The Mighty Ducks (1992)
Ben Dover An Ice-Cold Reminder of the ’90s, Where Convicted Drunk Drivers Get to Mold Our Youth… or… How a Quack Echoed Across the Ice? In the age of endless remakes and…
The Butterfly Effect 3: The third time is absolutely not the charm
Another Day, Another Dimension This week, we’re dragged back into the mind-bending, rule-breaking world of time travel with The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations. No, it’s not a good sign when…
The Butterfly Effect 2: Some Sequels do NOT need to be made
Oh, for crying out loud. Another direct-to-video sequel. Do these Hollywood muckety-mucks think we were born yesterday? They take a moderately clever, mildly successful flick from a couple of years…
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
You’d think Hollywood would run out of ways to mess with time, but here we are again with The Butterfly Effect, a so-called “science fiction thriller” starring Ashton Kutcher. Yes,…
Death of a Unicorn – NOT your daughter’s Unicorn’s
This week, Hollywood serves up another “eat-the-rich” horror-comedy—because we haven’t seen enough of those lately—with Death of a Unicorn. It’s a tale as old as time: a working stiff trying…
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Return of the King: More Walking, More Crying, More of Everything Just when you thought it was safe to go home, as if the first one wasn’t long enough,…
The Big Bounce (2004) – Even Oscar winners need vacation money
If you’re looking for a film with a plot so simple a cocker spaniel could follow it, then move along, because The Big Bounce is here to make you feel…
Thunderbolts* – Marvel’s “B” Squad with Daddy Issues
In the latest installment from the cinematic juggernaut that is the Marvel machine, prepare to witness a government agency’s pathetic attempt to put a superhero team together from the cinematic…
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Extended Edition
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is the second installment in Peter Jackson’s critically acclaimed film trilogy, based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy novel. Released in 2002, the…
Clockstoppers (2002) – Spy Kids… if it Sucked
Preview This week, Hollywood’s youth-centric agenda continues its relentless march with Clockstoppers, a film that promises to freeze time. If you’re a parent desperate for two hours of quiet while…