Tag Archives: movie review

It’s Time for Spider-Man to Leave New York City

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Why is it that we have movies with Sylvester Stallone climbing majestic mountains in Colorado and Tom Cruise scaling the tallest building in the world in Dubai, but Spider-Man (the Wall Crawler himself) has been confined to New York City … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged action movies, adventure, avengers, batman, comic books, films, movie review, movies, science fiction, sequels, spiderman, superman | 7 Comments

10 Unpleasant Things That Make Perfect Character Names

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

It’s a new year and I’m in the mood to have some fun. I have come up with 10 words that usually have negative connotations, but they work extremely well as movie character names. Let’s go through these names and … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged action movies, animated films, austin powers, batman, comedy, comic books, films, fun, funny, gi joes, humor, iron man, movie review, movies, napoleon dynamite, science fiction, sequels, spiderman, teenage mutant ninja turtles, x-men | 3 Comments

Movie Matchups: Frozen (2013) vs. Enchanted

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Disney’s animation studio has been on a roll for the last few years with great films like Wreck-It Ralph, Tangled, and The Princess and the Frog. But Frozen is the best film to come from the studio since Beauty and … Continue reading →

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Movie Matchups: Santa Claus: The Movie vs. Superman: The Movie

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Oh, those crazy Salkinds. If you’re not a Superman fan you probably don’t have a clue who Ilya and Alexander Salkind are. Back in the ‘70s and early ‘80s they had huge aspirations for the U.S. film industry. They wanted … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged 1980s, action movies, christmas, comic books, films, holiday, movie review, movies, santa claus, science fiction, superman | 3 Comments

10 Classic Films You Probably Didn’t Know Are Based on Books

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

This isn’t the first time I’ve delved into film adaptations of novels. I’ve listed movies that barely resemble the books they’re based on and movies that contradict their books’ endings. This time I’ll go a little more obscure and share … Continue reading →

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10 Films (Besides Raiders of the Lost Ark) Whose Heroes Have No Effect on the Outcome of the Story

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Remember when The Big Bang Theory ruined Raiders of the Lost Ark by pointing out the “glaring story problem” that the iconic hero Indiana Jones has absolutely no effect on the outcome of the story? None at all. At those … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Stuff | Tagged comic books, drama, film endings, films, harry potter, heavens gate, indiana jones, movie review, movies, raiders of the lost ark, science fiction, star trek, to kill a mockingbird, watchmen | 51 Comments

Movie Matchups: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang vs. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Christmas is coming early this year. I usually save my Christmas article for later in the month of December, but the good folks at Rifftrax preempted me by scheduling their riff of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians to come to movie … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged chitty chitty bang bang, christmas, comedy, films, fun, funny, holiday, humor, ian fleming, james bond, movie review, movies, movies based on books, mst3k, musical, rifftrax, romance, santa claus | 1 Comment

Forgotten Film Gems: Untamed Heart

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Long before Twilight romanticized the notion of a mysterious boy sneaking into a girl’s bedroom at night to watch her sleep, Untamed Heart did it without being creepy. And long before Moulin Rouge overused the line, “The greatest thing you’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Film Gems | Tagged christmas, drama, film score, films, movie review, movies, music, nat king cole, relationships, romance, songs, soundtrack, untamed heart | 5 Comments

Movie Matchups: Wreck-It Ralph vs. Tron

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Disney cemented its role as the king of video-game movies with the debut of Wreck-It Ralph in 2012. It might be a coincidence, but Wreck-It Ralph debuted 30 years after another famous Disney movie, Tron, and the characters celebrate the … Continue reading →

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Movies That Get Worse on Multiple Viewings: Field of Dreams

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I used to think Field of Dreams was a deep movie. Then I grew up and realized there’s more to life than baseball and the 1960s. Today I’m going to explain why 1989’s Field of Dreams gets worse on multiple … Continue reading →

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