Back in 1970, Universal Pictures released their star-studded disaster film Airport, a film based on Arthur Hailey’s popular novel that arguably kicked off the 70s’ disaster boom by pulling in $100 million dollars. Then, in 1972, good ol’ 20th Century Fox released their disaster epic The Poseidon Adventure, which amped the carnage up and earned…
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Big Top Scooby-Doo! (2012) – Review
Finding the Scooby gang mixed up with circus shenanigans was almost to be expected at this point; I doubt Mystery Incorporated could drive within a mile of a big top without being drawn into some sort of monstrous mystery, and with Big Top Scooby-Doo!, we not only get clowns and trapeze artists for our heroes…
Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire (2012) – Review
Music has been a key element to Scooby-Doo since the very beginning, from the nonsensical pop songs that highlighted the chase sequences of the original Scooby-Doo, Where are You!, to the appearance of the rock group Hex Girls in Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost, but now with Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire, we get the…
The Devil’s Rock (2011) – Review
What is the true face of evil? When one looks back across history, it’s clear that mankind has had some rather spotty moments; the Mongols under Genghis Khan were genocidal murderers, the Spanish Inquisition tortured and murdered in the name of God, and American colonists wiped out entire colonies of Native Americans — just to…
Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (2012) – Review
Continuity and the Scooby-Doo franchise has always been an “oil and water” sort of thing, with retconning and rebooting happening with almost every new incarnation, but in the case of Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon, two beloved characters were basically retconned out of existence.