It’s tough to find a good horror movie these days, one that gets under your skin and unnerves you, makes you anxious to look in dark corners, makes you wonder about that strange sound you don’t recognize in your home. And who doesn’t love a good story of the supernatural to share around that…
Month: July 2014
Traielr Tracks: The Hunt For Red October (1990) – John McTiernan
To pair up with my look at Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit today, I thought it would be nice to go back and have a look at the original trailer for the first film in the series, the still amazingly brilliant techno-thriller, The Hunt For Red October. Starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill, Scott…
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) – Kenneth Branagh
To round out the remake/reboots I’ve been watching this week I thought I’d take a look at the latest Jack Ryan film. Based on the characters (not any of the books) created by Tom Clancy, Chris Pine steps into the shoes previously filled by Ben Affleck, Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin. What starts out fairly decently,…
Trailer Tracks: Field Of Dreams – Phil Alden Robinson
Still another entry on my Top 10 of All Time list is Field Of Dreams. I saw this in the theatre almost by accident. Wasn’t sure what to see that night, and someone came out of an earlier screening and told me to go see that one, so in we went. From the opening…
Doctor Who (William Hartnell) – The Celestial Toymaker
Michael Gough menaces the Doctor (Hartnell) in this week’s story! Written by Brian Hayles and airing in 4 parts, The Celestial Toyroom, The Hall of Dolls, The Dancing Floor, and the Final Test, from 2 April to 23 April, 1966, this story was originally planned to be Hartnell’s exit as the Doctor. The TARDIS…
Trailer Tracks: Fried Green Tomatoes – Jon Avnet
Yet another entry from my Top 10 Films of All Time list is this wonderful film, based on the novel by Fannie Flagg, which spans generations to tell the story of the Whistle Stop Café and how events of the past can shape the lives of the future. A lonely, unhappy housewife Evelyn Couch (Kathy…
RoboCop (2014) – Jose Padiha
The other remake I watched this week, after the Evil Dead debacle, was the new Robocop. Lacking the over-the-top violence and comic book nature, not to mention the skewering social commentary of the original, there’s not a lot to redeem this film. And I feel sorry for viewers who come to this one first…
Trailer Tracks: Short Circuit – John Badham
A good fish-out-of-water story is always fun, but even more so when it’s a robot or an alien or anything else trying to learn how to be human. It pokes fun at us without malice, and allows us to see how silly we are as a species – through the eyes of non-humans, at…
Airwolf (1984) – Proof Through the Night & One Way Express
Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) and Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine) fly into more trouble this week. The first episode up, Proof Through The Night, aired 11 February, 1984 and was written by Clyde Ware. Deborah Pratt’s recurring character, Marella is back, and we learn Archangel’s (Alex Cord) actual name, Michael Coldsmith-Briggs III. When a deep-cover…
Trailer Tracks: Space Camp – Henry Winer
Now this – THIS movie is what my dreams were made of! I wanted to go to space – at least to Space Camp – so that I could learn all I needed to know about becoming an astronaut. The effects were actually pretty good for the time, and don’t look completely ridiculous today. …
The Mind Reels 