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Bea’s Reviews: Christine [1983] and Dark Star [1974]

VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOMMMMM!

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[Bea’s Reviews] Starman [1984]

“I watched you very carefully. Red light Stop, green light Go, yellow light Go Very Fast.” Continue reading →

[Bea’s Reviews] The Thing [1982]

“Trust’s a tough thing to come by these days.” Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Escape from LA [1996] by Bea Harper

Dir.: John Carpenter Starring: Kurt Russell, Cliff Robertson, Stacy Keach, Valeria Golino, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda, Bruce Campbell, Pam Grier, Georges Corraface and AJ Langer While spanked like that red-haired stepchild you keep under the stairs and only let out at night, Escape From LA was a joke that nobody quite got upon its released … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] They Live [1988] by Bea Harper

Dir.: John Carpenter Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason and George ‘Buck’ Flower This is what happens when try to push your staunch political ideologies down Carpenter’s throat; you get a cinematic knuckle sandwich. After the terrible reception of Big Trouble In Little China, Carpenter was rather down on his luck and … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Escape From New York [1981] by Bea Harper

Dir.: John Carpenter Starring: Kurt Russell, Donald Pleasence, Lee Van Cleef, Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes (the DUKE of New York), Harry Dean Stanton and Ernest Borgnine When John Carpenter is mad or upset, that is arguably when he is at his finest. When it comes to giving his opinion, Carp ain’t one to mince his works … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Mimic [1997] by Bea Harper

Dir.: Guillermo Del Toro Starring: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, Charles Dutton and F. Murray Abraham A trial by fire was Del Toro’s very first Western science fiction thriller that while valiant at the core failed due to studio insistence that Western audiences were a bunch of gurgling, mentally-defective trilobites thereby giving us what … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Pacific Rim [2013] by Bea Harper

Dir.: Guillermo Del Toro Starring: Rinko Kikuchi, Idris Elba, Charlie Hunam, Charlie Day, Burn Gorman and Ron Perlman We get near-apocalyptic in Del Toro’s affectionate love letter to battle mechs and ornery kaiju in one of 2013’s big blockbuster films that shows you that bigger can sometimes be better, in fact it is encouraged. If … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Hellboy [2004] by Bea Harper

Dir.: Guillermo Del Toro Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, John Hurt, Doug Jones and David Hyde Pierce Here to protect, here to rock the boat, “Hellboy” is unlike many of the superhero ilk out there right now. Having had no prior intel of the character or creator Mike Mignola, I remember “Hellboy” being one of the most … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Terminator: Genisys [2015] by Bea Harper

Dir.: Alan Taylor Starring: Emilia Clarke, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jai Courtney, Jason Clarke and J.K. Simmons IT IS NOT THAT BAD, GUYS! Whether or not you are willing to go with what you see is another matter, but truth be told, this is not the travesty so many people have proclaimed it to be. Although it is … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Terminator: Salvation [2009] by Bea Harper

Dir.: McG Starring: Christian Bale, Sam Worthingon, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood, Michael Ironside and Anton Yelchin Looks spectacular, features more than commendable action set pieces, visual effects and world building with some beautiful animatronics and a generally good cast but by GOD, the story is a veritable porridge of incomprehensible macheta! Allow me to … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines [2003] by Bea Harper

Dir.: Jonathan Mostow Starring: Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kristanna Loken *Note- Mostows’ film is actually known as U-571. I blame the Derp Monkey for my incompetence. What I appreciated story-wise about the film mainly takes place in the final third of the film when the action becomes its own entity and the stakes … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Terminator 2: Judgement Day [1991] by Bea Harper

Dir.: James Cameron Starring: Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Patrick, Joe Morton, Xander Berkley and Jeanette Goldstein Thoughts on T2 since to write a paragraph would have me descend into incomprehensible praising; – If a man comes into your house to tear off his arm and reveal a metallic endoskeleton underneath it, you would … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] The Terminator [1984] by Bea Harper

Dir.: James Cameron Starring: Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lance Henricksen, Earl Boen, Paul Winfield, Brad Fidel’s sick mech-beats and Stan Winston’s visual brilliance Well, poopie. I have no valuable insight you haven’t read or figured out for yourself, no deep, penetrating ideas about the human condition that hasn’t already been addressed by those considerably … Continue reading →