I was very fortunate in 2013 to attend a screening of Pain & Gain. As happy as I was to be in the theatre, I’m sure the people who invited me, regretted their decision. This film is 2:09 long, and I probably the entire time laughing until I cried. Even seven years later, I have … More Pain & Gain (2013)
Last summer (2019), I watched Pumping Iron for the first time. I was in the middle of a workout program as I prepared for my wedding that August. I will be the first to admit I have never been a huge gym rat, and eating healthy was always my second option at the table. I … More Pumping Iron (1977)
I pointed out in my review of Pumping Iron, bodybuilding has never been a particular interest of mine. However, a recent interest in becoming a personal trainer has made me do some research into the world of bodybuilding. While browsing Netflix for videos about the subject, I came across Ronnie Coleman: The King. I can’t … More Ronnie Coleman: The King (2018)
Tim Burton brought the legend of Batman to the big screen with his vision of the comic book hero in the 1989 movie. Long before Christopher Nolan came along with the Dark Knight Trilogy, this movie was considered the crown jewel of all Batman movies, and Jack Nicholson was the best villain. Nicholson was already … More Batman (1989)
Batman Returns is the second Tim Burton vision of the cape crusader. Headlined by Michael Keaton for the second straight film, his lousy guy acquaintances are superstars in their own right. Catwoman is played by Michelle Pfeiffer, The Penguin is Danny DeVito, and a corrupt business executive Max Shreck is Christopher Walken! You would have … More Batman Returns (1992)
Batman Forever is another chapter in the cape crusader saga. Michael Keaton moved onto other things, and Tim Burton gave up the director’s chair. In their places, we find Val Kilmer behind the mask and Joel Schumacher in the chair. No offence to either, but they had a lot to live up to and failed … More Batman Forever (1995)
Batman is a household name, so if his products are making money, they keep making more of it. That was the problem with Batman and Robin. After two box office successes and a third film that was kinda “meh”, they rolled the dice yet again and crapped out this time. The story was so bad … More Batman & Robin (1997)
Rambo: Last Blood came out in late 2019, and I missed the opportunity to see it at the theatre, which means I missed the entire franchise on the big screen. Since this film recently came to Amazon Prime, it pushed me to revisit the franchise that I’ve only seen once before. I’m curious if this … More Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
John Rambo came to the public eye 26 years ago in 1982. Since then, he’s travelled the world twice to save the day again and again. Retired and trying to make amends for past doings, his location really doesn’t allow for such a moment. Once again, our hero is recruited for an adventure and underestimated … More Rambo (2008)
We return to the Rambo series, where we find our hero John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) recruited to save his best friend in Afghanistan. I have come to recognize through the years that movies set in the 1980s usually feature some reference to global politics that play a vital role in the story and characters who … More Rambo III (1988)
