Here we are! If you know me at all on a personal level, you know that the Hulk is my favorite fictional character of all-time (I like him better than most real people), so Thor: Ragnarok has been my most-anticipated movie of the entire year, without question. A combination of the comics' popular "Ragnarok" Thor story (or... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: December 17, 2003 Production budget: $94,000,000 Worldwide gross: $1,119,929,521 Might as well do this, right? I did a #ThrowbackThursday on The Fellowship of the Ring here and I did one on The Two Towers here, so let's finish off the trilogy with The Return of the King! As before, I'm looking at... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: December 18, 2002 Production budget: $94,000,000 Worldwide gross: $926,047,111 My #ThrowbackThursday journey to Mount Doom continues with The Two Towers. I did a #ThrowbackThursday column on The Fellowship of the Ring, a while back (right here, if you missed it) and now it's time to take a look at the next chapter. ... Continue Reading →
Here's a secret: I've never been crazy about Disney's original Pete's Dragon. Really, it was only because of Mickey Rooney's hammy performance. Even as a kid, I thought he was pretty awful in that movie. I hated his performance so much that I couldn't enjoy the rest of the film. So, finally, I have myself a Mickey-Rooney-free... Continue Reading →
I've never considered myself a Trekkie. I watched some of the original Star Trek series in syndication as a kid (I'm not old enough to have watched it as it originally aired. It feels so nice to say that.) but it never hooked me. I did enjoy J.J. Abrams's 2009 Star Trek, however, and -... Continue Reading →
The Movie March! 