The tremendously effective combination of practical effects and CGI in Jurassic Park just makes me wonder why Spielberg eventually wandered down the dark alley of all-CGI effects in Crystal Skull and others. How did a man who mastered the use of CGI in JP then turn around two decades later and say "hey, CGI monkeys…

The tremendously effective combination of practical effects and CGI in Jurassic Park just makes me wonder why Spielberg eventually wandered down the dark alley of all-CGI effects in Crystal Skull and others. How did a man who mastered the use of CGI in JP then turn around two decades later and say "hey, CGI monkeys…

It's not the film's fault, but "Philadelphia" hasn't aged very well as society's understanding of HIV/AIDS has advanced. And its Achilles heel will always be the embarrassingly unrealistic courtroom scenes.

It's not the film's fault, but "Philadelphia" hasn't aged very well as society's understanding of HIV/AIDS has advanced. And its Achilles heel will always be the embarrassingly unrealistic courtroom scenes.

Yep, when I was 12 I saw JP in the theater about four times, and to this day I'm still amazed by the staging, visual effects, and sound editing of the T-Rex attack. But even beyond its technical achievements (with CGI that somehow looks better than the CGI in modern movies after 20 years of programming advancements),…

Yep, when I was 12 I saw JP in the theater about four times, and to this day I'm still amazed by the staging, visual effects, and sound editing of the T-Rex attack. But even beyond its technical achievements (with CGI that somehow looks better than the CGI in modern movies after 20 years of programming advancements),…

I definitely wouldn't say it was terrible, but I've never understood the critical adoration either. If "In Bruges" had been released in 1996, it would have taken its rightful place beside "2 Days in the Valley" and "Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead" as another mildly clever but ultimately forgettable Tarantino…

I definitely wouldn't say it was terrible, but I've never understood the critical adoration either. If "In Bruges" had been released in 1996, it would have taken its rightful place beside "2 Days in the Valley" and "Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead" as another mildly clever but ultimately forgettable Tarantino…

Good point. I can say with complete sincerity that in all aspects, Tremors is a better film than Out of Sight.

Good point. I can say with complete sincerity that in all aspects, Tremors is a better film than Out of Sight.

To be fair, Gremlins 2: The New Batch is hilarious. But yeah, does it stick in anybody's mind the way "Silence of the Lambs" does?

To be fair, Gremlins 2: The New Batch is hilarious. But yeah, does it stick in anybody's mind the way "Silence of the Lambs" does?

Fully agreed on "Sling Blade." Well-written, well-acted, and tremendously atmospheric film that has lost a lot of its staying power due to Thornton's descent into rambling about Famous Monsters of Filmland.

Fully agreed on "Sling Blade." Well-written, well-acted, and tremendously atmospheric film that has lost a lot of its staying power due to Thornton's descent into rambling about Famous Monsters of Filmland.

Where's the Wire, and also, the promised Michael Biehn Random Roles?

Where's the Wire, and also, the promised Michael Biehn Random Roles?

Couldn't agree more on "Yesterday's Enterprise." A lot of my love for ST:TNG comes from its sheer goofiness, but when Picard takes Capt. Garrett aside for the whispered "the war has gone very badly for the Federation" speech, I still get the chills.

Couldn't agree more on "Yesterday's Enterprise." A lot of my love for ST:TNG comes from its sheer goofiness, but when Picard takes Capt. Garrett aside for the whispered "the war has gone very badly for the Federation" speech, I still get the chills.

Milch saying that he knew "Tell Him Something Pretty" was the last episode is kind of…strange. I'm not entirely sure Milch has been consistent on how Deadwood actually ended. There's a YouTube video of Milch talking to a class as USC in which he shows clear anger at some unnamed executive at HBO for cancelling the…

You don't normally see the phrase "ghettoest ghettoplex" in the same sentence as "southern Vermont."