Gerard Butler’s limited acting range and burly physique make him ideal for action movies. To wit: “Olympus Has Fallen,” “London Has Fallen,” “…
You might think “Black Adam” is yet another comic book superhero movie from DC Comics, but you’d only partially be right. The antihero was fir…
Comic book fanboys are familiar with such super-pets as Krypto, Superboy’s dog. Or Streaky, Supergirl’s cat.
Elvis Aron Presley was known as the “King of Rock and Roll.” We loved his music, loved his movies, loved his insouciant smile and swiveling hi…
Having lived in Key West for over two decades, I have a special place in my cinematic affections for the movie “Top Gun.” Not that any of the …
Movies are kind of like alternate realities, a self-contained plane of existence coexisting with one’s own. Physicists and science fiction wri…
“Sonic the Hedgehog 2” has raced onto movie screens, so we decided to look at how well other movies based on video games have done. To assist …
Just finished adding a gaming room to my house. Along with four stand-alone arcade cabinets and a classic Intellivision setup, there’s an old …
Although the original “King Solomon’s Mines” predated it by 31 years, there’s still only one “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.” …
If you’re into world-shattering disaster movies, you probably know the name of Roland Emmerich. He’s the German director who gave us “Independ…
Okay, okay, I have to do it. As a former publisher of Marvel Comics, fanboys expect me to review Marvel’s new “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Besid…
Film Noir is “a style or genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace. The term was originally applied (b…
I love stories and movies that are based on childhood memories. Think: Truman Capote’s “The Thanksgiving Visitor” and “A Christmas Memory.” Or…
I used to belong to the Science Fiction book club in the ’60s. One of the selections was a novel by Frank Herbert titled “Dune.” I was gobsmac…
Recently I binge-watched old episodes of the ’60s TV show, “The Addams Family.” As the theme song said, “They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mys…
“Stillwater” is the title of the new Matt Damon crime drama about a father who tries to help his estranged daughter who is in prison in Marsei…
The word eye-candy comes to mind when we talk about visually stunning movies. But there’s often substance behind the dazzling imagery. We’ve p…
One of my favorite “robot” movies is “Ex Machina.” Now I’ve found another, “Archive.”
Millie Bobby Brown (you’ll remember her as Eleven in TV’s “Stranger Things”) plays the 16-year-old sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes, a he…
With movie houses closed down and social distancing in full force, what do movie lovers do? We turn to streaming videos on TV. My 65-inch 4K h…
We love to see the soft side of tough guys. Therefore it’s a successful formula for action heroes to star in movies where they are babysitting…
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They say there are no new ideas, and “The Hunt” proves the point. If you’ve ever seen “The Most Dangerous Game” on Turner Classic Movies” you’…
While we’re socially distancing ourselves because of the coronavirus, it’s a good time to watch some movies at home. Netflix and Amazon and th…
Yeah, yeah, I know Vin Diesel’s new superhero movie “Bloodshot” is based on a Valiant comic book of the same name. But for my money, as a form…
In “Bloodshot,” Vin Diesel is brought back from the dead to be a super soldier. This is called reanimation. It’s been a reoccurring theme in m…
Now you see ‘im, now you don’t. But it’s not what you see, it’s what you don’t.
Shirrel Rhoades is a film critic and former media executive. He previously served as executive vice president of Marvel Entertainment and has …
“The Way Back” is a film that Ben Affleck hopes will help him find the way back. His career has been going in drunken circles, pretty much lik…