Category Archives: Movie Matchups

Movie Matchups: Who Framed Roger Rabbit vs. Chinatown

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Some people have speculated that Who Framed Roger Rabbit is some sort of sequel, remake, or homage to Chinatown. But it’s none of those things. Who Framed Roger Rabbit is actually a perfect parody of that classic murder mystery. I … Continue reading →

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Every Mel Brooks Movie Follows the Same Formula

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Mel Brooks was really good at telling one kind of story. In fact he was so good at it that he just kept telling it throughout his career. The Producers served as a template for every other movie Brooks wrote … Continue reading →

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Movie Matchups: Dr. No vs. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Dr. No was the first true attempt to bring an Ian Fleming novel to the silver screen back in 1962. Eight years earlier, Buena Vista Distribution had debuted its first feature film – an adaptation of the classic Jules Verne … Continue reading →

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Movie Matchups: Batman Begins vs. The Shadow (1994)

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

It turns out that the film that restored dignity to the Batman franchise has the exact same story as a failed adaptation of a 1930s radio show. I’m talking about 2005’s Batman Begins and 1994’s underrated action film, The Shadow. … Continue reading →

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Movie Matchups: Frozen (2013) vs. Enchanted

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Disney’s animation studio has been on a roll for the last few years with great films like Wreck-It Ralph, Tangled, and The Princess and the Frog. But Frozen is the best film to come from the studio since Beauty and … Continue reading →

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Movie Matchups: Santa Claus: The Movie vs. Superman: The Movie

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Oh, those crazy Salkinds. If you’re not a Superman fan you probably don’t have a clue who Ilya and Alexander Salkind are. Back in the ‘70s and early ‘80s they had huge aspirations for the U.S. film industry. They wanted … Continue reading →

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Movie Matchups: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang vs. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Christmas is coming early this year. I usually save my Christmas article for later in the month of December, but the good folks at Rifftrax preempted me by scheduling their riff of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians to come to movie … Continue reading →

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Movie Matchups: Wreck-It Ralph vs. Tron

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Disney cemented its role as the king of video-game movies with the debut of Wreck-It Ralph in 2012. It might be a coincidence, but Wreck-It Ralph debuted 30 years after another famous Disney movie, Tron, and the characters celebrate the … Continue reading →

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Movie Matchups: The Shining (1980) vs. Manos: The Hands of Fate

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Stanley Kubrick did something that no one else can boast of doing when he made The Shining in 1980. He took the worst horror film ever made, 1966’s Manos: The Hands of Fate, and turned it into the best horror … Continue reading →

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Movie Matchups: Star Trek Into Darkness vs. The Godfather Part III

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I heard a lot of people say Star Trek Into Darkness was mainly inspired by Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek: Nemesis. While there are definitely some homages to those two films, I would argue that … Continue reading →

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