Tag Archives: drama

Mary Poppins, The Twilight Zone, and the Epidemic of Male Suicide

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Mary Poppins and the classic Twilight Zone episode “A Stop at Willoughby” approach the problem of male suicide from two very different angles. Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged animated films, disney, drama, films, mary poppins, men and women, movie review, movies, relationships, rod serling, the twilight zone, TV shows | 9 Comments

The Art of Stuttering in Film

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

This is a deeply personal article that touches on the author’s awkward speech impediment and how it is portrayed in films. Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged action movies, communication, die hard with a vengeance, drama, films, looney tunes, movie review, movies, movies based on books, personal, porky pig, sequels, stephen king, stutter, the kings speech, the right stuff | 5 Comments

Why It’s a Wonderful Life Succeeds and Click Fails at Telling the Same Story

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

It’s a Wonderful Life quietly debuted in 1946 and went on to become one of the most beloved Christmas classics of all time. Sixty years later, Click showed up as yet another example of Adam Sandler’s slowly declining career after … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged adam sandler, black and white films, christmas, classic films, click, comedy, drama, films, frank capra, holiday, its a wonderful life, movie review, movies, science fiction | 14 Comments

Why Uncle Buck Is an Almost Impossible Film to Categorize

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Uncle Buck is so many things that they all seem to cancel each other out, making it extremely difficult to fit the film into a single category or genre. I’ve always liked it, but I’ve never been able to put … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged 1980s, children films, comedy, drama, film genres, films, funny, humor, john candy, john hughes, macaulay culkin, movie review, movies, romantic comedy, uncle buck | 9 Comments

Movie Matchups: The Martian vs. Mission to Mars

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

The Martian is a good version of Mission to Mars. Everywhere Mission to Mars fails, The Martian succeeds. It’s as simple as that. They have a lot of plot points in common, but they diverge wildly in what they do with them. Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged drama, films, matt damon, mission to mars, movie review, movies, movies based on books, science fiction, the martian | 17 Comments

10 Timely Lessons from A Man for All Seasons (1966)

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

A Man for All Seasons has suddenly become a movie for all seasons. The lessons it teaches about the corruption of power and the need for good people to stand against tyranny still ring true today. Continue reading →

Posted in Movies That Improve | Tagged a man for all seasons, biographical films, drama, england, films, history, middle ages, morality, movie review, movies, renaissance, robert bolt | 7 Comments

Take Out One Tiny Thing and The Godfather Part II Would Be Rated PG

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

The Godfather has plenty of brutal scenes, from the man who finds a severed horse’s head in his bed to another man being strangled to death and yet another man being shot over and over by a seemingly unending barrage … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged action movies, drama, films, movie ratings, movie review, movie violence, movies, science fiction, sequels, star trek, the godfather | 13 Comments

Amadeus vs. The Fountainhead

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

This isn’t a typical Movie Matchup. In fact, it’s not really a matchup of movies at all because even though The Fountainhead was made into a movie starring Gary Cooper in 1949, I’m just going to be talking about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged academy awards, amadeus, atlas shrugged, ayn rand, classic films, classical music, drama, films, movie review, movies, music, oscars, relationships, the fountainhead, wolfgang amadeus mozart | 6 Comments

Braveheart Is a Perfectly Executed Example of Cinematic Chiasmus

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Sons of Scotland! I am the Deja Reviewer. And I see a whole army of moviegoers who are here in defiance of casual movie viewing. You’ve come here to dig below the surface of a great film, and dig we … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus | Tagged academy awards, action movies, braveheart, chiasmus, drama, epic, films, history, love, mel gibson, movie review, movies, oscars, relationships, romance, scotland, war | 10 Comments

Guy Pearce Has Quietly Had a Spectacular Acting Career

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I was pleasantly surprised when Guy Pearce showed up in Iron Man 3 because his character fit his career as an actor so oddly well. In that film he plays a nerdy genius named Aldrich Killian who realizes that his … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged action movies, actors, drama, films, guy pearce, iron man, memento, movies, prometheus, science fiction, the count of monte cristo, the hurt locker, the kings speech | 12 Comments