I’ve always begrudgingly respected movies about people dying in famous disasters. I say “begrudgingly” because the respect is almost exclusively for the technical aspects. Of course, the wonders of cinema have allowed famous events like the Titanic disaster to be possible to be translated to film (by the way, I’m sure the closest we’ll get…
Category: Reviews
Battlestar Galactica: Experiment in Terra – Review
The “Beings of Light” from the episode War of the Gods are back, and they continue to be intergalactic busybodies with their lame apparent “non-interference” methods. Originally this was supposed to be another Starbuck centered episode, but Richard Hatch pointed out that too many episodes had been focusing on fan favorite Starbuck, so the producers just…
Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969-1971) – Review
As iconic characters go Scooby Doo stands up at the top alongside the likes of Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny, you’d have to travel pretty far off the beaten track to find someone who hasn’t heard of the world’s most famous crime-solving dog. By now three generations of children have grown up following the adventures…
Doctor Who: Season 9 – “The Magician’s Apprentice”
Welcome back, Doctor. We’ve missed you.
Tarzan and His Mate (1934) – Review
With the success of Tarzan the Ape Man both MGM and Edgar Rice Burroughs were keen for a sequel, and with the crazy amount of money that RKO took in with King Kong the previous year it should be no surprise that they decided to pour even more money into a sequel to their own…