Universally Loved

Universally Loved

47 Ronin (2013)

Well, I think this is one of those movies that suffers from an identity crisis. The classic story of the 47 Ronin had been committed to film, many times, before in Japan but new to…








Universally Loved

Matinee (1993)

Joe Dante is not a name like Alfred Hitchcock or Stephen Spielberg in the halls of Universal Studios. He did make Explorers, after all, which wasn’t exactly on their top ten moneymaking movie list. But…



Universally Loved

Tarantula (1955)

It was inevitable that one of my first Universal reviews in this new column would be a classic Universal horror picture. One of the things people forget when revisiting a film like this, be on…