Here’s a movie that certainly surpassed expectations. The low-budget “Terrifier” franchise is not usually one that makes big bucks. The first film from 2016 made less than $1 million. The second, in the glorious year for horror that was 2022, was lucky to pass $10 million. Now comes a third entry that not only made […]

In 1994, the Nigerian soccer team, the Super Eagles, had a super year. They participated in the World Cup—the elite competition of soccer—and made it into the round of 16. Unless you are a fan of international soccer, it’s difficult to appreciate what a big deal that is. The World Cup takes place every four […]

Back in 2019, “Joker” managed to make over $1 billion at the global box office and earn 11 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and a Best Actor win for Joaquin Phoenix. I recall respecting the movie for Phoenix’s performance and the inspired idea to paint him as a Scorsese-style antihero, but I also recall not […]

For better or worse, late September this year is certainly the time for animated robot movies. Fortunately, we got the “worse” out of the way last week with “Transformers One.” Now we can sit back and enjoy the “better” with “The Wild Robot.” Many people did indeed sit back and enjoy this movie, as the […]

Soon, Artificial Intelligence will digest my 20 years of What I’ve Learned columns and be able to spit out a convincing 500-word facsimile. How will you know if a column was written by AI or by me? Here are a few helpful signs that I am the writer. One, is there an abundance of commas? […]

In preparation for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” I watched the original film from 1988. I found that I liked “some” things about it, like the set and character designs and much of the humor, but it’s not a film I would recommend overall. The special effects weren’t well-integrated (even for the 80s), motivations between the warring factions […]