Today marks a sad occasion. Exactly 136 years ago, a veteran who was injured serving his country during the Civil War was humiliated by a president… a man who had hired a substitute.
The Civil War veteran was Alfred Denny. During his time of service, he was thrown forward on his horse and injured his side against the saddle.... Read Original Article
“10,000 BC” does not deserve its bad rap.
It is not the worse reviewed film in director Roland Emmerich’s oeuvre (that distinction belongs to “Moon 44”), but it is perhaps his most infamous. “Boring” is a word that I often hear from casual moviegoers who have watched this flick. Indeed, I hear that adjective so frequently that “10,000 BC” has quickly become something even sadder than a guilty pleasure.... Read Original Article
The “Pulse” trilogy is to the Internet what certain episodes of “The Twilight Zone” are to space travel and computers. (I am going to focus on the second movie, “Pulse 2: Afterlife,” but also discuss the other two films.)
That anachronistic take on tech is one of the main things which draws me to the “Pulse” movies, again and again.... Read Original Article
I want an action figure of Robby the Robot… but with a metallic face under his translucent dome, as opposed to the tubes, wires, spheres and flashing lights seen in the 1956 sci-fi film “Forbidden Planet.” The reason for this is simple: Without that cold, cruel visage staring back at me, I wouldn’t know for sure that I was holding a plastic statuette of Uncle Simon II.... Read Original Article
The opening scene in “Paths of Glory” should appear in a dictionary next to the word “Machiavellian.” It is World War I and a French military official, Major General Georges Broulard (Adolphe Menjou), has been given an impossible assignment. His superiors, who are grossly out of touch with the realities of battle, have ordered him to retake a key hill to turn the tide against Germany, which currently holds it.... Read Original Article