Monthly Archives: August 2011
Retro Review: Remember the Titans
Super producer Jerry Bruckheimer teams with Walt Disney pictures for a true story about integration of African Americans into the white school system during the early seventies. Leading the way is a very proud high school football coach, Boone, (Denzel Washington) who just wants to set aside the recent problems and play some football. Standing [...]
Retro Review: The Perfect Score
Back in the 1980s, a certain movie writer and mogul revolutionized comedies for a whole new generation with movies like “Sixteen Candles”, “Weird Science”, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “National Lampoon’s Vacation”. His name was John Hughes and he became one of the most successful feature film comedy writers of all time. His films are [...]
Retro Review: Rambo (2008)
It had been twenty years since Stallone had tightened his bright red headband. But after the success of 2006′s “Rocky Balboa”, it really was a forgone conclusion that Stallone would want to bring redemption to his other landmark career character. “Rocky Balboa” made us all forget the tripe that was “Rocky V” and the ridiculous [...]
Retro Review: Rambo III
If “Rambo: First Blood Part 2″ was the equivalent to what “Rocky 3″ was to that series. Then “Rambo 3″ is this series “Rocky 4″. It’s loud, more proud and more bang for your buck. Rambo is once again tracked down by Trautman, this time hiding in a Buddhist monastery, and asked to take up [...]
Weird Wednesday: Rambo: Animated Series
Wait, what? I know right? But yes it did exist. After “Rambo: First Blood Part 2″ came out, the parental advisory board was cracking down on how many kills Rambo had made and how action films were corrupting our youth. Well in 1986 a softer neutered version of Rambo was introduced to America’s youth. Ruby-Spears, [...]
Retro Review: Rambo: First Blood Part 2
“Sir, do we get to win this time?” those are the words that Rambo tells Trautman after he finds him splitting rocks in prison. That one line speaks to the heart of the character and to all vets who bring their horrors home. “Rambo: First Blood Part 2″ picks up not long after the first [...]
Retro Review: First Blood
“First Blood” still stands up. It might be about Vietnam and the horrors of that war but at it’s core it is really about what happens to veterans when they return to their countries in peace time. Based on the novel “First Blood” by David Morrell, John Rambo is a Vietnam vet who isn’t sure [...]
Retro Review: Ray
Did we really know the whole legend of the late great Ray Charles? If director Taylor Hackford and screenwriter James L. White have anything to say, we really didn’t. “Proof of Life” director Taylor Hackford’s latest film “Ray” chronicles the trials, tribulations and life-altering moments of the late entertainer. Jamie Foxx plays Ray Charles who [...]
Hot Trailer: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Holy crap! Could this sequel actually do Ghost Rider properly??
