In the Maligna Saga – comprising the “Mighty Mutanimals” three-issue miniseries and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures” 21 and 22 (May-July 1991) – we continue
The back half of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Season 6 (1992, CBS) has some episodes with fully developed sitcom-esque plots and life lessons for kids,
Because it’s been so influential on future crime actioners, “The French Connection” (1971) at first blush is an underwhelming Best Picture winner. But when I
Before there was such a thing as A-level B-movies – starting in 1977 with “Star Wars” – all sci-fi actioners were B-movies. “Starship Troopers” (1997)
As “Tron: Legacy” (2010) lightly brushes over might-have-been interesting issues such as open-source code versus code ownership and settles for a flat, emotionless, CGI-effects-driven adventure,
“Swordfish” (2001) is a rare movie that I rate low not because of boredom but because of confusion. It’s gutsy in its action sequences and
Like “The Net” six years prior, “Antitrust” (2001) mixes turn-of-the-century code theft with cat-and-mouse thrills that date to the beginning of cinema. Thrown in as
Scott Derrickson has developed a reputation as a fine filmmaker, but for me he’s leaning toward safe filmmaker. Though his resume includes the excellent “Exorcism
“Tron” (1982) is a touchstone movie in the history of digital effects, as it uses about 15 minutes of computer-created graphics to represent the inside
In collecting all of Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Op stories (1923-30), “The Big Book of the Continental Op” (2017) brings a reader back to the excitement