Willem Dafoe – Movie Mavericks Podcast

Action Family Reviews SciFi

Aquaman (2018) – Review

April 3, 2019January 25, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Amber Heard, Aquaman, dolph lundgren, James Wan, Jason Momoa, nicole kidman, Patrick Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

After a succession of underwhelming films, Wonder Woman being the lone bright spot, DC and Warner Bros have finally produced

Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) – Review

May 13, 2017June 23, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Glenn Plummer, Jason Patric, sandra bullock, Speed 2: Cruise Control, Temuera Morrison, Willem Dafoe

Speed 2: Cruise Control will always hold a special place in my memory. I saw it on its opening day

Dog Eat Dog (2016) – Review

March 9, 2017March 8, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2016, Christopher Matthew Cook, Dog Eat Dog, Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe

If you can get through the overly directed, trippy and grim opening ten minutes of Dog Eat Dog then there

Action Family Reviews SciFi

Spider-Man 2 (2004) – Review

August 29, 2013 Jason Rugaard 1 Comment 2004, alfred gough, Alfred Molina, Alvin Sargent, james franco, Kirsten Dunst, sam raimi, Spider-Man 2, Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe

Director Sam Raimi’s visual touchstones are in greater abundance in this deeper, darker sequel that further complicates the life of

Action Horror Reviews SciFi

Odd Thomas (2013) – Review

June 24, 2013June 24, 2013 Jason Rugaard 5 Comments 2013, A Sound of Thunder, Addison Timlin, anton yelchin, Leonor Varela, Odd Thomas, Patton Oswalt, Richard E. Kelly, Stephen Sommers, Terry Gilliam, The Mummy Returns, Willem Dafoe

Stephen Sommers steps back from his nearly 15 year run of blockbuster, spectacle filmmaking and tackles this quirky tale that

Action Drama Featured Reviews

Clear and Present Danger (1994) – Review

January 23, 2013January 29, 2013 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1994, Anne Archer, Benjamin Bratt, clear and present danger, Donald Moffat, Donald Stewart, Harris Yulin, harrison ford, Henry Czerny, James Earl Jones, Joaquim de Almeida, John Milius, Phillip Noyce, Raymond Cruz, Rex Linn, Steven Zaillian, Thora Birch, Tom Clancy, Willem Dafoe

Clear and Present Danger is an over-sized gloriously naive (in the wake of 9/11) patriotic fantasy that was topical in

Family Featured Reviews

Finding Nemo (2003) – Review

November 12, 2012 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2003, Albert Brooks, andrew stanton, Brad Garrett, ellen degeneres, finding nemo, jaws, lee unkrich, Platoon, Willem Dafoe

Not only is Finding Nemo an absolute delight it is also a technical and artistic marvel. Marlin is a clown