April 2022

Lake Placid

Lake Placid – 1999 – ep 128

You might be surprised to learn that the little-seen creature-feature “Lake Placid” contains more sparring between Brendan Gleeson and Oliver Platt than it does giant crocodile mayhem. And it’s all the better for it! David E. Kelley, notable creator and writer of courtroom dramas like “The Practice,” “Boston Legal” and “Ally McBeal,” wrote this Croc […]

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Spider-Man 2002

Spider-Man – 2002 – ep 127

“You’re out, Gobby. Out of your mind!” While “X-Men” became a superhit in the 2000 (in the YEAR 2000!), the real onslaught of superhero movies began in 2002 with Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man,” a sometimes-silly-but-undeniably entertaining origin story about everyone’s favorite wall crawler. Yes, that Green Goblin mask looked stupid in 2002, so much so that future

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