Jurassic Park (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993) Universal is a proud studio. Universal is an iconic studio. It has an illustrious history that spans the century. With thousands of titles, however, if there was a single film that the…
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The 355 (2022)
Stream on Prime This movie showed up on my Amazon Prime feed and the trailer was enticing. Yet, there is so much to hate about The 355. Take the title. Unless you see the trailer,…
Ambulance (2022)
Ambulance (2022) Going into a movie, knowing too much about it, can affect your impressions of the film. (Yes, a review, designed to set up your expectations for a movie, is about to talk about…
Brazil (1985)
Brazil nuts are relatively large nuts coming from one of the most useful trees in the Amazon rainforest. It literally has 1001 uses from carpentry, health benefits, lubricants to flooring. Brazil (1985) The 1985 Terry…
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
An American Werewolf in London (1981) John Landis was on a roll. Kentucky Fried Movie. Animal House. Blues Brothers. He was making one big comedy after another. But he had a script sitting in a…
Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
Usually with the Universally Loved columns, I watch the film, get an idea of where I want to go with the review and belch it out within the same evening. Dear Evan Hansen (2021) Not…
Marry Me (2022)
Marry Me (2022) Universal is one of the few studios still making rom-com’s on an occasional basis. Their latest, Marry Me, is based upon a web Graphic Novel (http://marryme.keenspot.com/) and stars Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson…
The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Trilogy
The most maligned of the Universal Classic Monsters is probably The Creature from the Black Lagoon. He was last to the scene, directed by the same director that made giant spider movies like Tarantula, and…
Universal’s 110 Year Celebration
My last “Universally Loved” column was a review of the 1970’s Centennial TV miniseries. Just like that film, which actually covered much more than 100 years, I’d like to look at Universal’s 110th Anniversary. There…
Centennial (1978)
Centennial (1978) Once in a while you hear someone say, “They don’t make them like that anymore.” Generally, this is a reference to the bible epic films of the Golden Age of Hollywood. But there…