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There sure were some crazy science fiction films in the 80s. One of these was Lifeforce, which featured England going up against alien zombie vampires. In the (then) near future of 1986 a mission to explore Halley’s Comet finds some sort of structure with, among other things, 3 humanoid bodies in some sort of…
There’s a sequence early on in Cohen & Tate that makes very little sense. A family under federal witness protection is on a farm somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Of course things are going to go poorly and the bad guys are coming. So, the phone line gets disconnected as the man under witness…
Shut up. I know I’m actually posting this on Sunday. Work with me. Friday was the last day of school. Crazy times. The whole last few days were nuts. Busy, nothing necessarily to show for it, but busy. Here’s Déla on the parallel bars on the playground. And here’s the best picture I could get…
Xavier, newly 3 years old, is mostly potty trained. He still wears a diapers during nap and overnight. So I wake him from nap this afternoon and I can already smell it. Opening up his diaper he put his hands over his eyes and exclaims “Ooh, gross! I don’t want to see it!” My reply?…
Set as a prequel to The Wizard Of Oz, Disney released Oz The Great And Powerful combining elements of the original beloved film as well as the literary work that inspired it as well as a few elements from the prequel novels Gregory Maguire. To that end Oz The Great And Powerful delivers. James…
Kramer was a great character on “Seinfeld”, the whacky neighbor, a star but not the lead, and the weight of the show didn’t depend on him. When he did become the center it was funny, but not nearly as funny as when he was in a supporting role, part of the ensemble. The same can…
I liked Atlantis: The Lost Empire when it was originally released in theaters back in 2001. I enjoyed the fact it was a “ripping adventure” in the style of perhaps Indiana Jones or 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. It made money, but was not the blockbuster the studio was hoping for. Critically it got mixed…
There is a lot to like about Lilo & Stitch. There’s a female lead that isn’t a princess. The story features a great representation of family and what it means. And Stitch is a great character with wonderful physical comedy. When it was released in theaters in 2002 it proved successful, a television series and…