Set in the 1970s, Kong: Skull Island follows a team of soldiers, scientists, and explorers who join forces to determine whether a unique ecosystem exists on a remote, mysterious isle. Bill Randa (John…
The idea of moving a monster movie like King Kong into the 70s is inspired. It's 1973 and the Vietnam War is starting to wind down. A group of scientists, led by John Goodman, convince the government …
When my most-anticipated sci-fi re-imagined remake of the summer proved to be a dud (sorry, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, you kind of sucked), I understandably wasn't rushing to plunk down good mone…
I haven't had this much fun at the movies since Babel! No, really, now.... The Host is a silly horror movie which is so danged non-stop entertaining that I left the theater giggling, with a jaunty spr…
As my friend and I left the advance screening of Cloverfield, JJ Abrams' latest production (note: NOT direction), we suddenly found ourselves paced on the sidewalk by a wide-eyed fanboy. He looked at …
I don't understand the appeal of watching giant robots smashing things to bits. No, I take that back. I liked The Iron Giant, and Studio Ghibli does fantastic things with robots. Maybe I hate anything…
Directed by Nimród Antal (Kontroll, Vacancy), the film drops – literally – an eclectic band of “predatory” humans on the home planet of everyone’s favorite eviscerating aliens of years gone by. Faster…
In the film, young Victor Frankenstein is preparing for his school’s science fair when his pet pooch, Sparky, is accidentally hit by a car and killed. Despondent, and inspired by a lesson on electrici…
