Vulgar Display of Power Pt 5 (Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, 2005)
So, Paul Schrader completed his Exorcist movie. The studio did not like it. They hired Renny Harlan to make a whole new movie. It bombed. To try and recoup their…
Tag: Stellan Skarsgård
Vulgar Display of Power Pt 4 (the Exorcist: The Beginning, 2004)
Where was there to go, but back to the beginning? Father Merrin is on an archeological dig and having a crisis of faith. He is brought into see a Christian…
Yo Ho Ho, It is OVER! (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, 2007)
Holy. Crap. THIS. MOVIE. IS. SO. LONG. Like, super long. It is ten minutes shy of three hours. Anyhoo, picking up where the last film left off, the Kraken ate…
Yo Ho Ho! Let’s Go For Another Ride! (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, 2006)
“Abandon Ship, or Abandon Hope”, declares Kevin McNally’s Gibbs. Disney was full of hope they had a franchise after the hit of Curse of the Black Pearl. To make sure…
Sharks Got Brains (Deep Blue Sea, 1999)
Scientists may have cracked the code for an Alzheimer’s cure. but they need to keep their funding. Rich business man and adventurer Russell Franklin needs convincing, so he is visiting…
Elves! But DARK Elves (Thor: The Dark World, 2013)
Thor’s post Avengers story stays outside of the world of S.H.I.E.L.D., Iron Man and Captain America. It focuses squarely on Thor, Jane Foster and Asgard. The story opens with Odin…
Hammer Time (Thor, 2011)
As Marvel worked their way to the Avengers, they had a bit of an issue. Thor is supposedly a god, as are all his friends and family. How does this…
