It seems that whenever somebody gets an idea in Hollywood for a big blockbuster, somebody else seemingly gets the exact same one! This is has led to thematic rivalries like Volcano vs Dante’s Peak, Armageddon vs Deep Impact, The Prestige vs The Illusionist, The Matrix vs The 13th Floor and of course, who can forget the classic battle between Thrashin’ …

With Jurassic World currently devouring box office records like they were cowardly lawyers hiding in toilets, the works of Michael Crichton is back in fashion. It was the late author’s 1990 novel Jurassic Park that first captured a younger Steven Spielberg’s imagination, prompting him to get Universal Pictures to buy the film rights and eventually turn it into a film …

Can you smell what The Rock is cooking? Yup, his big movie finally arrived, along with a rude bear and something about Hollywood. But those dinosaurs still rule… Last Updated: July 1, 2015

Kids was the kind of movie that rarely comes along. It went for a taboo topic (the seedy lives of teenagers) and refused to pander to conventions and clichés. A warts-and-all exploration of the time, it struck a chord and remains a controversial experience even today, 20 years later. Last Updated: July 1, 2015

The main Harry Potter story may have wrapped up years ago in the books and a few years later in the box-office record setting movies, but author JK Rowling created such an incredible vibrant world that there are still lots of stories that could be told in it. We’ll be seeing one of those new stories playing out on the …

I got thinking about fan-made theories as I watched Inception for something like the fourth time this weekend (as an aside that movie is still excellent, easily in my top ten). I love a good conspiracy theory about plot points and details in a movie or a TV show. Granted, sometimes fan-made theories run more into the realm of “what …

Phase 3 is a’comin’! Once Ant-Man wraps up at the box office, Marvel will be getting ready for their biggest phase of movies to date. Captain America: Civil War, Thor Ragnarok, Doctor Strange and a ton more will all lead up to the planned Avengers 3, a third act in two parts that has Earth’s mightiest heroes chasing after the …

Clubber Lang. Ivan Drago. Tommy Gunn. These were the names of some of the toughest fighters that Rocky Balboa ever stepped into the ring and streets with. But none of them had the tenacity, the sheer charisma of his greatest opponent and best friend, Apollo Creed. That chapter in the Rocky saga was cut short in the fourth film, when …