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While the sentimentality for a lost era of heroism is great, the execution of Jake Speed is muddled, ponderous, and desperate for charisma.

Kurt Vonnegut's compelling source novel about life, war, and faith is turned into a stellar film adaptation in 1972's Slaughterhouse-Five.

6000 SUX The remarkable thing about RoboCop is how right it was. Robocop’s news is broadcast in three minute chunks, predicting short attention spans. Commercials for branded artificial hearts …

Ever Talk to a Corpse? David isn’t really a werewolf. It seems like it – after all, he spends a night in agonizing pain, growing out limbs, fangs, and …

Finger on Fast-Forward The best part of The Prey involves the discussion of a cucumber sandwich and subsequent eating of said sandwich. That’s by default. The Prey doesn’t hold …

Major Progress The important pieces of Major and the Minor happen in the opening act. It’s a little too easy to discredit the floofy romance that follows, one that …

Running From Honesty The Running Man performs a dance to the tune of morality’s ever changing center. As it begins, there’s a smug insurance agent who denies a claim …

Quite Cold You can date The Chill Factor to the early ‘90s a few ways. First, the influx of neon making its presence in the dress code. Second, the …

Romancing Immigration The poetic, romantic dialog spoken by star Charles Boyer is often grating and obvious in Hold Back the Dawn. But, that’s also on purpose – Boyer is …

Finsky Under the cover of the ‘80s, Weird Science gets away with two 14-ish year old boys showering with a 30-year old woman. It’s the boy’s fantasy after all. …

To Love, Peace, and Happiness The ’80s rebelled against Christmas. Gremlins took fire to consumerism on the studio side, and the low budget, VHS crud started dropping the Silent …

Error 601 There’s a moment late in Andromeda Strain when scientists realize the extent of a deadly virus they spent the movie researching. It’s a Manhattan Project allegory. The …