Planet Terror Considered by most to be the more over the top half of Grindhouse, Robert Rodriguez’s effort sadly still doesn’t live up to the more subtle and effective entry by Tarantino: Plot holes and lack of exposition clog up the film nearly from the beginning, starting with the confusing opening shootout at a military […]
Platoon Among movies about the Vietnam War, there are four that stand out in cinema history as being the absolute best, not just about Nam, but as war movies in general, since obviously THAT war made for the most dramatic, cinematic content, and given the glut of lame, boring, whiny, preachy, and overly political films […]
Pleasantville Taking its cue from the bland, boring whitebread sitcoms of the 50s such as Leave It To Beaver, Father Knows Best, and Ozzie And Harriet, the fictional sitcom within the movie basically has its formula subverted when two modern day teens (Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspon) find themselves magically transported into this world only […]
Point Break The best action movies are generally widely thought of as being total adrenaline (and testosterone) fueled thrill rides, where the head long rush of excitement is what really matters the most over good writing, story, and character development (even as the films that also includes those things almost always rises to the top […]
Popeye Robin Williams spent much of his career in television, movies and stand up comedy honing a performance style that came to define him as such: a manic, motormouth funnyman capable of throwing out ad libs quicker than some viewers’ minds could discern them, something that was most definitely at play in nearly every comedy […]
Porky’s Notable as being one of the most raunchy comedies not only of the 80s, but maybe ever, this is also significant for probably having the BLANDEST ensemble cast of young actors ever seen in any major production. It’s kinda amazing how NOT ONE of its stars ever had any kind of a career beyond […]
Porky’s 2: The Next Day The incredibly smart decision to allow Bob Clark to return to direct the sequel to his raunch classic is probably the best thing about this movie. The pace and the flow are nearly as good as the original, and the reference to Clark’s own Christmas Story (involving the “major award”) […]
Poseidon Adventure Disaster films that were so popular in the 1970s essentially were what they were, movies that featured epic scenes of wanton destruction while basing their stories on people trying to survive, but always with a big, all star ensemble of names who had all pretty much accepted the fact that winning an Oscar […]