Yipee-Ki-Yay Mr Falcon

Back in the heydey of TV movies — flicks with low budgets and no cursing with "adult themes" that aired on ABC or CBS late at night. As a kid you would see them, or parts of them, and be irrevocably scarred. Here, we examine the TV movie classic Buried Alive (1990) starring Tim Matheson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and William Atherton (the dude who played Walter Peck from Ghostbusters) that gave plenty of 90s kids a deep fear of being...you guessed it, buried alive.  

They came out fairly close together, and both tackle the subject of synthetic realities, simulations in which a society of people are living without being away of their situation. One takes the techno-futurist route — The Matrix (1999), and the other takes a more surrealistic sci-fi approach, and made way less money — Dark City (1998). But the latter did become a cult favorite. But how much does The Matrix owe to Dark City, and what did DC do better? 

Two of Paul Verhoeven's most revered films of the 1990s, Total Recall (1990) and RoboCop (1987), got horrible, shitty, utterly forgettable remakes in the 2010s. But can we learn something more about these beloved originals by examining some of the many ways in which the remakes absolutely sucked? We're gonna find out.

It was a thing, for a while. Back in the ol' 1990s. Filmmakers got so turgid with the cheapo possibilities of early CG that they went mad and made a spate of giant killer animal movies. Giant gorillas, giant alligators in misnamed features, giant snakes vs. JLo...and so many, many more. 

He was one of the biggest movie stars of the 80s and 90s, and the roles he played have left a lasting impact on movies and the people who grew up with them. From playing Madmartigan in Willow and outshining Tom Cruise as Iceman in Top Gun, to resurrecting Jim Morrison and hunting lions with Michael Douglas, we take a tour through the career of the recently passed and much missed Val Kilmer. 

Every once in a while, buying an old movie with a great cast and an intriguing plot pays off, even if you've never heard of it before. Shoot To Kill (1988) is an action/adventure/mystery/crime/survival flick starring Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley, Clancy Brown and the legendary Sydney Poitier, who starred in this film after taking a hiatus from acting for several years. The movie shifts tone a little too much, especially toward the end, but it's the kind of action movie you'd expect from the late 1970s rather than the late 1980s, which might explain why nobody has heard of it, and why it's actually pretty excellent. 

They're not real bands, but their songs are real, and they kinda sorta performed them. Some of their songs even made it to the radio and into the cultural fabric. These are your favorite fictional bands from your favorite music movies from the Blues Brothers and Eddie and the Cruisers to Spinal Tap and The One-ders. If only they can escape the death monkeys that haunt their dreams.... 

From the old TV movie Trial of the Incredible Hulk to the Ben Afleck CG bombfest to the current Man Without Fear, Charlie Cox, the superhero Daredevil has had a strange presence on the screen over the past 40 years. We take a look at the good things that have been done with the character, and we'l lalso talk about the playground fight, Colin Farrel, and everything else that made the 2003 movie outing so painful.