  Among the flaws is the film seems to take FOREVER to get going, taking place this time in an apartment complex rather than a movie […]

Departed Given that he (along with Francis Ford Coppola and his Godfather Trilogy) is probably best known as THE guy that came to shape and define the modern day gangster movie, it’s amazing to see how a guy like Martin Scorsese, a guy with such classics under his belt as Mean Streets, Goodfellas, and Casino, […]

Desperate Hours You know that you are in some DEEP shit when a movie that has as much talent on hand as this one and is supposed to be a taut, tense psychological thriller winds up making the viewer laugh more often than not at how bad it is and is not even competent on […]

Destroyer There might be no sadder story in the history of The NFL (or professional sports for that matter) than that of Lyle Alzado, the monstrously imposing defensive end for The Los Angeles Raiders who won a Super Bowl ring, earned countless accolades for his play on the field and most importantly, struck real, legitimate […]

Detroit Rock City The history of rock n roll was considered to be a glorious period for at least the first 30 years since the genre’s inception, spawning various subgenres and the bands who rocked out under each one in their own style, and no genre was probably more beloved than that of heavy metal […]

Devil’s Advocate It can be fairly easy to wonder at times if the super upper class (aka the “1%”) of the rich and powerful did so through the most insidious means, possibly selling their soul (maybe many times over) to achieve the wealth and privilege that it seems is off limits to most of us.  […]

Diamonds Are Forever With the departure of George Lazenby from the Bond films after one outing (depending on what source you listen to, he was either fired or quit), the producers offered Sean Connery an INSANE amount of money to come back and play Bond one more time before the advent of the Roger Moore […]