Summer 1998 Movie Retrospective I love the summer movie season. I know it is looked down upon by serious film fans, but I always like watching the major movies that the studios put out each summer. Of course, some summers are better than others. How well we remember a summer of movies comes down to … More Summer 1998 Movie Retrospective
My friend and associate Travis wrote a piece a few weeks ago about Wehrenberg Theatres and his memories about the chain. Although I am nowhere near the movie fanatic that he is, I too reflect fondly on the movie chain and days gone by. Although my patronage has nearly ceased as I moved out of the market over a … More A Look Back at Wehrenberg Theatres (Part Deux)
Looking at the website of a local paper recently, a headline came to my attention quickly. My local theater chain, Wehrenberg Theatres, which is one of the biggest family owned theater chains in the country, has been sold to Marcus Theatres. The main theater chains in the country, like AMC or Regal Theatres, actually have … More Remembering Wehrenberg Theatres
As the dog days of summer transition into the cooler, colorful season of autumn, Halloween comes ever closer. Once we get into September at my house, it is pretty much time to start celebrating Halloween, and for me that begins with horror movies. Now I watch horror movies at any time of the year, but … More Horror Anthology Films
When Independence Day hit in the summer of 1996, it was the epitome of the modern summer blockbuster. The hype started with a teaser during the Super Bowl showing the White House being blown up by an alien spaceship. I remember being hyped for this movie, as the alien invasion genre hadn’t been driven into … More ID4: Independence Day (Trendmasters, 1996)
Back to the Future is a classic movie. It is one of the most immaculately constructed movie ever made. Everything that is set up in the movie has a pay off by the end. It is filled to the brim with clever jokes and things happening in the background that you can pick up on … More Back to the Future Part II (Universal Pictures, 1989)
Jurassic Park was my Star Wars. When it first appeared in 1993, I was 10 years old. As you can imagine, that Christmas I asked for, and received, many Jurassic Park toys. With the previously reviewed Electronic T-Rex, and other miscellaneous dinosaurs, something was missing. The Electronic Command Compound pretty much brings everything together. You … More Jurassic Park Electronic Command Compound (Kenner, 1993)
Unlike many other people, my first exposure to Roddy Piper was not him in the WWF. I first saw him when I saw the 80s cult classic “They Live”. I remember really loving it, even if I didn’t quite understand it since the movie itself is so “out there” compared to many sci-fi films I’d … More John Carpenter’s They Live (Universal Pictures, 1988)
In my opinion, one of the best part of being a movie fan is the anticipation. Sometimes, the very idea of a movie that is coming up can be better than the movie that follows (Phantom Menace, anyone?). The hype leading up to movies can come from many different things. It usually starts with a … More Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – The Official Movie Magazine (Starlog, 1991)
As a 9 year old in 1993, I was the correct age for Jurassic Park. When you’re that age, anything involving dinosaurs is cool. The idea that millions of years ago, these awesome looking animals roamed the earth was mind-blowing to a child. So when word first got out that Steven Spielberg was making a … More Jurassic Park Electronic Tyrannosaurus Rex (Kenner, 1993)
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