I’ll start off by saying I enjoyed the first installment by J.J. Abrams when I saw it in the theatre back in 2009, though I had some issues major issues with the film; Nero’s whole motivation and plan for a start, but I was still engaged enough by the actors and action that I found…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
First Blood: From Book to Screen
The story of Green Beret Vietnam veteran John Rambo started way back in 1972 with David Morrell’s successful novel titled First Blood, and then it took ten years for it to make its way to the big screen, but what is fascinating is that though the movie is almost structurally identical to the book, hitting almost…
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) – Review
Once again we visit the dark and rain-slick streets of Frank Miller’s Sin City and along for the ride is our old pal Robert Rodriguez, so “Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.”
The Company of Wolves (1984) – Review
Werewolf movies have never reached the popularity of vampire films – we probably have ten Dracula movies for every werewolf one – but for me the curse of lycanthropy has always been a more interesting idea than that of vampirism, as the werewolf is an intrinsically more tragic figure, not to mention that visually speaking…
Hercules (1997) – Review
Disney films heavily mined fairy tales throughout the history of the studio but it wasn’t until the late nineties that they tackled Greek mythology for a feature film – that one segment of Fantasia notwithstanding – and with some fantastic art design by Gerald Scarfe and great songs by Alan Menken and David Zippel we…