Author Archives: Adam Rutkowski

Review: The Bad Batch (2017)

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A BATCH OF SPOILERS AHEAD I’m perfectly fine and able to accept a movie that isn’t holding my hand, telling me about just what the heck is going on but, if that’s the case, at least make things interesting for

Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

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MILD SPOILER REVIEW I’ll even ease into the spoilers so you have a chance to get out before you read too much. The first GotG is one of my favorite movies. I can watch it anytime and I still have

Review: Fist Fight (2017)

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While doing the Cult Following podcast for our most favored movies of 2016, Kirby pointed out to me that I repeated one core competency for each of my selections to possess: it made me smile. As I age and the

Review: Mad Max: Fury Road – Black & Chrome Edition (2015/2016)

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Mad Max: Fury Road – Black & Chrome Edition (2015/2016) Mad Max: Fury Road – Black, Shiny, & Chrome; the Cinema Fantastico Edition (2016) Rated R, runtime 2 hours 01 minute. Warner Bros Pictures. THE SETUP The first time I

Review: The Magnificent Seven (2016)

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The Magnificent Seven (2016) Rated PG-13, Action/Western, runtime 2 hours 12 minutes, 2.35:1, MGM & Columbia Pictures. Look everyone, another remake! Instead of remaking The Magnificent series 1-6, MGM & Columbia Pictures decided to jump right to The Magnificent Seven

No Man’s Sky – Cinema Fantastico Episode #4

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Episode 4 of A Cinema Fantastico Podcast is here! This round it’s Joshua T Ruth and me, Adam Rutkowski, discussing one of the most anticipated video games in the last 3 years: NO MAN’S SKY. This episode is spoiler-free because

Review: My Boyfriend’s Back (1993) Blu Ray Release by Mill Creek (2016)

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I did watch this “maybe” for the “first time” late last year 2015? I think it popped up on one of my paid streaming services and thought I’d give it a chance. The movie was originally released back in 1993

Review: Just Visiting (2001) Blu Ray Release from Mill Creek (2016)

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There is one unfair reason why I never bothered to watch this movie since it came out, well, two reasons. The first reason is Jean Reno. I absolutely LOVE Jean Reno when he’s in the hands of Luc Besson. His

Review: Perfect (1985) Blu Ray Release from Mill Creek (2016)

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Oh boy, I certainly do have flashbacks in regard to 1985’s Perfect starring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis. Firstly, John Travolta is playing a character whose name is “Adam”. Secondly, it’s the first movie that Rolling Stone magazine would

Review: Hardbodies (1984) Blu Ray Release from Mill Creek (2016)

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Hardbodies is the movie from my youth that was completely taboo. It was the type of movie that my dad you rent while I was still looking around the store for my selection. I remember this movie seeping in controversy

Review: Private Resort (1985) Blu Ray Release from Mill Creek (2016)

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Beginning in 1987 there was a TV show you probably haven’t heard of called “21 Jump Street”. It stars a ‘where is he now’-actor Johnny Depp. Before Mr. Depp’s role as a baby-face undercover cop infiltrating the mean-street halls of

Review: Future Cop: The Complete Series (1976) DVD Release from Mill Creek (2016)

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40 years ago a cop show dared to be different and only lasted a handful of episodes and a follow-up TV movie. Future Cop is a gimmick inspired through the success of The Six Million Dollar Man but also may

Review: Spring Break (1983) Blu Ray Release from Mill Creek (2016)

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Ahh, 1983, the year of Return of the Jedi and to me, nothing else mattered. I was too young to see a movie like Spring Break and did not have a desire to see it. A nerdy third-grader didn’t have

Review: My Science Project (1985) Blu-Ray Release from Mill Creek (2016)

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Review: My Science Project (1985) on Blu-Ray (2016) I have fond memories of watching many “B” movies of the 80’s either from the local Video Update rental store or from such early cable entities such as Spectrum or HBO. The