There comes a moment in every work of fiction, sometimes non-fiction as well, that wears the label “the moment of truth.” It’s the moment when the heroes find out what their struggle is for or against, and what the reality around them has been from the outset. In works that involve the...

Films that fall into the “Comfort Food” category get a bum rap, I feel. Almost everywhere a person turns to on social media with respect to films, they’ll find a raging discussion over the merits of the Marvel franchise versus Scorsese’s films, and the discussion couldn’t be further from...

The year was 1989 and as Hollywood waved farewell to Indiana Jones as he embarked on his “Last Crusade,” there was a worry in the air about the next great film franchise. At some point earlier, a whisper floated across the grapevine that James Cameron, hot off the success of “The Terminator” and...

The year was 1989 and as Hollywood waved farewell to Indiana Jones as he embarked on his “Last Crusade,” there was a worry in the air about the next great film franchise. At some point earlier, a whisper floated across the grapevine that James Cameron, hot off the success of “The Terminator” and...

The year was 1989 and as Hollywood waved farewell to Indiana Jones as he embarked on his “Last Crusade” and waved hello to the beginning of a new decade, there was a worry in the air about the next great film franchise. At some point, a whisper floated across the grapevine that James Cameron...

Almost as soon as it hit HBO Max, I watched “Godzilla vs. Kong” for a couple of reasons. The first is that I’m a Godzilla fanatic – have been since I was a kid – and any new film starring the big green guy tops my Must See list. The second is that I wanted to pre-screen it for my youngest (8)...

It always puzzles me when a particular genre film becomes a sensation, whether deserved or not, while another better option opens in the same time period only to fall into the abyss of obscurity. Two 2013 releases typify this and the better known one is, as stated, the lesser of the two...

“There are countless tiers to every subset of films, and those loosely classified as “genre films” are no different. You have ones where every nickel of a multi-million dollar budget is on screen despite the screenplay trafficking in noted cliches, the production is well acted, has amazing...

Tentpoles are the lifeblood of Hollywood, and that’s a damn shame. The amount of money Disney and other studios hurl at the screen for their event pictures is mind boggling. But to what end? Even before the events of 2020 shut down movie theaters, the overall direction of cinema was in...