Back in June of this year, in Episode 18, I introduced my son Thomas to his first James Bond movie. We started with the Sean Connery classic Goldfinger. As I explained to him at the time, the Bond movies don’t necessarily need to be watched in order. For this week’s Film at 11 podcast, we… Read More Film at 11: Episode 39 | GoldenEye (1995)
With his breakout 1987 directorial debut Hellraiser, Clive Barker seemed poised to establish himself as one of the horror genre’s great auteurs, as talented and successful at filmmaking as he was at writing bestselling novels. However, even while his books drew legions of fans, Barker’s second movie, 1990’s Nightbreed, fizzled with both critics and audiences.… Read More A Narrow Path Between Divinity and Trickery | Lord of Illusions (1995)
While the cultural phenomenon of Batman ushered in a wave of comic book adaptations throughout the 1990s, the Caped Crusader’s own movie series burned out quickly and none of his imitators caught fire in quite the same way. As the new millennium approached, the genre waned once again, almost to the point of fading from… Read More What Would You Prefer, Yellow Spandex? | X-Men (2000) Blu-ray
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