Monster Squad Sometime around 1987, director Fred Dekker came up with the idea of copying The Goonies and its basic concept into an old-school Universal monster movie as opposed to an Indy Jones-type romp (and even brought in actress Mary Ellen Trainor, who had played the mom for the leaders of the Goonies, to play […]
Monty Python And The Holy Grail A film that routinely tops many polls of movie fans as being “the greatest comedy ever made”, there can be little doubt that it does represent the 6 members of the legendary British comedy group Monty Python at the absolute peak of their powers, coming off the heels of […]
Monty Python’s Life Of Brian There’s little doubt that the Monty Python troupe changed the face of comedy forever with their classic films and sketch shows. This release from 1979 is seemingly their big take on organized religion in general and Christianity (or their followers) in particular. The Pythons realized smartly that they couldn’t just […]
Meaning Of Life This film, the last full collaboration of the Immortal Monty Python comedy group, at times is slapdash with bits that don’t work, but at other times has moments of incredible brilliance. The premise is that the group is seeking the “Meaning Of Life” obviously, and attempt to do so with sketches that […]
Moonraker This Bond entry, the fourth outing in the series for Roger Moore, was obviously made at the time in 1979 to cash in on the recent success of Star Wars, Close Encounters, and The Star Trek Movie so that the franchise could lay claim to this being their “James Bond Outer Space Movie”. Long […]
More American Graffiti This belated sequel which managed to reunite all of the original film’s actors (except Dreyfuss) manages to entertain and infuriate at the same time. After showing everyone together in the beginning on New Year’s 1964, the film then breaks down following each of their stories on the same day in consecutive years […]
Mortal Kombat Some films just are what they are, which in this case is where the sum of its parts are greater than the whole. Paul W.S. Anderson’s adaptation of the legendary video game (which in itself was based on Robert Clouse’s Enter The Dragon) is his best work to date, despite the fact that […]
Motel Hell Landmark horror movies (when they come along) can shape and influence the entire genre itself for seemingly years after their release, with several films that come out afterwards being clearly inspired by and attempting to emulate the classic which started the whole cycle. What always comes into question is with the QUALITY of […]
Mother’s Day The backwoods / rural set horror movie was obviously perfected in 1974 with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The rape / revenge horror movie (as distasteful as it is) achieved major notice with 1972’s Last House On The Left and peaked with 1978’s I Spit On Your Grave. And as of the late 70s, […]
Moulin Rouge! If there was any genre in dire need of a major overhaul and reimagining, it was that of the movie musical. And it’s quite easy to see why: Most musicals (with the exception of those that would use rock music) were really tepid, boring, drawn out affairs, asking us to suspend our disbelief […]