When Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride snuck onto screens late into September of 1987, hardly anyone noticed. School was back in session and, after a summer of testosterone-pumping behemoths like Beverly Hills Cop II, The Untouchables, and RoboCop, there wasn't much of an audience for Reiner's hard-to-categorize comedy/fantasy/adventure send-up. Making matters far worse were the … [Read more...] about THE PRINCESS BRIDE Retro Movie Review: ‘As you wish,’ the cult classic returns to the big screen for a special one-night showing
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BLADE RUNNER 2049 New Movie Review
My college philosophy professor began his first class by asking his students how we knew we weren't just heads floating in a jar. We all chimed in, "Of course we're not heads in a jar! We're alive, we have memories, all sorts of physical proof and, c'mon, that's just stupid!" My professor calmly retorted, "Can you prove it? You have memories... so what? You can touch me and … [Read more...] about BLADE RUNNER 2049 New Movie Review
Special Bonus Wonder Woman Review
[Editor's note: Because of the importance the new movie Wonder Woman holds for women, we decided to publish a second review of the movie, this time written from the female perspective (you can read MauiTime movie critic Barry Wurst II's original review here).] During the Oscars earlier this year, GE ran an ad that imagined what the world would be like if we treated great … [Read more...] about Special Bonus Wonder Woman Review