The Hollywood remake machine is still in full swing, and as we see more and more of these watered-down retreads one wonders if the studio execs will ever stop. Note: That was a totally rhetorical question, we all know they won’t. Remaking a popular film is all about “Brand Recognition” where good feelings toward a…
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief: Book vs Movie
It’s not easy adapting a novel to the screen, they are two very different mediums (yeah, news flash) and many elements of a book just can’t be translated well into movie form, but filmmakers will keep fighting to get it right and us the viewers are often caught in the crossfire. In the case of…
Superman Returns (2006) – Review
Almost twenty years stood between Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns and the last Superman movie, the laughable bad Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, so audiences were more than ready for a good theatrical Superman movie, and don’t get me wrong, what we got was a marketed improvement over that atrocity, unfortunately, it wasn’t without issues…
Filth (2013) – Review
Edinburgh police detective Bruce Robertson (James McAvoy – X-Men: Days of Future Past) is after the promotion of a lifetime. This sergeant is nothing short of a bad lieutenant; however his problems extend much farther from on-the-job. Based on the novel from Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), Bruce is a drug using, alcohol addicted sex fiend on…
Back to the Future (1985)
The 80’s, Huey Lewis, & Time travel, Oh My!