“Never give up! Never surrender!” The Scoop: 1999 PG, directed by Dean Parisot and starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and Alan Rickman Tagline: The show has been cancelled… but the adventure is just beginning. Summary Capsule: Actors of a cancelled sci-fi show find themselves in the real thing

Let me get this out right now: I love Firefly.  Really.  I actually saw it in broadcast, I relished the DVDs, and I was there on opening night for Serenity.  Firefly is a rare example of excellent scifi storytelling on TV, and one of the best shows of the past decade. That said, over the [...]

“However cleverly you sneak up on a mirror, your reflection always looks you straight in the eye.” The Scoop: 1987 R, directed by Alan Parker and starring Mickey Rourke, Robert DeNiro and Lisa Bonet Tagline: Harry Angel has been hired to search for the truth… pray he doesn’t find it. Summary Capsule: If we were [...]

“See the dancing freak! Pay five bucks! To see the dancing freak, only five bucks! To-see-the-dan-cing-freak-just-five-bucks!” The Scoop: 1990 R, directed by Sam Raimi and starring Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Larry Drake, Colin Friels, and Nelson Mashita. Tagline: They destroyed everything he had, everything he was. Now, crime has a new enemy and justice has [...]

In the United States, movie posters are used for one very specific purpose – they give the viewers a small taste of the movie they’re advertising, mostly by providing basic information such as the stars, director, and overall tone. Horrors get a lot of use out of skulls and splattered blood, comedies like to show off [...]

“It’s better to help people than garden gnomes.” The Scoop:2001 R, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, and Dominique Pinon Tagline: She’ll change your life. Summary Capsule: Frenchy chickie goes on a quest to find the Holy Grail… of happiness!

“This is a war! A war between men and women. Anything short of cannibalism is just beating around the bush!” The Scoop: 1989 PG-13, directed by J.F. Lawton and starring Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher, and Karen M. Waldron Tagline: These women are serious about their taste in men! Summary Capsule: A proof-positive study that all [...]

Over time, as everyone discovers, nostalgia and low-grade forgetfulness can warp your mind into remembering things far more fondly than they have any right to be remembered. Looking back, one may be wistful to be a young kid again, with the innocence and playful imagination that goes with it. Naturally, one may also forget about [...]

“I don’t want to be here alone when the walls start to bleed!” The Scoop: 2006 PG-13, directed by Steve Pink and starring Justin Long, Jonah Hill and Blake Lively Tagline: Reject rejection Summary Capsule: A group of rejects form a fake college, only to find that they conned more than just their parents.

“Best embrace the suck.” The Scoop: 2011 PG-13 , Directed by Daniel Barnz and starring Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens and Mary Kate Olsen. Tagline: Love is never ugly. Summary Capsule: Popular, good-looking kid gets cursed with ugliness, and nothing else interesting happens for two hours.