Subject:

Richard Donner

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Six `60s Space TV Series Intros, In All Their Unscientific, Non-Entertaining Awfulness

    That hair is PURPLE!!!!​The Sixties were the Space Era, when astronauts were all anyone was talking about, except for dirty hippies and their loud music. TV was eager to jump on the bandwagon. Unfortunately, TV-series production wasn't as high-budget or sophisticated as it is today, so the re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Danny Elfman's Ten Greatest Soundtracks

    ​Last Tuesday, Warner Bros. music released a 25th anniversary box set commemorating the orchestral soundtrack work Danny Elfman has done for Tim Burton. Elfman, the former front man for the wonderfully weird art-pop band Oingo Boingo, was first recruited by Burton to score his film Pee Wee's B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Pop Rocks: Pocket Full Of Kryptonite

    Lindsay Lohan's in my next movie? Just leave the bottle.​I'd done a decent job putting the fact they're rebooting the Superman franchise *again* next year out of my mind, that is until a flurry of recent Man of Steel-related news items popped up in the last week or so. "Wait," you're saying, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    10 Sequels That Don't Need To Happen

    Please god, no...​For those who've been pining for the return of the "Blue Steel" and the "Magnum," your patience is about to be rewarded: Ben Stiller is dead in the middle of promoting "Little Fockers," out Dec. 22, but he's already got his eye on yet another sequel: "Zoolander 2." Stiller ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 12, 2008

    Superman

    In the age of limitless special effects, Richard Donner’s superhero flick could teach youngsters a thing or two about character.

  • Home Entertainment

    January 4, 2007
  • Home Entertainment

    November 30, 2006
  • Home Entertainment

    June 22, 2006
  • Film

    June 1, 2006

    Deep-Sixed

    Hollywood pounces on 6-6-06 with a needless Omen revival

  • Film

    March 23, 2006

    It's a Crime

    Spike Lee's Inside Man plots the heist of your moviegoing dollars

  • Film

    March 2, 2006

    Hard Ride

    Stuck with Bruce Willis in rush-hour traffic? You could always walk

  • Film

    July 14, 2005

    Comic Relief

    It ain't quite Fantastic, but it'll do in a pinch

  • Film

    December 21, 2000

    Recycled Gifts

    The ghost of Christmas Movies Past pays a visit to The Family Man

  • Culture

    May 4, 2000

    The Final Cut

    DVDs pull back the curtain on the movies, but do you really want to see the Wizard?

  • Film

    August 7, 1997

    But What If the Nuts Are Right?

    Conspiracy Theory offers a new action hero: the addled Everyman

  • Film

    June 2, 1994

    The Mild, Mild West

    Maverick proves harmless -- and charmless

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