I revisited “Jurassic Park” on the big screen a short time ago, not out of some critical obligation, but for a much different reason. My son just started his freshman year of college and he’s taking a film appreciation course. His first assignment was to write an essay on his favorite film. Interestingly he chose … Continue reading
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing James Wan’s terrifying supernatural horror film “Insidious” on 4K UHD for the first time in this killer new limited edition steelbook. Premiering in 2010, “Insidious” would gain a big following and spawned a sequel and two prequels. With the fifth film set to hit theaters this next month, Sony … Continue reading
It seemed like the once lucrative Transformers franchise had reached its end after 2017’s abysmal “The Last Knight”. It was the fifth film in the series and easily the most expensive. But it flopped at the box office, losing the studio over $100 million. Not long after director Michael Bay would step away and the … Continue reading
Earlier this year I remember first seeing “The Expendables 4” on the list of upcoming 2023 movies. I hadn’t heard anything about it before reading the list and have heard nothing about it since. But is until yesterday when Lionsgate dropped the first trailer for the next installment in the previously dormant all-star action franchise. … Continue reading
Director Richard Donner (“Superman”, “Lethal Weapon”) and screenwriter Chris Columbus (“Gremlins”) came together in the early 1980s to put to screen a story conceived by Steven Spielberg. It was a youthful adventure comedy called “The Goonies”. It finished among the top ten highest grossing movies of 1985 and over time became a popular cult classic. … Continue reading
The rollercoaster ride that is the Transformers franchise is truly mind-boggling. It’s a series of surprising highs and aggravating lows. It’s a series that can deliver exactly what you want from big popcorn entertainment in one film and then turn around and repeat their earlier mistakes in the very next movie. Take 2014’s “Age of … Continue reading
