Tag: Adventure
REVIEW: Dinosaur (2000)
“Some things start out big, and some things start out small. Very small. But sometimes the smallest things can make the biggest changes of all.” Throughout the late 80s and 90s Disney films utilized computer graphics quite a bit. By the turn of the century, they decided to try to make a film wit...
Read MoreWhat I’ve Been Playing – Splinter Cell: Conviction
After booting the game up for the first time in a while, I was reminded how much I love Splinter Cell: Conviction. Playing through the opening chapter, re-familiarizing myself with the controls and game mechanics was like sliding back into routine. I remembered where enemy positions were, how far th...
Read MoreREVIEW: Lost in Space – Season 1, Episode 2 “Diamonds in the Sky”
“I think he’s all alone, or else he wouldn’t have needed me to help him.” Episode 2 of Lost in Space opens with Dr. Smith and Ignacio Serricchio’s Don West trapped in their crashed ship and attempting escape. Meanwhile, the Robinsons are trying to learn more about Will’s robot wh...
Read MoreREVIEW: Tarzan (1999)
“No matter where I go, you will always be my mother.” Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan novels may be among the most frequently adapted literary works of all time. Games, comics, movies and TV shows have been spun off from the books since almost the very beginning. Disney’s Tarzan is one of many ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Lost in Space – Season 1, Episode 1 “Impact” (2018)
“There is a rule written in stone and it is never broken: the Robinsons stick together. “ Lost in Space was originally a 1965 action-comedy series inspired by the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson. It inspired a movie in 1998 and now Netflix has rebooted the series again. *Spoilers* In the pi...
Read MoreREVIEW: Mulan (1998)
“The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.” If The Hunchback and Notre Dame was too dark for Disney’s audience and Hercules was too silly, I think it fair to say that they found a happy medium with Mulan. The film re-tells an ancient Chinese legend about a woma...
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