The remake of “Poltergeist” gets us to the half way point of this season’s theme, “Not That One, This One”. It’s a truly amazing film in its ability to underwhelm audiences in all new and…
Tim Burton’s “Planet of the Apes” continues this season of remakes, reboots and re-imaginations as Mark Wahlberg battles Tim Roth for the affection of Helena Bonham Carter in the time traveling, semian, sci-fi caper from…
Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange and Rick Baker in a King Kong suit come together to create one of the most impressive cinematic experiences ever put to film. This movie is an over-the-top, bi-centennial filled, fuel…
We wrap up this season’s video game inspired season with “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li”, a movie that’s part sequel, part prequel and part reboot all at the same time. It may not be…
Adam Sandler and 80’s arcade nostalgia star in “Pixels” a movie inspired by an internet short film, with characters from a documentary and a plot from an animated sit-com. Hollywood originality at it’s best. Plus,…
This season of video game inspired movies takes to the skies with “Wing Commander” starring Freddie Prince Jr., Saffron Burrows and Matthew Lillard. This movie came out in early 1999 and set the bar as…
“The Angry Birds” movie takes us to the half way point of this season all inspired by video games. How does a game that’s essentially a digital version of a side show carnival scam become…
S7: Episode 2: House of the Dead: The Movie
- June 13, 2019
- Tagged as: Clint Howard, House of the Dead, Island Raves, Sega, Zombies
Uwe Boll helms the subject of this episode filled with zombies, island raves, rogue police officers, gratuitous nudity and Clint Howard. Like most of the movies on this show, it’s not very good. But neither…
S7: Episode 1: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
- June 7, 2019
- Tagged as: Angelina Jolie, Iain Glenn, Illuminati, Jon Voight, Killer Robots, Lara Croft
“Tomb Raider” kicks off six movies all inspired by video games. The movie stars Angelina Jolie and a cast of hey I didn’t know they were in this movie actors and actresses. If you’ve never…
This season’s theme “You Can Do It” wraps up with a super-sized episode based on the super-sexy film “Showgirls”. The only feature film to get a major theatrical release with an NC-17 rating. This movie…