Ranked: Planet of the Apes – The Original Pentalogy
Planet of the Apes opened in theaters on April 3, 1968. Based on a novel by Pierre Boulle, Planet of the Apes was a huge hit for 20th Century Fox. Beginning in 1970, 20th Century Fox...
Roddy McDowall
Scene of the Week: The Poseidon Adventure
The Poseidon Adventure is easily my favorite of the disaster movies that were all the rage in the early 1970s. The story of an ocean liner capsizing due to a tsunami induced tidal wave is fun...
Scene of the Week: Welcome to Fright Night
The final showdown between the protagonist and the antagonist is a common trait that the action movie and horror movie genres often share. One of my favorite final battles between good and evil was from 1985’s...
Bullet Points: Class of 1984
Mark L. Lester’s Class of 1984 managed to be a glimpse into the future while firmly having its feet planted in the exploitation era from the previous decade. Movies like The Principal and The Substitute were...
Bullet Points: Star Hunter
Movie posters are meant to do one thing; sell the film to potential audiences. Star Hunter is one that I randomly saw at the bottom of the page on YouTube. It’s the kind of place where...
Bullet Points: Double Trouble
When the Hollywood big wigs first laid eyes on twin bodybuilders David and Peter Paul, they probably thought they had the second and third coming of Arnold Schwarzenegger in their midst. But the brothers Paul, aka...
