A fantastic cast, a truly horrible film, that only bares a passing resemblance to the classic novel by Alexander Dumas. And that’s unfortunate, because as I said, fantastic cast. Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans, Matthew Macfayden, Milla Jovovich, Orlando Bloom, Christoph Waltz, Mads Mikkelsen and Juno Temple star in this horrible retelling. It features lots of…
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Hellboy (2019) – Neil Marshall
The Hellboy reboot isn’t great. A sloppy narrative and really bad visual effects keep this one from being a really enjoyable take on the classic Mike Mignola character. That being said there are a couple of good things about it. If anyone was going to take over the role after Ron Perlman, I think David…
Kuffs (1992) – Bruce A. Evans
Kuffs was tailor-made for Christian Slater. Writer/director Bruce A. Evans alongside Raynold Gideon wrote the script with Slater in mind, and he plays the role perfectly in this action-comedy with constant fourth wall breaks. It’s like if Ferris Bueller became a cop. George Kuffs (Slater) is 21 and can’t figure his life out. He ditches…
Chaplin (1992) Richard Attenborough
As I return to DK Canada’s The Movie Book, the next film they highlight is the Chaplin classic, City Lights. That is a title I’d previously reviewed, and so I dove write into What Else to Watch, as I had already reviewed his key movies, and the first one on the list I hadn’t previously…
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) – Paul W.S. Anderson
The Sci-Fi Chronicles now brings me to the most recent installment of the film adaptation of the Capcom videogame, Resident Evil. This one, finds Alice (Milla Jovovich) in some strange territory after we see how the attack on the Arcadia played out… she wakes up in suburbia, and is surrounded by familiar faces like…
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) – Paul W.S. Anderson
These films keep coming, and it’s a good thing, that for the most part, I am willing to indulge them as a guilty pleasure. The Sci-Fi Chronicles brings me the third sequel in the Resident Evil Series that sees Alice (Milla Jovovich) trying to catch up with those she left after the events in…
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) – Russell Mulcahy
The Sci-Fi Chronicles continues to explore my guilty pleasure film series, by plunging me into the third film based upon the popular Capcom video game. Once again, this one picks up more or less where the previous one left off, as Alice (Milla Jovovich) travels on her own, having left the other Raccoon City survivors,…
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) – Alexander Witt
It’s time to check in with Alice (Milla Jovovich) as I continue my journey through the Resident Evil film franchise for the Sci-Fi Chronicles book. Picking up pretty much where the first one left off, this time Alice dives into the above ground horrors unleashed by Umbrella’s T-Virus as she tries to get out…
Resident Evil (2002) – Paul W.S. Anderson
The Sci-Fi Chronicles now plunges me into the most successful video game/film adaptation to date, based on Capcom’s Resident Evil series, the film brings the survival horror nature of the addictive and occasionally terrifying video games to the theatrical world. This entire series has been a guilty pleasure for me, and I was happy…
The Fifth Element (1997) – Luc Besson
The 101 Sci-Fi Movies brings a colorful, flamboyant and undeniably fun addition to the list with this fun ride, that features Bruce Willis as an unemployed cab driver who is trying to save the world. Set in the distant year of 2263, the thing I love most about this film is that its future…
The Mind Reels 