Jason Rugaard

Desperate Measures (1998) – Review

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1998, Andy Garcia, Barbet Schroeder, brian cox, Desperate Measures, Marcia Gay Harden, Michael Keaton

Desperate Measures starts out with a preposterous scene and then continues to ratchet up the absurdity until the movie becomes

Drama Reviews

Gangs of New York (2002) – Review

March 6, 2020March 23, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2002, cameron diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York, leonardo dicaprio, martin scorsese

Martin Scorsese’s sprawling and richly detailed ode to New York circa 1860 is an aggressive masterpiece. The film’s release was

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The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) – Review

February 11, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1996, David Thewlis., Marlon Brando, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Val Kilmer

The Island of Dr. Moreau is, undoubtedly, one of the worst films of 1996. The backstage drama between stars, a

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The Jackal (1997) – Review

January 30, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, bruce willis, Diane Venora, Michael Caton Jones, richard gere, Sidney Poitier, The Jackal

The Jackal is a film that tries to create urgency and tension within its story but the movie is a

Featured Horror Reviews

Halloween (1978) – Review

October 31, 2019March 24, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1978, Brian Andrews, Charles Cyphers, Donald Pleasence, jamie lee curtis, John Michael Graham, Kyle Richards, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles

Reviewing John Carpenter’s seminal classic Halloween, on its fortieth anniversary, is a bit of a fool’s errand. In its day,

Horror Reviews

Phantoms (1998) – Review

October 21, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1998, Ben Affleck, Clifton Powell, Joanna Going, Liev Schreiber, Nicky Katt, Peter O'Toole, Phantoms, Rose MCGowan

While author Stephen King has found critical and commercial success with his film adaptation, fellow scribe Dean R. Koontz has

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My Favorite Martian (1999) – Review

September 23, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1999, Christine Ebersole, Christopher Lloyd, Daryl Hannah, Donald Petrie, Elizabeth Hurley, jeff daniels, My Favorite Martian, Ray Walston, Wallace Shawn

It’s an accepted rule that every adult character in a Disney movie circa 1990s’ is a complete moron. For any

Horror Reviews

Stir of Echoes (1999) – Review

September 10, 2019November 13, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments david koepp

Stir of Echoes was released in the shadow of the box-office behemoth, The Sixth Sense, and was promptly overlooked by

Horror Reviews

It: Chapter Two (2019) – Review

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Andy Bean, Andy Muschietti, Bill Hader, Bill Skarsgård, Isaiah Mustafa, It: Chapter Two, james mcavoy, James Ransone, Jay Ryan, jessica chastain

It: Chapter Two is an oversized return to the deary town of Derry, Maine. At nearly three hours in length,

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Men in Black: International (2019) – Review

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Chris Hemsworth, Emma Thompson, F. Gary Gray, Inny Clemons, Kayvan Novak, Kumail Nanjiani, Larry Bourgeois, Laurent Bourgeois, liam neeson, Men in Black: International, Rafe Spall, Rebecca Ferguson, Spencer Wilding, Tessa Thompson

Here come the Men in Black, again. Except that the fourth movie in the franchise, Men in Black: International is

Horror Reviews

House on Haunted Hill (1999) – Review

September 9, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1999, Ali Larter, Bridgette Wilson, Chris Kattan, Famke Janssen, Geoffrey Rush, House on Haunted Hill, Peter Gallagher, Taye Diggs

House on Haunted Hill was the second of two movies released in 1999 featuring haunted mansions and based on gothic

Drama Reviews

Any Given Sunday (1999) – Review

September 8, 2019September 9, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1999, al pacino, ann-margret, Any Given Sunday, cameron diaz, Cast Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, james woods, jamie foxx, Lauren Holly

Any Given Sunday is master director Oliver Stone’s most overlooked film, and arguably the best of his career. The maverick

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Remembering the Summer of 1990 EP:12 – Podcast

August 29, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments Air America, Flatliners, The Two Jakes

Join host Jason Rugaard for the Twelfth episode in a new podcast series presented by the Movie Mavericks. Each week

Podcasts

Remembering the Summer of 1990 EP:11 – Podcast

August 28, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments Mo' Better Blues, Young Guns 2

Join host Jason Rugaard for the Eleventh episode in a new podcast series presented by the Movie Mavericks. Each week

Comedy Reviews

Dead Man on Campus (1998) – Review

August 28, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1998, Alan Cohn, Allison Hannigan, Dead Man on Campus, jason segel, Lochlyn Munro, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tom Everett Scott

The would-be black comedy Dead Man on Campus is D.O.A.. This is a laugh less and infantile attempt to incorporate

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