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Pleasant Surprises: High School Musical 2

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

I’m fascinated by High School Musical 2, not because it’s a particularly deep movie but because I absolutely love it. By all rights, I should hate it. It’s a TV movie that bridges the gap between two utterly forgettable (if … Continue reading →

Posted in Pleasant Surprises | Tagged comedy, disney, film score, films, fun, funny, high school musical, humor, movie review, movies, music, relationships, romance, songs, soundtrack | 4 Comments

Bad Movies with Great Music: Explorers

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

What were the makers of Explorers thinking? Few movies have such lofty aspirations and yet such disastrous outcomes as this one. Explorers feels sort of like E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial or Super 8 except without the compelling stories of those films. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Movies with Great Music | Tagged 1980s, comedy, films, humor, movie review, movies, music, parody, science fiction, soundtrack | 7 Comments

The Remarkable Symmetry of the Original Superman: The Movie

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

This is my third cinematic chiasmus. The first time, I noticed 17 parallel scenes in the first and second halves of 1987’s RoboCop. The second time, I pointed out 26 parallel scenes in The Empire Strikes Back. This time, I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus | Tagged action movies, chiasmus, comic books, films, movie review, movies, science fiction, superman | 38 Comments

Pleasant Surprises: Ernest Goes to Camp

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Ernest Goes to Camp perfectly captures childhood in a way I’ve never seen another film pull off. I loved this movie as a kid because it spoke to me on a very personal level. That might sound strange because it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Pleasant Surprises | Tagged 1980s, childhood, children films, comedy, ernest goes to camp, films, funny, humor, movie review, movies | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged comedy, films, funny, humor, love, mel brooks, movie review, movies, romance, young frankenstein | 4 Comments

8 Timeless Yet Dated Classic Films

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Some movies, such as Star Wars, try to be as timeless as possible in their music, costumes, and sets. That way, they can be enjoyed by audiences for generation after generation and never get old. Other films aim for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged classic films, et the extra terrestrial, films, gattaca, goldfinger, james bond, karate kid, movie review, movies, planet of the apes, rocky, science fiction, the ten commandments, timeless films | 2 Comments

Thanks to Days of Future Past, X-Men Is Finally the Series It Always Deserved to Be

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I saw X-Men: Days of Future Past this weekend, and I can’t help feeling that this is what the X-Men series was always meant to be. All of the series’ strengths are on display here and almost none of its … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged action movies, batman, bryan singer, comic books, films, movie review, movies, movies based on books, science fiction, sequels, star trek, superman, wolverine, x-men | 9 Comments

The Empire Strikes Back Is a Perfectly Symmetrical Film

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Anakin Skywalker was prophesied to bring balance to the Force, and it looks like he did in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. This film, which many hail as the best of the original trilogy, is an example of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus | Tagged 1980s, action movies, chiasmus, films, fun, george lucas, movie review, movies, science fiction, sequels, star wars | 57 Comments

1990: The Year of Failed Film Franchises

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

As far as I can tell, 1990 had more series-destroying sequels than any year before or since. And most of these sequels to popular films didn’t exactly go out on a high note, like, say, Return of the King. Most … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged 1980s, 1990s, action movies, back to the future, comedy, eddie murphy, films, funny, gremlins, humor, movie review, movies, predator, robocop, rocky, science fiction, sequels, the godfather | Leave a comment

In Defense of Joel Schumacher’s Batman Movies

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

No one can mistake Joel Schumacher’s two Batman films for masterpieces. Nor can they call me a Schumacher fan, especially after I lambasted his atrocious St. Elmo’s Fire, which he took sole credit for both writing and directing. But I … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged action movies, batman, batman and robin, batman forever, bruce wayne, christopher nolan, comedy, comic books, films, funny, humor, joel schumacher, joker, movie review, movies, parody, sequels | 13 Comments