Category: Movies

  • Why Don’t Natural Disaster Movies Work?

    You know what’s terrifying? Natural disasters. Let’s face it: the planet we live on is more than capable and willing to kill us. It can do it whenever and wherever it wants. Earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, so on and so forth. These disasters often result in catastrophic destruction, people losing their homes, their pets, their…

  • Spaceballs: Mel Brooks’ Masterpiece

    I watched plenty of Mel Brooks’ movies as a kid. But none more than this one. Of all his movies, this one is the most blatant and outlandish. It was like he and his team took Star Wars, stripped it away of 90% of its essential parts, then crammed in whatever crap they could find…

  • The Warcraft Movie: The Biggest and Prettiest Video Game Movie Disaster

    I didn’t think I’d ever talk about Warcraft again after my ‘At What Point Should World of Warcraft Stopped Expanding’ article. But then they announced Burning Crusade Classic and I got dragged right back in. So… here we are. Even if they’ve recently been improving, the reputation surrounding video game movies is still a disastrous…

  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Really Good One

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Really Good One

    You know how I mentioned the first two movies felt really weird compared to the rest of the series? Yeah, that’s because of this movie. Prisoner of Azkaban is where the Harry Potter movies really found their identity. The stories start walking a finer line between whimsical and dark. The pacing is better. The visuals…

  • Making My Peace With Godzilla ’98

    Yup. I’m at it again. Don’t worry, I’ll leave the series alone until Godzilla VS Kong comes out. Godzilla ’98 is one of the most infamous movies of all time. People who weren’t familiar with the original franchise saw it as nothing more than a lame Jurassic Park ripoff. But fans of the series tore…