Tag Archives: drama

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

10 Clever Uses of Old Pop Songs in Modern Movies

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I love good music. And while I appreciate how some films (for example, Star Wars) manage to create a completely original orchestral accompaniment that complements the action, sometimes I like to relax in familiar territory with some good old pop … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged 1980s, action movies, american graffiti, back to the future, comedy, comic books, drama, groundhog day, guardians of the galaxy, hocus pocus, movie review, movies, music, pop songs, romance, science fiction, sister act, songs, soundtrack, terminator, untamed heart, waynes world | 9 Comments

Forgotten Film Gems: Always

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Always is the one Steven Spielberg film that no one ever talks about. People like to rag on 1941 as Spielberg’s one true bomb or discuss Hook’s shortcomings or Empire of the Sun’s good qualities. But no one seems to care … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Film Gems | Tagged 1980s, comedy, drama, film score, films, funny, ghost, humor, john williams, movie remakes, movie review, movies, music, steven spielberg | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged animated films, chinatown, comedy, drama, films, fun, funny, humor, jack nicholson, movie review, movies, parody, relationships, robert zemeckis, who framed roger rabbit | 5 Comments

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 →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged action movies, disney, drama, films, james bond, jules verne, movie review, movies, movies based on books | 4 Comments