Terminator 2: Batting for the Other Team
Edward Furlong and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Photo: Tri-Star Pictures I was certainly part of the target audience for this film when it came out in 1991. I was 15 and the…
Terminator: The Deadly Energizer Rabbit
Arnold Schwarzenegger. Photo: Orion Pictures James Cameron has fought hard for The Terminator. He claims that the idea for the film came to him in a dream, but few question…
Spider-Man 3
Life is sweet for Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire), but there’s clouds on the horizon in the shape of heartbreak, a strange force from outer space, and new villains. Spidey has…
The Matrix: Rage Against the Machines
Carrie-Anne Moss and Keanu Reeves. Photo: Warner When Larry and Andy Wachowski were working as screenwriters on a film called Assassins (1995), they showed producer Joel Silver another script. He…
Spider-Man 2: Doc Ock Rocks
Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. Photo: Columbia There are so many things to admire about the sequel to Spider-Man (2002), but I can’t help being fascinated by who wrote it.…
Spider-Man: Honing the Craft
Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe. Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing For many years, “Spider-Man” was a dream that many wanted to turn into reality. Several independent studios were interested in the…
Die Hard: Terror in a Highrise
Bruce Willis. Photo: 20th Century Fox Where would Bruce Willis be without this film? In 1988, he had spent several years charming viewers as a private eye on the hit…
Aliens: Mother Against Mother
Sigourney Weaver. Photo: 20th Century Fox When I first heard about this film, I was 11 or 12 years old and pretty much a novice when it came to movies.…
Fantastic Four
Sometime in the future, five astronauts gain superpowers after being exposed to cosmic radiation; little do four of them know that the fifth (Julian McMahon) plans to use the powers…
X-Men: The Last Stand
As a “cure” for genetic mutations is found in a boy, Magneto (Ian McKellen) declares war on those who want to use the antidote against mutants. Oh, and Jean Grey…