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

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

2020 Netflix Directed by: David Dobkin ; Written by:Will Ferrell and Andrew Steele Starring: Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens, Melissanthi Mahut, Mikael Persbrandt, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Graham Norton, Demi Lovato, and Pierce BrosnanMPAA Rating: PG-13; Running Time: 123 MinutesThe Nicsperiment Score: 8/10 Lars Erickssong has a dream: ever since he was a small boy,

Doctor Sleep Director’s Cut

2020 Warner Bros. Pictures Written and Directed by: Mike Flanagan Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, and Cliff CurtisMPAA Rating: R; Running Time: 180 Minutes The Nicsperiment Score: 8/10Danny Torrance has The Shining, a power which gives him clairvoyance and telepathy. When Danny was a child, his father took on a job as the

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

The Hunt vs. Ready or Not: A Hunting People Movie Head-to-Head

Armageddon and Deep Impact. Volcano and Dante’s Inferno. Sometimes movie studios just seem to have the same idea at the same time. Whether serendipity or the plain old sincerest form of flattery, it’s happened since movies have been released, and now we’ve got two “People Hunting Other People” movies in the same time frame. How

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

Apocalypto (Film Review)

2006 Buena Vista Pictures Directed by: Mel Gibson; Written by: Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey Starring: Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Sérbulo, Dalia Hernández, Jonathan Brewer, Gerardo Taracena, Rodolfo Palacios, Bernardo Ruiz Juarez, Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza, Ricardo Diaz Mendoza, and Israel Contreras MPAA Rating: R; Running Time: 138 MinutesThe Nicsperiment Score: 10/10 Jaguar Paw lives