In my review for Tomorrow Never Dies I called The World is not Enough a disaster. Looking at the box office results suggests otherwise. $362 million worldwide is fantastic. Hell, it was the most financially success Bond film at the time of its release. If money told the whole story we’d remember the film differently … Read more
Critical reaction for Tomorrow Never Dies was mixed and audiences were disappointed. Box Office results remained relatively stable, dipping only $20 million from Goldeneye, but today it’s a forgotten James Bond film. Not remembered fondly like Brosnan’s first and not the disaster of his next one, it vanished from the popular culture. I genuinely couldn’t … Read more
Goldeneye was the Bond franchise’s do or die moment. Six years had passed since the last film, the longest gap in the long running series history. Timothy Dalton’s License to Kill ended his run the British super spy, and people doubted whether Bond made sense in post-cold war 1995. People genuinely believed the franchise was … Read more
“Holy Jesus Christ, this could get ugly” Medical school reject, Jeffrey Franken, conducts amateur medical experiments in his part-time. When his fiancé Elizabeth dies in a freak self-driving lawnmower accident, he becomes obsessed with resurrecting her. He succeeds, but she’s no longer the Elizabeth he knows, she’s become Frankenhooker! That opening description should be enough … Read more
Joe Pesci won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Goodfellas. Martin Scorsese was nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe for this films. Goodfellas brought in $46 million and ranked 26th at the box office. For an R-rated crime drama, it was a smash hit. Hell, it’s an incredible success on … Read more
Growing up in the 90s means, you probably watched Land Before Time. I’m sure there are a few people aged 25-40 who didn’t see this film, but their parents deprived them of an amazing experience. An experience that children should have. The film contains a heartbreaking loss for its main character Little Foot. Land Before … Read more
