Category: Rics Reviews

TRON A groundbreaking film at the time of its release in 1982 that would be the first big advancement in computer animation en route to the advent of CGI, nonetheless it is perplexing, holding up well today in some ways and in other ways not so much. The ideas in the story must have surely […]

TRON: Legacy The original TRON was quite the cinematic anomaly when released back in 1982, what with its then state of the art computerized FX setting it apart from almost everything else back then (along with Jeff Bridges in his leading man movie star prime), which led many to misunderstand and underrate it in its […]

Tropic Thunder: Director’s Cut Ben Stiller’s return to the director’s chair has resulted in a comedy of epic proportions, successfully spoofing both war movies and the massive Hollywood egos that make them. The fact that he combines the visceral experience of war with belly-laughs is a good example of his skill here. Admittedly the film […]

Troy: Director’s Cut It’s been a long time since the heyday of the truly epic movie, films that spanned the length of being over 3 (or 4) hours in length and featured a multitude of big name actors playing a wide variety of characters. Films such as Gone With The Wind, Cleopatra, and Lawrence Of […]

True Grit (Original) A Respect Oscar in many ways is both a good and a bad thing: It recognizes an actor who’s never won and probably will never get another shot at it for an amazing body of work, yet it’s usually for a performance that may not necessarily be his best. Thus is the […]

True Romance It is hard to pinpoint just what exactly is the greatest ensemble cast piece of all time, as several would point out films such as It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, The Longest Day, or even Pulp Fiction. The winner, in this reviewer’s humble opinion, would have to be this 1993 underrated […]

Truman Show Before Jim Carrey in recent months wound up committing what can best be construed as career suicide, it’s easy to forget that (in the 90s at least) he had one heck of a career going, mostly in comedies, with one classic after another. This release in 1998 saw him make a stab at […]

12 Angry Men With all the controversy over the acquittals in a number of high profile trials recently, it’s easy to forget that the burden rests on the prosecution in order to prove guilt BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT, and the reason certain people got off was more due to incompetence on the prosecutor’s part than […]

Twelve Monkeys Movies with multiple layers of meaning can be extremely hard to pull off historically, especially when you take into consideration the tolerance level of most viewers along with their attention spans, leading most to agree that it’s a rather futile effort. Keep it simple and one dimensional, and you’ve got yourself a winner, […]

28 Days Later Zombie films, despite being popular staples with amateur low-budget (and low-talent) filmmakers, are always a Catch-22 subgenre of horror since George Romero essentially said everything there is to say with his Living Dead films, but occasionally a fresh idea or two pops to the surface. Here, Danny Boyle makes his contagion a […]