Author: Dave Taylor
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Luc Besson’s Romantic, but Uneven “Dracula”
Over 100 films and TV productions are either based on Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel Dracula or feature characters from the story. A dozen are direct adaptations of the 1897 novel that introduces Count Dracula and his nemesis, Abraham Van Helsing, along with the hapless Jonathan Harker, Mina, Jonathan’s fiancée, Lucy, who is stricken by the Count,…
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Film Review: Autobot Fans Assemble for “Transformers One”
Millions of years ago, on a planet far, far away, a civilization of mechanical beings lived in seeming harmony, ruled over by the much beloved Sentinel Prime (voice of Jon Hamm). It’s a society living on the memory of an earlier, more prosperous time, however, when the life-giving Energon flowed freely through the mechanical cities.…
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Review: Korean Sci-Fi Thriller “The Moon”
It’s the near future and most of the major powers are working together to expand the exploration and exploitation of space, including an international station orbiting the moon. South Korea has decided to go its own path, however, pulling its top scientists back home from NASA to create its own Space Agency. Unfortunately, the launch…
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Review: “Haunted Mansion”
I visited Disneyland dozens of times while growing up in Southern California. It was the #1 destination for our visitors, school trips, and even my high school marching band. While the park has grown and evolved over the years, two rides at the amusement park have remained my favorites: Pirates of the Caribbean and The…
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Review: “Oppenheimer”
The history of humanity has been all too intertwined with us inventing bigger and more efficient ways to kill each other. Spears beget bows and arrows, gunpowder begets cannonballs and artillery, along with rifles and pistols. Knives became swords, and little bombs become bigger, and bigger, and bigger bombs. One of the most pivotal moments…
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Review: “Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1”
Mr. Phelps (Peter Graves) might be long since past his prime as the head of 1960s TV hit “Mission: Impossible” but the basic concept of a secret team surreptitiously funded by the government and tasked with the missions that no other agency could accomplish remains. Taking over as head of the Impossible Mission Force in…
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