When I saw the preview for this science-fiction/fantasy/action/comedy I thought it was the worst preview I had witnessed in recent years.  It looked absolutely terrible and I avoided seeing Borderlands during its two-week run in my area.  Now I’ve streamed the […]

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Some actors have careers that have some genuine high spots but in between those high spots sort of settle into certain patterns.  Like Liam Neeson before him, Gerard Butler is one of those guys who, in between the highs of 300 […]

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This is another film about which I knew nothing beforehand (I really am out of touch these days).  Sometimes, as in this case, that turns out to be an advantage, so the story can be told without any of my […]

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Unlike Armageddon Time (which I just reviewed) which does not actually have anything to do with Armageddon, Homestead does.  And its view of how it may come about is altogether convincing, if perhaps a little soft.  The first few minutes of the […]

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There is a feeling, a belief perhaps, that stories which are firmly based upon personal experience are more effective (better) than those which are wholly imaginary because the personal stories are founded in truth, in actual history.  Normally I subscribe […]

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On the other side of the dramatic scale from cautionary horror is inspiring animal drama, another convention that dates back at least a century.  The bond that can take hold and become so powerful between people and their favored animals […]

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In the spirit of classic science fiction such as Jurassic Park and Westworld, the suspenseful melodrama M3GAN is a cautionary tale about moving too quickly to embrace scientific progress without being able to control its inevitable permutations.  Michael Crichton would have loved this […]

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