Silver Linings Playback 116 – For Love of the Game
For the month of August, Joel and Andy are watching sports films. They kick things off with Sam Raimi's baseball film, For Love of the Game.
Tag: Sam Raimi
Review – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Joel Murphy reviews Sam Raimi's new MCU film.
Review – Evil Dead
The original Evil Dead was made by a group of friends on a shoestring budget. It spawned a franchise that included two subsequent films and a musical adaptation and it launched the careers of the director (Sam Raimi) and the star (Bruce Campbell). Over 30 years after the …
Positive Cynicism – With great power comes weak movies
Aaron R. Davis This week, Sony Pictures announced that they had cast the lead role in Marc Webb’s “reboot” of the Spider-Man series. They cast relatively lesser-known actor Andrew Garfield, which makes sense because this movie is supposed to be about Peter Parker as a high school student, …
Murphy’s Law – 10 ways to improve the Spider-man franchise
Joel Murphy Last week, Sony announced that they are rebooting the Spider-man franchise, meaning Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst are all out of jobs. While it seems a bit premature to completely “reboot” a franchise that is only eight years old, I can’t really blame Sony …