Retro Review: White Christmas (1954). Perhaps the most famous Christmas musical, White Christmas is a better movie than it is a musical. Musicals are back in fashion in Hollywood recently, with La La Land proving …
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Retro Review: Battlestar Galactica (1978). This grand space odyssey roars out of the gate but malfunctions in the second act and has to limp home on impulse power. Star Wars was not the only sweeping …
Retro Review Triple Feature: Murder on the Orient Express. Before we tackle Kenneth Branagh’s new film, we did a marathon viewing of three versions of Agatha Christie’s most famous murder mystery. Despite being physically surrounded …
Retro Review: Rankin/Bass Mad Monster Party. We return to the wonders of Animagic to see if Rankin and Bass’ Halloween offering can rival their Christmas classics. Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr.’s stop motion specials …
Retro Review: The SAW Franchise. After nearly a decade, Jigsaw is back. We go back to the original films to talk about the good, bad, and deadly of the SAW series. The SAW movies are …
Retro Review: Bionicle – Mask of Light (2003). Before The LEGO Movie and Ninjago, there was Bionicle The Movie: Mask of Light. While a bit dated, it’s actually a decent kids flick. I don’t apologize …
Retro Review: Steamboy (2004). Steamboy is a sumptuous steam-punk adventure from the creative mind behind Akira. Although it failed to entrance me with its story, this weekend’s animated feature Leap! had a visual style that …
Retro Review: The Limey (1999). The Limey is a gripping crime thriller about loss and revenge told out of sequence. Director Steven Soderbergh is famous for the slick Ocean’s Eleven heist series and returns to …
Retro Review: Elevator to the Gallows (1958) To honor French cinema icon Jeanne Moreau’s passing, we look at her ground-breaking crime thriller, Elevator to the Gallows. July was a tough month for fans of classic …
Retro Review: Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978). We take a another look at the short-lived Spider-Man craze of the 70’s with his second TV movie. I had so much fun watching Spider-Man 1977 that I had …
Retro Review: Spider-Man (1977) Marvel’s wall crawling hero, Spider-Man, got his first live action feature as a low-tech but fun TV movie. As we prepare for the latest incarnation of Peter Parker/Spider-Man with Marvel’s much …
Retro Review Triple Play: Alien Trilogy. We review the Alien Trilogy before seeing Covenant. Also, nobody mentions Alien Ressurection. This week director Ridley Scott returns to the franchise he created with 1979’s masterful space horror, …