How does one explain Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)? It is a bona fide film, with a big-time production studio, release, and everything else you would expect from… Read more “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Author: Albert W. Vogt III, Ph.D.
Greetings! If you are wondering why the funny robes, it is because I have a Ph.D. in American History from Loyola University Chicago. While there, I wrote my dissertation on Catholics in film. With this blog I intend to bring my Catholic perspective to current film content.
Black Dynamite, by Albert W. Vogt III
Full disclosure up front: I do not recommend Black Dynamite (2009). For starters, unless you are familiar with the 1970s so-called “blacksploitation” films it spoofs, you might be a bit… Read more “Black Dynamite, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Robin Hood (2018), by Albert W. Vogt III
Okay, look, I have done enough of these darn Robin Hood movies. Again, inexplicably, Hollywood decided to dive once more into one of the more familiar stories in… Read more “Robin Hood (2018), by Albert W. Vogt III”
Ghostbusters: Afterlife, by Cameron J. Czaja
Huge confession, I actually have never seen the original Ghostbusters (1984), or the 1989 sequel, from beginning to end, which is something that I’m embarrassed to admit. That’s not… Read more “Ghostbusters: Afterlife, by Cameron J. Czaja”
King Richard, by Albert W. Vogt III
For a film reviewer, some weekends can be trickier to navigate than others, particularly when social demands press in on your theater schedule. At the same time, we… Read more “King Richard, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Robin Hood (2010), by Albert W. Vogt III
There is no rhyme or reason in Hollywood. A person I know with some knowledge of how decisions are made in Tinsel Town once told me that a… Read more “Robin Hood (2010), by Albert W. Vogt III”
Robin Hood: Men in Tights, by Albert W. Vogt III
Thank God for Mel Brooks. Still, one might wonder why there would be a need to spoof Robin Hood movies. Was it because shortly before the 1993 release of Robin… Read more “Robin Hood: Men in Tights, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Robin Hood (1991), by Albert W. Vogt III
They say that imitation is the highest form of flattery. When searching for cinematic entries in the saga of the famous Sherwood Forest outlaw, two titles can be… Read more “Robin Hood (1991), by Albert W. Vogt III”
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, by Albert W. Vogt III
My family moved from the suburbs of Chicago to the suburbs of Orlando in the summer of 1990. The following summer, my mother decided to take my sister… Read more “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Adventures of Robin Hood, by Albert W. Vogt III
Time to go back to one of the classics of the Golden Age of Hollywood to continue my series on cinematic representations of the famous English outlaw,… Read more “The Adventures of Robin Hood, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Legionnaire 