******SLAYING SPOILERS!****** Directed by John McTiernan and cowritten by Jim & John Thomas, 1987’s action/adrenaline-soaked sci-fi flick “Predator” has led to some so-so sequels and a quasi-canonization within the “ALIEN” franchise. To be honest, I’ve only enjoyed the first movie and the last sequel, “Prey” (2022), directed and cowritten by Dan Tratchenberg. Everything in-between was…
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San Diego Comic Con 2024: Marvel and Star Trek and drones! Oh my…
San Diego Comic Con 2024: Welcome Back! This year’s San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) is in the rearview mirror now, and once again, it was (as usual) another grand, exhausting celebration of pop culture. As a now 20-year veteran of SDCC, I do not camp out all night in lines hoping to get seats to…
“The Abyss” finally surfaces on 4K Blu-Ray, and it was worth the wait…
*****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…
James Cameron’s “The Abyss: Special Edition” (1989) deserves reappraisal …and a Blu-ray release.
******SUBMERGED SPOILERS AHEAD!!****** Lost in the Abyss. 1989 was unquestionably the Summer of “Batman”. Everywhere you looked there was Batman-product; Batman cereal, a resurgence of comic book sales, toys, collectibles, and the late (great) Prince’s “Batdance” dominated the air waves. There were other big movies that summer; “Ghostbusters 2,” “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,”…