Jurassic World is about Steven Spielberg and His Hollywood
Spielberg made his own bed, why’s he complaining about having to lie in it?
Author Archives: Benson the Dog
Why Superman Ought to Be an Immigrant
Superman belongs to all of us. He was born from the experiences of those new to this country and should continue to be loved by people, whether their families have been here for centuries or for days.
Jerry Lewis’s Hardly Working: The Worst Movie I Have Ever Seen
I have found the great white whale of bad films. It is so staggeringly incompetent that it makes you long for the narrative cohesion of Highlander 2: The Quickening.
We Need More Rip-Offs and Fewer Reboots and Remakes
Death to reboots and remakes! Let’s go back to ripping off classics and calling them our own.
Experiencing Star Trek – The Motion Picture The Way It Was Meant To Be Seen: On TV With Commercials
Turns out the then-most expensive motion picture in history was meant for the small screen.
Chris Pratt Should NOT Play Indiana Jones… he Should Play Forrestal
Keep the fan boys happy, get Chris Pratt a fourth franchise to carry and provide some retroactive enjoyment to Raiders instead of taking a Phantom Menace like dump on it.
The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything… Successful and Forgettable Oscar Bait
Thoughts on two winners you’ll have forgotten won by the time you’re done reading this.
Denzel Washington as Lincoln… Reversing The Races for Spielberg’s Film
They said it couldn’t be done. Watch us do it anyway.
10 Things The Tim Burton Batman Did Right
In which we discover that Burton’s not-so-fondly remembered Batman is better than we thought.
The Five Worst Leaders in the Original Star Wars Trilogy
Even in the Star Wars universe, people fail upwards.
10 Members of the Galactic Empire that I Admire
Granted, they didn’t ride the Bantha’s single file…
Christopher Columbus – The Discovery: A Fascinating Shipwreck Nobody Wanted To See
These filmsmade an unfortunate discovery of their own. Audiences did not want to see one Columbus movie, let alone two.
10 ways Return of the Jedi could have been better while still including Ewoks
Even without tossing the ewoks into an incinerator, Jedi could be ten times better than it is. Allow us to suggest how.
Was 1988 the Greatest Year for Hollywood Comedies?
The mid-80’s were the Golden Age of movie comedies and we didn’t even realize it.