Tag Archives: romance

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

Something New to Admire About The Last Starfighter Besides Its Special Effects

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

I have to admit I was wrong about The Last Starfighter. In one of my first articles on this website, I mocked that film and said that it was a bad movie with good music. A few years later, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus | Tagged 1980s, action movies, chiasmus, films, last starfighter, love, movie review, movies, relationships, romance, science fiction, special effects | 10 Comments

Forgotten Film Gems: Exodus (1960)

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

They don’t make ‘em like they used to. Old epics are usually better than new ones. Seriously, I’d rate Spartacus (1960) higher than Gladiator (2000), Tora! Tora! Tora! higher than Pearl Harbor, and The Ten Commandments (1956) higher than this … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Film Gems | Tagged classic films, exodus, films, Israel, leon uris, love, movie review, movies, movies based on books, paul newman, relationships, romance, war | 7 Comments

Movie Matchups: Atlantis: The Lost Empire vs. Stargate

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

Stargate debuted in theaters exactly 20 years ago today. It was so good that they released it again seven years later, except that time it was called Atlantis: The Lost Empire. These movies are so closely related that it’s crazy that Roland … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged action movies, animated films, atlantis, disney, films, fun, movie review, movies, relationships, roland emmerich, romance, science fiction, stargate | 7 Comments

Bill and Ted’s Symmetrical Adventure

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Robert Lockard, the Deja Reviewer

In my last Cinematic Chiasmus, I demonstrated how the entire Back to the Future Trilogy follows the same pattern backwards and forwards. This time I’ll delve into another classic ‘80s time-travel movie: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Wait. A seemingly … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus | Tagged 1980s, bill and ted, bill and teds excellent adventure, chiasmus, comedy, films, fun, funny, history, humor, jokes, keanu reeves, love, movie review, movies, puns, romance, science fiction, time travel | 14 Comments

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

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

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 →

Posted in Movie Matchups | Tagged animated films, disney, enchanted, film score, films, frozen, fun, love, movie review, movies, music, parody, relationships, romance, songs, soundtrack | 15 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