The Futurist and the Future
I’m writing and editing for a new film website called The Cinessential, which launched this week under the guidance of fellow writer and OFCS members Aaron Pinkston. The site will highlight one noteworthy title each week with a variety of thematic essays. For our kickoff, we chose two titles — Aliens and Terminator 2: Judgment […]
Top 10 Films of the 1990s
There are plenty of highly regarded films from this decade that I haven’t seen, mainly because I was too young at the time. And looking at the finished list, there are certainly some notable omissions. I find Pulp Fiction to be one of Tarantino’s least successful efforts—too meandering in the middle portion. As much as […]
Terminator 2: Judgment Day Review
RATING: (4 STARS) After the smashing success of The Terminator on home video and the brilliance of Aliens, director James Cameron was giving the keys to the kingdom for Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The budget increased exponentially over the first film in the series, and Cameron was permitted to take a major risk—turn Arnold Schwarzenegger’s […]
