By Drs. Craig and Silvia Reid When Guardian of the Galaxy (2014) was introduced into Marvel’s cinematic universe, it was voted least likely to succeed, thus advertising bucks and backing compared to all the other jewels in the Marvel treasure trove of franchise successes, was low. Yet after a $94 million opening weekend and a […]
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16th ANNUAL SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL: Best in the West
By Dr. Craig D. Reid We’ve just finished Halloween, gained an extra hour on the proverbial space time continuum and El Nino is going to hit Southern California with inclemency worse thanSharknado 4. What more could possibly make So-Cal the place to be? As nature warns Pacific Coast residents to buy flood insurance, San Diego […]
Jupiter Ascending: Another Crazy Galaxy Adventure
By Dr. Craig D. Reid What do you get when you cross The Matrix (1999) with Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), mix in a villain that pathetically and effeminately tries to act like Gary Oldman’s Zorg character from The Fifth Element (1997), a hero that’s part Lycan and Ryan Reynolds from Green Lantern (2011) and […]
The Hobbit 2: Welcome to the House of Smaug – He’ll Pollute Your Senses
At its primeval parlay of powerful poetic pros and prophetic prowess, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is such a spine tingling psychotic film that if I saw this movie when I was a kid, I’d have had nightmares for months. The soul creepiness absorbs you, the places our heroes visit carry so much potential […]
THOR: THE DARK WORLD – Thor-ougly Enjoyable
Speed of lightening, power of thunder…there’s no need to fear …UnderThor is here. But seriously, this is a well Thor-t out film and it is quite obvious that our pure Thor-oughbred Hammer Time hero is a Thor-n in the dark forces trying to knock out the Nine Realms with Aether, pronounced like the anesthetic ether, […]
PACIFIC RIM: GODZILLA VS. POWER RANGERS
By Dr. Craig D. Reid Yes, I hear you, most of you will undoubtedly want to say, “Pacific Rim, it looks like the Transformers.” Oh yee little minds being held at bay (Michael Bay, that is). But once you realize that the leather, space-suited human warriors are operating the robots inside their metallic shells, there […]