Congo (Film Review)

1995 Paramount Pictures Directed by: Frank Marshall; Written by: John Patrick Shanley (adapted from Michael Crichton’s novel of the same name) Starring: Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker, and Tim Curry MPAA Rating: R; Running Time: 108 Minutes The Nicsperiment Score: 2/10   Michael’s Crichton’s 1980 novel, Congo, is not his

Filmshake Does Michael Crichton, with Congo (1995) and Sphere (1998)

Top of the line effects! If I squint and cover my eyes with duct tape, they almost look real! I’ve always thought 1995’s Congo is an objectively bad film. That is, until I spoke to Jordan Courtney about it on our latest Filmshake episode. Turns out, maybe it’s just subjectively bad, for as much as

Never Do Something Halfway

My commitment to my 90’s podcast with Jordan Courtney can never be questioned! I really dive into the material, and if there’s a video game, the tubular thing to do is play it and review it. With that said, we just released an episode focused upon the controversial Alien³. Not only did I watch the

It’s Time for Filmshake’s Alien³ Episode!

“LIFE IS MEANINGLESS, RIPLEY!!! EXISTENCE PRECEDES ESSENCE!!!” My 90’s movie podcast with Jordan Courtney doesn’t often get the chance to deeply analyze a film–after all, there’s not much in 1999’s Wild Wild West or 1998’s Godzilla that deserves a deeper look. Maybe because of this, for our new episode on 1992’s Alien³, we went hard…really hard.

Alien³ (Film Review)

1992 20th Century Fox Directed by: David Fincher; Written by: David Giler, Walter Hill, and Larry FergusonStarring: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, and Lance HenriksenMPAA Rating: R; Running Time: 114 Minutes/145 MinutesThe Nicsperiment Score: 8/10 (for both the original and Assembly cuts) Ellen Ripley has just experienced one of the biggest victories of

Demolition Man

1993 Warner Bros. PicturesDirected by: Marco Brambilla; Written by: Daniel Waters, Robert Reneau, and Peter M. LenkovStarring: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, and Nigel HawthorneMPAA Rating: R; Running Time: 115 MinutesThe Nicsperiment Score: 6/10 John Spartan struggles with property destruction. Every time he arrests someone, something explodes. The LAPD Sergeant is a self-described maniac,

Filmshake’s Talking About Demolition Man!

Needs more veins. This Filmshake, Jordan Courtney and I are covering the 1993 sci-fi actioneer, Demolition Man. What is wrong with this movie? Conversely, what is right with this movie? Is everything that is wrong and right about this movie happening at the same time? It’s a weird zany, kind of funny, kind of…boring, but

Godzilla (1998 Film Review)

1998 TriStar Pictures Directed by: Roland Emmerich; Written by: Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner, and Harry Shearer MPAA Rating: PG-13; Running Time: 139 Minutes The Nicsperiment Score: 3/10 As the French test nuclear weapons in the South Pacific in the 60’s, iguanas

Firestorm (Film Review)

1998 20th Century Fox Directed by: Dean Semler; Written by: Chris Soth Starring: Howie Long, Scott Glenn, William Forsythe, and Suzy Amis Rated: R; Running Time: 89 MinutesThe Nicsperiment Score: 6/10 Jeese Graves is the king of the smokejumpers. If you need someone to parachute into a forest fire anywhere in Northern Wyoming, Graves is

Pump Up the Volume (Film Review)

1990 New Line Cinema Written and Directed by: Allan Moyle Starring: Christian Slater, Scott Paulin, Ellen Greene, and Samantha Mathis MPAA Rating: R; Running Time: 105 Minutes The Nicsperiment Score: 8/10 Mark Hunter is living two lives. By day, he’s a shy geek who never talks to his classmates at his suburban Arizona high school. By