Tag Archives: drama

5 Inspiring Films That Show Winning Isn’t Everything

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Most Hollywood movies like to end on a triumphant note. The aliens are defeated in Independence Day. The Death Star is destroyed in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. And Marty McFly makes it back to the future in … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged baseball, civil war, drama, films, major league baseball, movie review, movies, rocky, sad, sports, tearjerker, war | 11 Comments

Forgotten Film Gems: Mr. Krueger’s Christmas

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Do you want to watch a movie that brings out the Spirit of Christmas perfectly and fills your heart with nothing but good feelings? Mr. Krueger’s Christmas is exactly what you’re looking for. This little 26-minute, made-for-television musical drama is … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Film Gems | Tagged christmas, drama, films, holiday, james stewart, jesus christ, movie review, movies | 6 Comments

Pleasant Surprises: The Parent Trap (1998)

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

This is the second film I’ve reviewed in the Pleasant Surprises section, and it also happens to be the second film with a date in the title, the first being Star Trek (2009). I’ll try not to make a habit … Continue reading →

Posted in Pleasant Surprises | Tagged comedy, disney, drama, films, movie review, movies, relationships, romance | 13 Comments

10 Movies That Will Make You Bawl (While You Have a Ball)

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Some movies are so good that it doesn’t matter that they make me feel incredibly sad. I’ve compiled a list of 10 movies that have the power to make me cry my heart out, but they still keep me coming … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged animated films, baseball, beauty and the beast, big, cats, christian slater, comedy, deep impact, dinosaurs, disaster movies, disney, don bluth, drama, elephant man, film score, films, fun, garfield, girls, humor, james horner, john merrick, john travolta, love, macaulay culkin, madonna, major league baseball, movie review, movies, music, my girl, phenomenon, relationships, romance, romantic comedy, sad, star trek, tearjerker, the land before time, tom hanks, untamed heart | 4 Comments

Forgotten Film Gems: Gattaca

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Why do great movies like Gattaca bomb at the box office while drivel like Avatar earn way more money than they deserve? I guess the film business is a lot like high school. The smart, nerdy films get ignored while … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Film Gems | Tagged 2001 a space odyssey, avatar, calvinism, discrimination, dna, drama, ethan hawke, films, gattaca, genetics, jude law, love, martin luther king, message movies, movie review, movies, politics, predestination, relationships, religion, romance, science, science fiction, space, space exploration | 10 Comments

The Film That Inspired Me to Graduate from College

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

My brother-in-law is about to receive his college diploma, so I’d like to take this opportunity to share a deeply personal story about why I decided to go to college and how I endured many struggles and saw it through … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged books, brigham young university, byu, catholic, church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, college, drama, education, films, football, God, great depression, indiana, mormon, movie review, movies, nintendo, notre dame, parents, pr, public relations, relationships, religion, rudy, sports, utah, video game, washington state, writing | 18 Comments

Movies That Improve on Multiple Viewings: Primer

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Get ready for a wild ride. Primer is probably the best movie you’ve never heard of. It was made for less than $10,000, and it was released with little fanfare in 2004. But despite its low-budget feel and lack of … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies That Improve | Tagged back to the future, bill murray, cars, christopher nolan, comedy, drama, films, groundhog day, independent film, low budget, memento, message movies, millennium, movie review, movies, mpaa, primer, romance, science, science fiction, the godfather, time travel | Leave a comment

James Cameron’s Best Movie

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

What is James Cameron’s best movie? It’s not Aliens. It’s not Terminator 2: Judgment Day. It’s not even Titanic. No, his best movie is one that he planned more than a decade before it became a reality. He had to … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged 1980s, abyss, action movies, alan silvestri, alien, america, avatar, back to the future, beauty and the beast, CGI, characters, cold war, conservatives, drama, dreamworks, ed harris, film score, films, history, how to train your dragon, humanity, james cameron, james horner, liberals, love, mary elizabeth mastrantonio, message movies, michael biehn, military, movie review, movies, music, navy, navy seals, pixar, politics, relationships, romance, science fiction, somewhere in time, soundtrack, soviet union, special effects, star trek, submarine, technology, terminator, titanic, tron, undersea, united states, war | 19 Comments

Movie Matchups: Star Trek: The Motion Picture vs. 2001: A Space Odyssey

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Since my first attempt at talking about 2001: A Space Odyssey was such a resounding success (Stanley Kubrick fans lined up to hurl insults at me), I thought I might as well finish what I started and try to set … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged 2001 a space odyssey, alien, classical music, dave bowman, drama, enterprise, evolution, film score, films, fun, funny, hal 9000, heavens gate, humor, james t kirk, jerry goldsmith, jupiter, klingon, krypton, leaders, monolith, movie review, movies, music, NASA, religion, science, science fiction, soundtrack, space, space exploration, spock, stanley kubrick, star trek, superman, TV shows, voyager, youtube | 29 Comments

Bad Movies with Great Music: St. Elmo’s Fire

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Long before Joel Schumacher made Batman and Robin, he had already cemented his position as a schlock director with the 1985 cinematic stinker called St. Elmo’s Fire. He actually wrote and directed this movie, so there’s no wiggle room to … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Movies with Great Music | Tagged 1980s, ally sheedy, bad movies, batman and robin, demi moore, drama, emilio estevez, film score, films, funny, ghost, humor, joel schumacher, judd nelson, love, movie review, movies, music, patrick swayze, relationships, rob lowe, romance, seven degrees, songs, soundtrack, st elmos fire, tom hanks | 5 Comments