Rescue Dawn Vietnam has long been a staple of anti-war filmmakers, as we’ve seen nearly every conceivable cinematic concept put to use, and once again in 2006 we get the (true) story of a downed pilot’s time in a POW camp, in a film so poorly paced it probably should be called “Endless Dawn”. Christian […]
Reservoir Dogs Quentin Tarantino’s major directorial debut in 1992 made an impact like few others in the history of cinema. Buoyed by a tremendous word of mouth buzz in The United States which made it a cult sensation, and an outright box office smash in England, where it’s credited with singlehandedly inspiring the British gangster […]
Resident Evil No doubt about it: Milla Jovovich has got the action heroine persona down cold. Gorgeous with her stunning green eyes, yet able to bring that physicality to the table while showing off her perfect legs. Unfortunately, this 2002 release directed by her future husband Paul W.S. Anderson (which kicked off a franchise of […]
Return Of The Fly Sequels and full fledged “franchising” of horror movies and the characters portrayed therein were nothing new during the golden age of the 1980s. In fact, going back as far as the 1930s, making quick and easy sequels to the horror films of that day were welcomed, preferred, and almost even exclusive […]
Return Of The Killer Tomatoes The all out slapstick, anything goes for a laugh style of movie comedy was invented and just about perfected by Mel Brooks and The ZAZ Gang with such comedy masterpieces as Blazing Saddles and Airplane!. The at least partial strategy for these types of films was to always have a […]
Return Of The Living Dead A Cult Masterpiece that, in terms of sheer outrageousness, very nearly tops anything that George Romero ever came up with, all while having the balls to actually use Romero’s original movie as a jumping off point, making several references to it in the dialogue (“It worked in the movie!” “You […]
Return Of The Pink Panther Sometimes a popular movie franchise can hit its peak at the most inopportune times for both an actor and director. The year was 1975. It had been over 10 years since A Shot In The Dark had come out and solidified Inspector Jacques Clouseau as a veritable legendary comedy character. […]
Revenge Of The Nerds Call it luck, call it what you will, but sometimes on the unlikeliest of projects everything comes together to produce a modern classic that never outlives its popularity. With it’s near seamless ensemble, crackerjack writing and gags (which grow mostly out of the characters and their development), and semi-cool soundtrack of […]
Revenge Of The Nerds 2: Nerds In Paradise In my humble opinion there is almost nothing more shameful than taking one of the Grand Masterpieces of Raunchy 80s Comedies and producing a sequel that winds up being rated PG-13. You’re basically neutering, cutting the balls off what made the original great, and coming up with […]