"A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree." - Helen Keller Few franchises get the kind of leeway like the Alien and Predator franchises. Most potentially burgeoning franchises are lucky to get one shot, maybe two if the first is well-received. However in Hollywood, although it may be unfair to put profit before art, it is a business and the studio execs expect a return on their investments. Even if a movie gets stellar

Few things in cinema are as iconic as a James Bond opening sequence. The silhouettes, the guns, the martinis, and, of course, the music. From Shirley Bassey’s booming vocals to Billie Eilish’s haunting whispers, the Bond themes have defined not just the films, but the eras they came from. It's also of note here, I'm not in anyway, shape, or form ranking the movies. This ranking only focuses on the songs without consideration of which movies.

"Get away from her, you bitch!" - Ellen Ripley (Aliens, 1986) There are male dominated horror films and there are female. Like it or not, the man is expected to be the hero. Unfair? Yeah but it is what it is. But the Final Girl is a fantastic horror trope that subverts expectations creating an unexpected twist on what characters may initially be perceived as damsels in distress. Well these eleven damsels have had enough and will stand ten toes down against their most daunting

“Beware; for I am fearless and therefore powerful.”   - Mary Shelley Some filmmakers are born for certain projects. David Fincher and Zodiac are peanut butter and jelly. Tim Burton and Beetlejuice is Coca-Cola on ice. Guillermo del Toro and Frankenstein is apple pie and ice cream. (This is making me hungry.) The very themes of Frankenstei n, despite being written in 1816 by Mary Shelley, are themes del Toro has explored many times before. Man & monster, life & death, immo

“People find it difficult to let go of their pain. They prefer familiar suffering because they fear the unknown.”   - Thich Nhat Hanh If there was ever a movie I never imagined a sequel for, it would be The Black Phone . The first ties everything up perfectly with anything left unsaid left not so much for interpretation but something more like hoping for the best. You hope their father either learned his lesson or Finney grew up enough to set him straight one day. You hope th

“He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.”...

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.”   - Albert Einstein In 1982 Tron premiered. When it...

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” - John F. Kennedy Talent is attainable no matter...

From Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps to DC’s new Superman, plus updates on Thunderbolts, Captain America: Brave New World, the reboot of The Naked Gun, and even Freaky Friday 2, we cover it all.

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“It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.” – J.R.R. Tolkien Isolation thrillers are limited by the...

“I've always taken 'The Wizard of Oz' very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I've spent my entire life...

“Don’t fear the enemy that attacks you but the fake friend that hugs you.”  - Obameso Sunkanmi We are in a new era of the “one-man army”...

Then The Royal Tenenbaums came along and I was in. Hook. Line. Sinker.

“Like a blind man at an orgy, I was going to have to feel my way through.”   - Frank Drebin Some people are just born to do what they do....

“The important thing is that we stick together!”   - Buzz Lightyear I think what worked so well with the Infinity Saga is a more linear...

Jimmy Loves Everything – Paul Thomas Anderson Edition

In this Nerd Alert segment, James shares his heartfelt review of the brand new Superman movie and dives deep into what the Man of Steel truly represents.

There are action movies and then there are action movies that feel like they were custom-built in a lab to maximize your serotonin levels.

“Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.”   - Benjamin Franklin An odd experience when getting older, something I think I am...