Today, if you turn on Netflix or Cable television, you’ll most likely come across at least a half-dozen shows involving a variety of heroes travelling through time to fix history, including such shows as Timeless, The Librarians, and the Travelers, yet back in the 80s this was a relatively rare concept for television. Other than…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy’s Showdown (2017) – Review
The Scooby gang doesn’t spend a lot of time in America’s South West, preferring gothic settings or exotic locales to dusty prairies and ghost towns, but still, they are certainly no strangers when it comes to phantoms of the West. The gang tackled Miner Forty-Niner in the episode “Mine Your Own Business” from the original…
The Terminal Man (1974) – Review
Based on one of Michael Crichton’s “techno-thrillers,” The Terminal Man deals once again with men of science crossing the boundaries of the natural world and the dire consequences such actions eventually lead to. The basic premise of this film involves the use of computers and brain surgery to, if not heal damaged brains, at least…
Lego Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash (2017) – Review
I doubt kids today are all that familiar with the “Beach Party” movies starring 60s’ singing sensations Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, but Lego Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash is a clear tribute to those fun-loving goofy teen flicks of old; thus, more mature viewers may get an extra chuckle or two. Regardless, this second Scooby-Doo…
Birds of Prey (2020) – Review
We can all admit that the only real saving grace to 2016’s Suicide Squad was Margot Robbie’s performance as Harley Quinn, which seems to be the genesis of Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) as the star of this film is that irascible Harleen Quinzel as she flamboyantly bounces around…