Having watched all the Superman films, I decided to follow that up with a review of the “90s” Batman films. * This encapsulates Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin.
To kick things off, here’s my famous quick and dirty guide to the Batman films:
Batman: directed by the artsy Tim Burton, produced by […]
When I saw Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery in the theaters, I was extremely impressed. As I have mentioned before, I’m a big fan of 1960s sci-fi and adventure movies like Barbarella and Casino Royale with their big sets and peculiar point of view. It was clear to me that writer/star Mike […]
Hercules is an interesting entry in the Walt Disney Feature Animation canon. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker (previously of The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin) and with music by Alan Menken, it reunited much of the creative team behind two of the greatest films in Disney’s “Renaissance”. After […]
Viewed August 31, 2006
Tomorrow Never Dies is the second entry in the James Bond series to star Pierce Brosnan (and the third I’ve watched - I’m going backwards, remember?). Although the story and villain are quite weak for a Bond film, excellent performances from most of the major cast are able to elevate this […]
Viewed August 21, 2006
Kull the Conqueror is actually an adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Conqueror. But when filmmakers approached Arnold Schwarzenegger about reprising his starmaking role, he declined. So, rather than cast someone else as Conan (seen as untenable at the time), they changed the part to Howard original barbarian hero, […]
Viewed July 26, 2006
Wild Man Blues documents Woody Allen’s 1996 European tour playing with his New Orleans Jazz band. Done on a whim, Allen soon found himself the center of a media frenzy as excitement over his rare performances outside his native New York City brought much more attention to the “tour” than Allen […]
Viewed April 17, 2006
The Ripper is an interesting take on the Jack the Ripper story that follows on Inspector Jim Hansen (played by Patrick Bergin) as he tries to track down the killer, while being drawn to one of his potential victims, Florry (played by Gabrielle Anwar).
The focus is not on discovering who the killer […]