From CGI family fun to iconic Hollywood classics, this week’s new releases offers up tons of entertainment options. Here’s what titles are available now! PAW Patrol: The Movie (2020) The furry first responders make their way to the big screen…
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Forbidden Planet: Planet of Solitude
In today’s guest post, Jim Brymer remembers the 1950s sci-fi favorite Forbidden Planet. Sometimes the prognosticators of the 50’s era science fiction books and movies were overly optimistic, sometimes they were astoundingly cautious. In the case of this movie, it…
Read more →Guest Review: “Creepshow”
In this guest review, Jim Brymer shares his thoughts on the 1982 horror anthology Creepshow Note: It is virtually impossible to do a review of this movie without revealing a lot of spoilers. If you prefer to watch the movie…
Read more →This Week’s Great New Releases Include “Hellboy” and “Missing Link”
It’s hot as, well, you know, out there right now. So it’s fitting that this week’s new releases kick off with the Hellboy reboot. But after you check that one out, you can cool off by watching everything from Warner…
Read more →Guest Review: The Reluctant Astronaut
“Boldly going where no coward has gone before!” Buck Fleming’s boy is an astronaut. He’s the pride of his father, mother, sweetheart, and the entire town of Sweetwater, Missouri. “A credit to his town, to the nation, and now the…
Read more →’70s Flashback: “The Poseidon Adventure” Is Anything But A Disaster
“There’s got to be a morning after. If we can hold on through the night…” Released in 1972, The Poseidon Adventure helped launch the disaster film genre that dominated the decade. It was a brilliant idea really, bring together an…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: The Poseidon Adventure
Because December 31st is crucial to its plot, The Poseidon Adventure was an obvious choice for our last Create-A-Caption of 2018. A New Year’s Eve party on a luxury ocean liner is literally turned upside-down when a tidal wave capsizes…
Read more →Movie Trailer of the Day: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Having already conquered sky spoofs with Airplane!, the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker team set their comedic sights on crime shows with their short-lived series Police Squad!. Although the show was cancelled prematurely, Leslie Nielsen‘s bumbling Frank Drebin wouldn’t be out of commission for…
Read more →Flashback Friday: “Airplane!” Flies Into Theaters
Released on July 2, 1980, Airplane! was a smart and sensationally silly comedy that was a joke-a-minute spoof of the sort of disaster films that dominated the box office at the end of the 1970s. It went on to become…
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