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As movie fans, we all have our guilty pleasures. Films we know are utter crap, and yet we still love them, even if admitting it means we will be laughed at, or have our taste and judgment questioned. For me, that film is Disney's 1979 fiasco, "The Black… Continue reading
It often seems like life is just too fast-paced for our own good anymore, and that everything has become a rat race. And it occurred to me that even the moviegoing experience has been tainted by this, to some extent. What got me started on this train of… Continue reading
Why do we need yet another remake of Frank Herbert's Dune? I realize remakes are all the rage in today's creatively bankrupt movie industry, but let's stop and consider a few things. First, this is a novel that already has been filmed twice. Both versions, I… Continue reading
George Lucas is a genius. He has managed to raise to the level of an art form the ability to package and repackage his movies with restored, added or enhanced features over and over, and we all keep on buying them and making him richer and richer. For years,… Continue reading
One of the more interesting – and promising – pieces of news I've seen in the past week indicates that Tim Burton is now attached as director to the proposed Dark Shadows movie, which Johnny Depp apparently acquired the rights to after creator Dan Curtis died… Continue reading
We've all had those little moments of grandeur where we sit and imagine the wonderful films we'd bring about if only WE got to call the shots in Hollywood. Here are some movie projects I'd love to see happen: – An adaptation of Frank Miller's "Batman: The… Continue reading
Though an entire new Terminator trilogy is far from a sure thing, given that it is not certain the fourth film will be a success or indeed even come to fruition, the fact that such an ambitious extension of the story has even been considered has to be in… Continue reading
So now that Indy 4 has arrived, and likely represents the last time we will see Harrison Ford in the role, the question we face is: who will be the next quintessential action hero? Because let's face it, Indy defined "action hero" for many moviegoers,… Continue reading
