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[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] There are a number of genres where the typical story arc has been done so many times, there’s almost no surprises along the way. Beyond the possible amount of interest the film’s protagonist might have, most of the surrounding characters may as well be interchangeable from any of dozens of similar films. In […]

One of the best scripted action/dramas currently on tv, History’s Vikings continues to get better and better. I was lucky enough to end up in their pressroom again this year, and they gave us drinking horns! My interview with the cast starts with Katheryn Winnick (Lagertha Lothbrook) and Alexander Ludwig (Bjorn Lothbrook): Katheryn:  (to me) Oh, hi!  Nice to […]

I’m in the middle of finishing up my packing for Comic Con International in San Diego, better known as SDCC (San Diego Comic-Con) or simply Comic-Con.  This will be my 5th year attending, and it feels like my 25th.  Maybe that isn’t entirely fair to the event, but it takes an insane amount of pre […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] The first Purge film with it’s home-invasion theme was novel in it’s being an ultra-violent commentary on social and economic classes and how little it would seem to take normal suburbia and turn it into a murder zone. For those that might not have seen the earlier films, the idea is that every […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] So, let’s get the Elephant in the room out of the way to begin with – in the 21st century, nearly any film about Tarzan (and European colonialism in general) is going to be a bit rife with racial storylines that is going be awkward to explain. The Legend of Tarzan does it’s […]

Writer/Director James DeMonaco returns with the 3rd film in the series; The Purge: Election Year. What a perfect setting for the current American political climate, too!  A highly charged election year where the state of the country’s soul is at stake, presided over by a Senator who wants to do away with the annual Purge and the Minister who […]

We all know who Tarzan is, right?  The son of an english lord and lady who was raised by apes in the deep jungles of Africa after the death of his parents?  Lord of Greystoke? Any of this ringing a bell? When Universal first announced plans to resurrect the famed vine swinging hero, the thing […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] Shark movies is another flavor of horror genre that I’m typically a very easy lay for. The Shallows is a very slick production and better quality than we’ve gotten over the last many years from Syfy’s collection of Sharknado films. Most often shark films are campy fun, but every so often someone takes […]

Every generation has the defining shark film that makes folks afraid to go into the water.  For the foreseeable future,  it’s STILL Jaws. While yes, The Shallows offers some FANTASTIC cinematography and okay-ish jumpscares, it falls flat everywhere else. And this is coming from someone who has an unexplainable love for crappy B movies and their crappier […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″]   Twenty years ago writer Dean Devlin and director Rolan Emmerich ushered in the modern era disaster blockbuster with a film that’s never been called by its given name – it’s always been ID4 rather than Independence Day. It set the set the bar for everything from the Transformers franchise to the modern […]