Both versions of “True Grit” are now on Netflix. The classic version with John Wayne, and the new one with Jeff Bridges. After reviewing them both carefully and considering everything… I’ve come to the conclusion that new version is indeed the better movie. Better casting, acting, directing, and it’s more realistic. John Wayne plays a …
In No Order: Everything Directed by Michael Mann. Everything. Big Trouble In Little China Serenity Mad Max On Any Given Sunday The Fifth Element Sin City Tremors Tom Horn Last Man Standing Outlaw Josey Wales Replacement Killers Dr. Strangelove Le Mans Hell Boy
I’ve posted about favorite car movies and chase scenes… But I’ve never brought up this one. Now, I am not a huge fan of George Looney Clooney, but he does a great job in this film ”The Peacemaker”. In this scene, we have a car chase up to the point that Clooney says “Screw This” …
Sunshine. Alien/Aliens. Event Horizon. Pitch Black. The Matrix. Dune. Blade Runner. Serenity. Cowboy Bebop. These are my favorite SciFi flix, all for the same reasons. They all have something in common. They each create a new universe… Some, like Sunshine, do it in a very subtle manner… Others like Dune, do it overtly and hit …
I watched an interesting movie about a Roman Centurion who takes it upon himself to recover the Eagle totem of the lost 9th Legion. I thought it was very well done and was quite interesting. To a point. The film makers did a great job on the Romans. They took all sorts of time creating …
We all know that Hollywood has a thing for “Remakes”. It’s a money making formula for them. The biggest excuses for doing a Remake, is that the original film was “Dated”. And in some cases, maybe they have some point. For example, Clash of the Titans was certainly dated, but in doing the Remake, they …
For those who are fans of the movie, “The Thing”… either Classic or Carpenter… then delight in this little short story. It’s The Thing from the perspective of the Thing, and it’s a brilliant piece of creative writing. Thanks go to Terry on WTA for posting this up. It’s great stuff.
On Facebook, a “Friend” (who I don’t know from Adam) posted a link to a story about Tom Selleck. The story’s headline is misleading. Read the article and see if you come to the same conclusion that I did. Tom reacted right. He called the guy out on his poor gun safety. Some clown …
Battle LA: I enjoyed it a lot… I thought it was very well done. It felt like you were watching someone play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, but it was fun. It even had the short vehicle stage. Overall it was a great recruiting effort for the US Marines. Which is a good thing, so …
I love horror movies… But lately I’ve found no good scary movies at all. “Devil”? No. Come on, the Devil is really in an elevator? Stupid story to begin with, but at least that one had… Okay, I don’t know what that one had… Paranormal Activity… started out good… had potential.. then the ending totally …