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 […]
GO GO POWER RANGERS: TAKE 23
By Drs. Craig and Silvia Reid They’re baaaack, and this time it’s personal. Nope, not Jaws nor Poltergeist…but the Power Rangers (PR) more precisely Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (MMPR), which is just one e away from being a psychotic experience on painkilling drugs. Based on what the new PR film looks like, it’s the Teletubbies […]
SDAFF 2016: AN OLD GAME, A NEW REIGN AND A HALL OF FAME
By Dr. Craig D. and Silvia N.M. Reid In 2000, first generation, Korean American Lee Ann Kim stepped up to bat for San Diego, which is more than the city’s local MLB team has done, and with the help of the Asian American Journalists Association of San Diego founded the San Diego Asian Film Foundation, […]
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 […]
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. – Neo Nostalgia is the New Past
By Dr. Craig D. Reid Hey daddyo, the new Man from U.N.C.L.E. movie based on the jazzy, 1960’s, Cold War, go-go and groovy TV show The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-68), comes across more of a gas than a drag as we relive the tight wire tensions of an unlikely U.S.-U.S.S.R.-U.K triumvirate of enemies uniting under […]
TERMINATOR GENESYS: I’LL BE BACK?
By Dr. Craig D. Reid The major problem with the $170 million budgeted Terminator Genisys are the trailers…all the important twists and plot points are as visible as James Cameron and Linda Hamilton not being involved in any Terminator project since The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). Basically the cool, unexpected twists […]