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Dec 30, 2019


After the commercial disappointment of his second feature film Singles, director Cameron Crowe couldn't help but notice how many fair weather friends were disappearing now that he was no longer the hot new kid in town. That realization lit the spark for what would become his next project - Jerry Maguire.

It took...


Dec 13, 2019


We were all just a little bit too old for this one when it came out, but we always receive so many requests for it this time of year. As you'll soon discover, we didn't even really choose this one... it chose us.

Topics include: the much darker version of this film peeking out around the edges, what our version of...


Nov 28, 2019

It's Thanksgiving here in the states and that means it's time for this year's cinematic turkey. And you'd be hard-pressed to find a film that's as overstuffed as 1995's Judge Dredd.

If you were a fan of the character from his appearances in the comic book 2000 A.D., this was a pretty big betrayal of that source...


Nov 15, 2019


To coincide with the release of the latest Terminator movie, we decided to go back to where it all began - James Cameron's 1984 classic The Terminator.

Given how elaborate and grandiose this franchise became, it's easy to forget just how lean and mean this original film is. It actually has more in common with...


Oct 31, 2019


Happy Halloween! Although David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of The Fly is more interested in exploring existential horrors, its central theme of transformation still made it feel like an appropriate pick for the holiday.

It's gory, it's gruesome, and Cronenberg's one-of-a-kind sensibilities are anchored by three...