TheRetroCritic

In this second Episode, Adam (aka The RetroCritic) and fellow film buff Jamie discuss movie news, review a recent release ( Iron Man 3  this week) and rewind back to more retro cinematic topics. Do you know the answer to The Big Game ? What song is being sung in the "I Shat Myself" segment? Send your answers here: bigrewindpodcast@gmail.com The winner will get a mention in The Big Shout Outs at the end of the next episode. @TheRetroCritic retrocriticblog.blogspot.com youtube.com/Cablogula youtube.com/TheRetroCritic

From new podcast: The Big Rewind . Whole thing available HERE . And here's the trailer for The Manitou (1978): Review coming soon ;)

Adam (@TheRetroCritic) and fellow film buff Jamie discuss movie news, review a recent release and rewind back to more retro cinematic topics.  LISTEN TO PODCAST Anything you would like to contribute to future episodes (artwork, jingles, weird movie-related photoshopping), feel free to send your stuff here: bigrewindpodcast@gmail.com You can also give your answer to "The Big Game" (at the end of the podcast) at the above email address or in the comments below. Happy listenin'!  (video footage from the podcast coming soon)

What kind of a world do we live in where people are remaking Arnold Schwarzenegger movies and making them worse?! I mean, it's not like they're remaking the shitty ones either, Conan The Barbarian and Total Recall get remade when the likes of Red Sonja , Hercules In New York and Junior  still roam the Earth? I don't get it. But ok, fine. It's a Philip K. Dick short story so there's room for interpretation and I guess with all the new CG technology available to us, a slicker version of Paul Verhoeven's film could serve at least as decent popcorn entertainment. Or, if it's smart enough, as a kind-of-good companion piece to Minority Report . The trailers promised striking visuals, loads of action and a solid cast so chances were we'd get something half-decent if not quite as retrogasmic as the original film. Alas, what we got was a mixed bag to say the least. Technically, Total Recall is not a bad film. It follows the basic formula of the orig

Philip K. Dick film adaptations are hit and miss. For every Minority Report or Blade Runner you get Paycheck or Next . Based on one of the legendary sci-fi writer's short stories, Impostor is sadly not one of the good ones. It's not terrible but about as bland as a sci-fi film can get. Dick's stories never really rely too much on their final twists, usually the stories themselves are told on a twist after twist basis. Here however, the film has little else to offer so it really builds up to the final revelation...which fails phenomenally. The entire film is based around Gary Sinise's identity: is he actually an an alien spy or is he being set up? Unfortunately early on he freaks out and basically yells out "I am a Centauri!" before escaping. This is never mentioned again during the film so when it is finally revealed that he is, in fact, a Centauri...imagine my lack of surprise. Aside from the ending, Impostor doesn't go to great lengths to look gr