TRON (1982)
In the 1980s, Disney has been in the course of trying to find its footing yet again for the prominence it once held in the world of animation. This included pulling in talent from...
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Titanic (1997)
For me, James Cameron’s Titanic has always been a tale of two halves. The first half — the setup — is schmaltzy and not particularly well written. The second — the disaster movie — is balls-out,...
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
One of Steve Martin’s (Sgt. Pepper, The Jerk) funniest films, and one which he would co-write. His third collaboration with writer-director Carl Reiner (The One and Only, Fatal Instinct), The Man with Two Brains casts Martin as renowned...
Wing Commander (1999)
No, the title doesn’t refer to the guy that takes the chicken wings out of the fryer at KFC, although if they can call a Subway employee a “Sandwich Artist” or a Starbucks employee...
The Island (1980)
You can lead Michael Caine (Dressed to Kill, The Italian Job) to water, but you can’t make him act. At least, if the films he’s done anywhere near it is any indication. You think he...
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
After lackluster box office returns for Star Trek V, questions abounded whether Paramount finished the film series for good. Retaining the core cast proved so expensive that continuing might be unsustainable if they couldn’t...
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek V marks Shatner’s debut as a feature film director, with his prior directorial experience, like Leonard Nimoy, coming from stage productions and TV episodes. Due to the “favored-nations” contract that stipulated that...
Waxwork (1988)
Waxwork is an interesting idea for a movie, poorly executed. In this tale, we have a group of college students who are invited to attend a special evening showing of the local wax museum, Waxwork,...
Time Bandits (1981)
A young boy (Warnock) jumps into a time hole with six dwarves who have stolen the Supreme Being’s (Richardson, Rollerball) map for time travel locations. They then proceed to go from age to age, including meeting...