There’s Something About Mary Before movie comedy dropped off the precifice in the 21st century, there was one film left to be made that redefined the term “instant classic” before even its own makers drudged into a series of mostly unfunny dreck. Bobby and Peter Farrelly had already established a style that combined gross out […]
The Thing (1982) The distinctly underrated and undeniable genius of one John Carpenter is such that it’s amazing that mainstream Hollywood has seemingly chosen to turn their collective backs on the man in recent years, because despite the fact that he was a known maverick back in his day, it still doesn’t change the fact […]
Things Are Tough All Over Widely considered by diehard fans to be the “worst” of the classic Cheech And Chong comedies, this marked an interesting clash in philosophies between the duo, as Cheech wanted to prove that they could be funny without the excessive drug humor, whilst Chong felt that they should stick with what […]
13 Going On 30 Sometimes, when it comes to the art of making romantic comedies, or “chick flicks”, the number one ingredient that can bring it all together is charm. Perfect casting helps too, in this reverse-gender version of Big, as Jennifer Garner who, despite her ultra-serious trademark roles in Alias and Electra, comes off […]
Thirteenth Floor In 1999, a little movie came out called The Matrix that many say changed the face of science fiction AND action movies forever. It certainly tapped into the technological aspects of the era in which it was made, showing us a reality where computer simulations were now so realistic that it was impossible […]
Thor This particular entry in the Marvel Movies Sweepstakes thankfully strives to be less like the awful Captain America movie and more at times like the Iron Man series. Some adjectives that can be used to describe it include corny, cheesy, goofy, occasionally stupid, and also pretty damn entertaining as well, possibly intended to leave […]
3 Days To Kill Hollywood’s onscreen portrayal of the notorious Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has changed quite a bit in the last 20 to 30 years. Whereas back then any movie character who was even remotely connected with The Agency was readily shown to be a bad guy and The Agency itself was always portrayed […]
300 Of all the military campaigns in history, none may be more extraordinary than in 480 BC, when a small Spartan army of approximately 300 stood alone to defend their land against the massive invading forces of The Persians, eventually going down in battle but not before slaughtering untold thousands of The Persian ranks, decimating […]