“RoboCop” (1987) is a marvel of satirical balance. Normally, I do not get my laughs from violence, but somehow the ingenious (and unfortunately timeless) screenplay
The bad guys in “Den of Thieves” (2018) are scarier than most horror-movie villains … and that’s nothing compared to the good guys. In fact,
George Miller returns to his most famous saga after a 30-year break and immediately shows he accumulated no rust in the interim. In some ways,
Sometimes George Miller feels like unleashing two hours of action; sometimes he feels like telling a character story (albeit still with more and better action
“Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” (1985) presents that classic conundrum: It’s a good movie, but is it a good “Mad Max” movie? The first two entries
“Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior” (1981) does what sequels do: It repeats the original’s structure but is bigger and better. The high-speed battle between
“Mad Max” (1979) kicks off a now-grand sci-fi saga in rare fashion: It starts in a recognizable more-or-less present day, and thus we are treated
Whether by coincidence or because something was in the water, 1989 featured one of those wonderfully weird instances in Hollywood history where multiple films with
Looking at my top 10, the surprisingly (but maybe it shouldn’t be) prevailing theme is metaphysics. We live in a decade when time seems to
Prestige miniseries and streaming franchise “content” ruled the roost, but traditional network TV surprisingly hung on to life this year – even if the format