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A Tale of Two Satans: The Joker vs. General Zod

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Two of my favorite sequels of all time are The Dark Knight and Superman II. Both of them expand the heroes’ story and deepen the world they inhabit. A lot of the success of these films can be credited directly … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged batman, batman begins, christ-type, comic books, devil, drama, evil, films, general zod, God, harvey dent, jesus christ, joker, lucifer, movie review, movies, religion, romance, satan, science fiction, spiritual, superman, the dark knight, villains | 10 Comments

Forgotten Film Gems: National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1

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

Do yourself a favor and go watch National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1 right now. Seriously. It’s on Netflix and it’s probably also at your local library. This is one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen, and I don’t want … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Film Gems | Tagged 1980s, action movies, airplane, bruce willis, cameo, comedy, danny glover, die hard, emilio estevez, films, fun, funny, george lucas, jokes, lethal weapon, mel gibson, movie review, movies, netflix, parody, richard donner, samuel l jackson, star trek, superman, tim curry, TV shows, whoopi goldberg, william shatner | 6 Comments

Forgotten Film Gems: Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Merry Christmas! I love this time of year. Even though the weather seems to get worse every day, my spirits brighten more and more as I approach that happy holiday on December 25. That’s the day when I’m reunited with … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Film Gems | Tagged big bird, children films, christmas, comedy, cookie monster, drama, feliz navidad, film score, films, fun, funny, grover, holiday, kermit the frog, movie review, movies, muppets, music, oscar the grouch, relationships, santa claus, sesame street, songs, soundtrack, spanish, television, TV shows | 2 Comments

Movie Matchups: Sherlock Holmes (2009) vs. Batman Begins

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

It’s time for one of the greatest showdowns of all time! The world’s greatest detective (Sherlock Holmes, of course) vs. the world’s greatest detective (Batman, naturally)! In honor of the upcoming release of Sherlock Holmes 2, I’m going to show … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged action movies, batman, batman begins, bruce wayne, christopher nolan, comic books, detective, drama, films, gotham city, heroes, iron man, joker, magic, movie review, movies, police, relationships, robert downey jr, romance, sherlock holmes, tim burton | 15 Comments

Bad Movies with Great Music: Edward Scissorhands

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I know I risk the ire of my patient readers by saying this, but, in my opinion, Edward Scissorhands is not a good movie. I’d like to stress that it’s not terrible, either. The main reason I consider it bad … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Movies with Great Music | Tagged back to the future, beauty and the beast, california, christmas, danny elfman, disney, drama, edward scissorhands, film score, films, frankenstein, holiday, john hughes, johnny depp, movie review, movies, music, relationships, romance, soundtrack, tim burton, winona ryder | 9 Comments

Movie Matchups: DreamWorks Animation Triple Feature!

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Over the past few years, the quality of DreamWorks Animation’s films has gone up dramatically. They’ve given Pixar a run for its money with great movies like Megamind, How to Train Your Dragon and Kung Fu Panda. What has suddenly … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged animated films, batman begins, beauty and the beast, comedy, donkey kong, dreamworks, films, fun, funny, hitch, how to train your dragon, kung fu panda, megamind, movie review, movies, pixar, relationships, science fiction, superman | 8 Comments

Making Star Wars vs. Writing the U.S. Constitution

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Is it blasphemous to compare a document as divinely inspired as the United States Constitution to a film written and directed by a man who went on to create a character named Jar Jar Binks? I’ll let you decide. No … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged alec guinness, constitution, films, founding fathers, george lucas, george washington, government, james madison, movies, myth, politics, science fiction, star wars, united states | 1 Comment

Battle of the Message Movies: Cars vs. Groundhog Day

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

You’re probably thinking, “What on earth does Cars have to do with Groundhog Day? You’ve gone too far this time with your movie comparisons. How dare you!” Or something like that. I can understand your skepticism, but I think by … Continue reading →

Posted in Message Movie Battle | Tagged animated films, bill murray, cars, comedy, death, films, fun, groundhog day, lightning mcqueen, message movies, movie review, movies, pixar, punxsutawney, race, relationships, romance | 16 Comments

Movie Matchups: The Sixth Sense vs. Ghost

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Don’t you just love that sleeper hit from the 1990s about a ghost who stays on earth after he dies to try to help the people he cares about? Which movie am I talking about: either 1999’s The Sixth Sense … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged 1990s, bruce willis, comedy, death, demi moore, drama, films, ghost, haley joel osment, halloween, m night shyamalan, movie review, movies, patrick swayze, relationships, romance, scary movies, spiritual, supernatural, the sixth sense, TV shows, whoopi goldberg | 10 Comments

Forgotten Film Gems: Clue

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Believe it or not, next year’s Battleship will not be the first movie ever made based on a board game. That dubious honor goes to 1985’s Clue. But don’t let the fact that it’s inspired by a silly game meant … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Film Gems | Tagged 1980s, back to the future, board games, clue, comedy, films, fun, funny, halloween, jokes, movie review, movies, murder, mystery, raiders of the lost ark | 10 Comments