*****SUBMERGED SPOILERS!***** Several years ago, I wrote a deep-dive review (the first of several puns to come) for James Cameron’s “The Abyss” (1989 & 1993 Director’s Cut), and in that review, I made a sincere wish for the film to make the transition to Blu-Ray. Well, after an intervening “Avatar” sequel that no one asked…
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“True Lies” (1994) finally comes to 4K/Blu-Ray, but “it’s nothing that you’d call rock hard”…
******SPY SPOILERS!****** I’ve already taken a look at “True Lies” (and its short-lived 2023 Paramount+ reboot series) in a prior column, so I’m going to begin by reposting my earlier synopsis of the story, along with notes I made about the film then (and which I stand by now). However, this column is not going…
“Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” (2003) is a middling sequel with a surprisingly bold ending…
*****LIQUID METAL SPOILERS!***** It’s been 20 years since the release of “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,” which came a good dozen years after 1991’s mega-hit “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” T2 would’ve been a perfectly fine place to end the franchise; however, with Arnold Schwarzenegger still in fighting shape at age 56 (he was as…
CBS/Paramount+’s “True Lies” reboot fails to reach critical mass…
*****TRUE SPOILERS!***** “La Totale!” (1991) Written by Simon Michaël, Didier Kaminka and director Claude Zidi, “La Totale!” was a French action-comedy involving a seemingly dull telecommunications employee, named François Voisin (Thierry Lhermitte) who misses a surprise 40th birthday party from his bored wife Hélène (Miou-Miou), while planting a surveillance device during a dangerous mission. François,…
“Avatar: The Way of Water” (2022) feels a bit waterlogged…
As longtime readers of this column might’ve guessed, I’m a longtime fan of innovative sci-fi/action director James Cameron’s work. “The Terminator,” “ALIENS,” “The Abyss,”. “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” and “Titanic” are all favorites of mine. Of the James Cameron canon, I’d say that 2009’s “Avatar,” Cameron’s groundbreaking study in CGI and motion capture, is probably…
Going to (almost) see “Avatar: The Way of Water” today…
Decision. For the first time in 22 months, I said to myself, “I am going to the movies today.” During the COVID pandemic, I admit that I’ve become a bit of a germaphobe. After buying a digital projector in 2020, I’ve also settled into the habit of streaming/watching movies primarily at home. With a 7…