Tag Archives: Christopher Plummer

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

I’ve been hearing about the “even-odd” rule for Star Trek films for years. There’s a rule of thumb that the odd-numbered movies in the Star Trek series are poor, or at least sub-par, while the even-numbered movies are great films. … Continue reading

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Dreamscape

The poster looks like something out of Indiana Jones. As Dreamscape was released in 1984, in the middle of the Indy era and the same year as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, perhaps it’s not surprising that the … Continue reading

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Up

2009 Best Picture Nominee Just being a Pixar film would be enough to get Up onto my watch list, but the accolades it’s received certainly didn’t hurt. Directed by Bob Peterson and Pete Docter, Up was the second animated feature … Continue reading

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Heath Ledger may well be this generation’s James Dean. His career tragically cut short (though in his case more by a bad decision than by happenstance), he had a few more films than Dean, but like Dean was just reaching … Continue reading

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