Author Archives: Rob

Olympus Has Fallen was hardly a classic, but it was a moderately entertaining and happily mindless action movie with its fair share of laughs. One element of its success was that it coincided with the release of the abysmal A Good … Continue reading →

“Deadpool. Rated R!” That seemed to be at the forefront of many fanboys’ minds in the months leading to this movie’s release, as if the rating makes the movie. But anyone with a few years’ movie experience knows that’s complete and … Continue reading →

Leonardo DiCaprio. Or Di-CRAP-io, as I used to call him. Between Titanic and Inception, I avoided his movies like they were pregnant ex-girlfriends. Even the trailers seemed enough to get under my skin. And if he happened to be doing … Continue reading →

2015, and here I am opening night wondering where I left my sanity as a bunch of middle-aged nerds in Jedi robes trample over each other trying to find the “acoustic sweet spot” they must have heard about on The … Continue reading →

We now come to the final entry in what used to be known as the Star Wars Trilogy, which was also the golden age for Star Wars and its most loyal fans. It’s also the second non-George Lucas-directed entry, yet feels … Continue reading →

Widely regarded as the greatest Star Wars movie of them all, The Empire Strikes Back is the first non-George Lucas-directed entry in the franchise. It also introduces many classic elements such as the Imperial March theme, the Light and Dark sides of the Force, the controversial Han/Leia … Continue reading →

1977. With everyone afraid of going into the water because of some shark movie that came out a couple years earlier, things finally started looking up. Way up. Way, way, way up to outer space, when a young filmmaker named … Continue reading →

And now we come to the third and final entry in the famous prequel trilogy that seemed doomed from the start. It truly went from one end of the spectrum to the other, with Phantom Menace being the most childish entry … Continue reading →

After the childish and cartoonish Phantom Menace where a bunch of one-dimensional space wizards faced-off against the cleanest and most beige military force ever conceived, pretty much anything would feel like The Godfather by comparison. Maybe that’s what I’m feeling right now, because … Continue reading →