Better films in the “revenge cinema” genre rely on two key pillars. First, the protagonist must have a solid motivation for seeking vengeance—the clearer it is,...
Zootopia 2 is thus excellent fun and a perfect choice for a family screening. It’s a convention-savvy, brisk buddy-cop adventure.
Big Trouble in Little China exudes the eighties at every step.
In 1982, Stephen King published—under a pseudonym—a novel he wrote in a single week: The Running Man, the story of Ben Richards, a man living in...
Predator: Badlands is, in the end, a well-made sci-fi adventure popcorn flick—flawed, yes, but ultimately a lot of fun.
Since this franchise has already died and been resurrected twice, perhaps another Tron will eventually emerge.
The first part of “Tron,” although an unusual and visually original film, was not a box office success (though it also didn’t lose money). So no...
TRON was undeniably a pioneering work, which makes it all the more astonishing that it wasn’t nominated for an Academy Awards in any technical category.
I hope that the new Naked Gun will contribute to a renaissance of similar productions.
