In a week that saw Michael Clarke Duncan and Neil Armstrong pass away, it seems only natural to watch Armageddon.
Category Archives: From the Vault
FROM THE VAULT: The Last Boy Scout
British filmmaker Tony Scott died on 19th August, and Major Spoilers sat down to watch one of his more over-looked action movies…
FROM THE VAULT: Green Lantern Extended Cut
As 2011 comes to an end, and another long holiday weekend is upon us, why not kick back and watch a superhero movie or two? The Green Lantern Extended Cut movie is available on Blu-Ray that gives us more backstory on the characters.
FROM THE VAULT: The Big Lebowski
Few movies reach cult status like The Big Lebowski. Universal Pictures rereleased the movie on Blu-ray, and it gave us a chance to reexamine The Dude and all that he surveys.
FROM THE VAULT: Samurai 7
Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai is an extremely influential piece. It has spawned hundreds of other works. Some, like the Magnificent Seven are practically the same movie, transposed to a different time and place. Others like Oceans Eleven and the Three Amigos are send-ups or riffs on its structure. So when I first heard that an anime series had been made based on Seven Samurai my head filled with questions. How faithful would this be? How can you take an two-hour-long film and stretch it over twenty-something episodes? These were all intriguing questions. Of course as you can see from the date of this article, not so intriguing to cause me to drop everything and go watch it, but alas Netflix instant watch makes connoisseurs of us all.
FROM THE VAULT: Green Hornet
Nostalgia is a double edged sword. In bringing the adventures of the Green Hornet and his trusty sidekick Kato to the big screen, things you loved can be irrevocably changed in order to appeal to a modern audience. So does this Hornet sting? Or does it get swatted?