We Can Remake It For You Wholesale: The Two Versions of TOTAL RECALL

Posted on August 27th, 2012 by Adam-Troy Castro

First Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro Total Recall (1990). Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Screenplay by Ronald Shusett, Dan O’ Bannon, and Gary Goldman, from a story by Shusett, O’Bannon and Jon Povill, itself based on the story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick. Starring Arnold Shwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, Rachel […]

Tags: Arnold Shwarzenegger, Bryan Cranston, Colin Farrell, Dan O'Bannon, In Bruges, Kate Beckinsale, Psycho, Science Fiction, The Way Back, Wages of Fear

Samurai, Gunfighters, Starships, Insects, and Amigos

Posted on March 26th, 2012 by Adam-Troy Castro

  First Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro {The} Seven Samurai (1954). Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura. Various Cuts from 160 minutes to 207 minutes exist. **** The Magnificent Seven (1960). Directed by John Sturges. Screenplay by William Roberts, Walter Newman, and Walter Bernstien (latter […]

Tags: Action, Akira Kurosawa, Battle Beyond The Stars, Brad Dexter, Chevy Chase, Eli Wallach, George Peppard, James Coburn, John Landis, John Sturges, Kevin Spacey, Martin Short, Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, Samurai, Science Fiction, Seven Samurai, Steve McQueen, Streve Martin, Sybil Danning, Takashi Shimura, The Magnificent Seven, Toshiro Mifune, Yul Brynner

Monkey See, Monkey Two: CONQUEST and RISE of THE PLANET OF THE APES

Posted on September 5th, 2011 by Adam-Troy Castro

Are we not all apes, in the bigger scheme of things?   First Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes (1972). Directed by J. Lee Thompson. Written by Paul Dehn, from characters created by Pierre Boulle. Starring Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalban, others. 88 minutes. * 1/2 Rise Of The […]

Tags: Andy Serkis, Ben-Hur, Don Murray, Harry Potter, J. Lee Thompson, James Franco, John Lithgow, King Kong, Lord Of the Rings, Paul Dehn, Pierre Boulle, Planet Of The Apes, Ricardo Montalban, Roddy McDowall, Science Fiction, Spartacus, The Guns Of Navarone, Tim Burton, Tom Felton