Ocean’s Twelve Is The Best of The Oceans Movies
Do you vaguely recall it being the worst? Sure, that’s what THEY want you to believe. Let me expand your mind…
Category Archives: Active Observation
Nightmare Alley: Book Vs. Movie
Come on in, and let’s watch the geek bite the head off this chicken…
Star Trek Beyond: Who Mourns For A Story?
A movie so stuffed with whiz-bang your whiz-banger will cease to whiz and bang.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – Dopey Movie, Perfectly Good TV Episode
The send-off of the original cast dreams it’s a movie, but belongs on TV.
Jaws 2 vs. Michael Myers vs. Jason vs. a Helicopter
Jaws 2 will keep you entertained for for a couple of hours, especially if you like sharks, sharks eating teen-agers, helicopters, and sharks attacking helicopters.
Ghostbusters 2016: Dull, Dumb, & Dispiriting
Cast whomever you like in this thing–women, men, moose, crustaceans, four neatly arranged piles of gravel–it’s still terrible.
The Evil Dead, Raimi’s Original Shovel To The Head
Watch you don’t get possessed, now.
Le Mans: All Action and No Story
If Steve McQueen racing around in a 1968 Ford Mustang in Bullit’s single chase scene is great, then a whole film built around McQueen, fast cars, and racing should be mind-blowingly awesome, right? Right?
When We Were Kings & The Greatest, In Which Muhammad Ali Plays Muhammad Ali
How great is Muhammad Ali? Let him tell you…
The Wraith: An ’80s Tale of Fluffy-Haired Revenge
Who is he? Where does he come from? And, most critically, how does he keep his hair so damned fluffy under his helmet?
The Sand Pebbles And Epic Muddleheadedness
An epic adventure of 1920s warfare you will be forgiven for sleeping through.
Roxy: The Movie & Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words
A Zappa concert and a Zappa documentary. Two movies worth your time and attention.
Neon Demon: The Eye of the Beholder
Is it truly beautiful or is its beauty manufactured?
In Which I Am Baffled By Zootopia
A feel-good cop-drama symposium on race relations? Sounds like a Disney movie.