Category: Rics Reviews

The Fly (Remake) Horror movies were going through a weird state of required ultra cheesiness during the decade of the 1950s, as every film of that genre was really intended to be a “monster movie” of some sort, usually of the truly non scary variety, where the main selling point would be based around the […]

Fly 2 Most sequels to classic films almost always know in general that they have a tough act to follow which in the end usually comes down to the exact execution of said sequel in terms of its quality. Case in point is this 1989 release which tasked itself as being an all purpose follow […]

Flyboys While watching this flick about the world’s first fighter pilots in World War I, this viewer found himself thinking that this is a classic case of a film being grossly OVERproduced: Everything is too cleaned up and neat, the cinematography tries to be a work of art on every shot, and the lighting is […]

The Fog A film that could be considered one of the few missteps in the legendary and storied career of John Carpenter, it’s nonetheless worth a watch for those who had their brains fried by the needless remake of recent years. This viewer knew he was in trouble early here, with John Houseman’s showy cameo […]

For A Few Dollars More The second installment in the legendary Man With No Name Trilogy from 1965 is one that quickly redeems the flaws of the first film, A Fistful Of Dollars, where Clint Eastwood in his iconic role was set adrift in a sea of cardboard characters and a recycled story. For this […]

For Your Eyes Only By the time we get to this entry in the series, it is clear that Roger Moore is finally starting to show his age. Yes, his fifth go around in the part is not a bad movie, but Father Time is starting to clearly catch up with Sir Roger here, even […]

Forbidden World The realm of B movies has always been ripe for ripoffs of more successful cinematic items that have come before and no producer was more prolific in the making of low budget oddities than the legendary Roger Corman. In 1982, he produced one of his more famous efforts, a mash up sci fi […]

Forrest Gump It’s amazing how sometimes a movie can mean different things at different times in a person’s life, that from being a cynical representation of success in this world and in this country, to being an uplifting, life affirming paeon of how being true to yourself and what you believe in can change your […]

Fortune In the mid 1970s, no two actors were more popular or better known than Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty. Nicholson was one of the most entertaining performers to ever step in front of a camera and was prolific on top of that with three Oscar wins and a cornucopia of undisputed classics on his […]

48 Hrs The Buddy Movie is one that follows the rules of a certain formula and sticks to it, usually featuring two major stars teamed together to solve the case, get the money, etc, all while exchanging snappy repartee and one liners with each other as any sense of a major female lead is nearly […]