When it comes to remakes the danger of incurring the wrath of fans of the original is ever-present and in the case of Irwin Allen’s The Poseidon Adventure, a beloved classic of the disaster genre, the danger was even greater, so director Wolfgang Petersen took the basic premise of “A ship hit by a rogue…
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) – Review
Up for some high adventuring fun, action-packed sequences and heroes you can really get behind? Then I suggest you go see The Lego Movie again and skip this mess.
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) – Review
Anime holds a special place in my heart as the number of possibilities is endless as are the stories in any world it can tell, and with this film, I believe Hayao Miyazaki has done just that. Immediately you are introduced into a world of incredible animation and wonder. With a female hatter showing her…
Dogs (1976) – Review
I’m not sure if director Burt Brinckerhoff was trying to rip-off Hitchcock’s The Birds or Speilberg’s Jaws, the only thing to be sure of is that he failed to deliver one single cohesive moment in his entire film…so in that way it is kind of a frightening movie. I’ll give him a little credit for…
Deep Impact (1998) – Review
In 1998 we were treated to two big disaster movies, both involving a comet heading for Earth, and while many people took great joy in poking fun at Michael Bay’s Armageddon, I’d be the first to agree that it was utterly stupid if fun film, but as dumb as it was it never took itself…