Though it was inspired by Star Trek, to call Galaxy Quest a simple spoof would mean belittling one of the greatest sci-fi comedies ever made. Written by David Howard and Robert Gordon and directed by Dean Parisot (Fun with Dick…
Rarely is the hero the reader, that user of mind not body. The routine of the reader is antithetical to that of the hero. The devourer of words is seen as passive, a spectator, an observer of others actions. All…
“I was born under unusual circumstances.” And so begins The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like all…
That Girl was the first sitcom to focus on a single woman who was not a domestic or living at home. Some consider the show the forerunner of highly successful series such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Murphy…
Most moviegoers are likely aware of director Bryan Singer’s X-Men films that first hit theater screens in 2000. However, back in October of 1992, Fox Network launched X-Men, also known as X-Men: The Animated Series. The series was part of…
Directed by Rodrigo Garcia (Nine Lives) and written by Ronnie Christensen, Passengers is a mystery-cum-romance film. The plot is constructed in such a way that all the different plot points come together at the end, for a revelation that resets…
As any Star Trek fan is undoubtedly aware, the original series has been released in countless DVD formats. From its late 1990s single disc, two-episodes-per-disc DVD release, to its more recent HD presentation, the Enterprise and her crew have never…
If Dallas didn’t completely “jump the shark” after the tenth season, “it was all a dream” fiasco, the producers made sure they finished the job during the eleventh year. After ten years on the series, Victoria Principal, who played the…
Let’s face it, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off isn’t exactly highbrow cinema but it sure is fun. The 1986 comedy made Matthew Broderick a star, cemented director John Hughes’ (Sixteen Candles,The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink) status as the best chronicler…
Say what you will but Saturday Night Fever is probably one of the most culturally significant films of the last fifty years. Released in the United States on December 16, 1977 Saturday Night Fever not only revolutionized the movie and…