The latest subject of Make Me Watch It is Aquaman (2018), directed by James Wan. The updated and maintained list of options for “Make Me Watch It” can be found here. You can name up to ten movies you’d like me to cover here. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
Category Archives: Movies
Weekend Review– Phobe: The Xenophobic Experiments (1995)
Back in the early 1990s, a young auteur set out to make a low-budget, feature length SF film. Negotiations with a backer to fund the film fell through, so she decided to shoot it on her own, with a budget of $250.00, borrowed and donated equipment (she worked for a local cable station), and friends and family as volunteer actors.
In the era before Youtube, it picked up its cult following through local cable broadcasts and SF Cons. It finally found its way to an actual theatre in 2016, and in 2017, a remastered version made it onto DVD.
Phobe proves surprisingly watchable.
Movie Review – Us
Be warned: this trailer, in the contemporary manner, reveals a little too much. And yet, it doesn’t begin to show you where Jordan Peele’s new horror-movie goes….
Movie Review – “Shazam!”
What do you get when you combine the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the stamina of Atlas, the power of Zeus, the courage of Achilles, and the speed of Mercury? The best DC comics superhero movie since Wonder Woman, that’s what!
Avengers: Endgame — New Trailer
If you haven’t seen it yet, the new Endgame trailer appeared today.
I like this one.
“She Done Him Wrong” (1933) – Make Me Watch It #27
The latest subject of Make Me Watch It is She Done Him Wrong (1933), directed by Lowell Sherman. The updated and maintained list of options for “Make Me Watch It” can be found here. You can name up to ten movies you’d like me to cover here. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
“Captain Marvel” – Movie Review
Marvel’s latest movie is the first to have a solo female lead, released on International Women’s Day. How is it? Continue reading →
Film Review: Alita – Battle Angel
RBack in the ’90s, James Cameron optioned the rights to do a film adaptation of Yukito Kishiro’s manga Battle Angel Alita, and now he’s finally managed to produce that adaptation – though he had to hand off directing duties to Robert Rodriguez. So, how well did this passion project turn out?
“In the Mood for Love” (2000) – Make Me Watch It #26
The latest subject of Make Me Watch It is In the Mood for Love (2000), directed by Wong Kar-Wai. The updated and maintained list of options for “Make Me Watch It” can be found here. You can name up to ten movies you’d like me to cover here. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
“Robinson Crusoe on Mars” (1964) – Make Me Watch It #25
The latest subject of Make Me Watch It is Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964), directed by Byron Haskin. The updated and maintained list of options for “Make Me Watch It” can be found here. You can name up to ten movies you’d like me to cover here. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.