The Final Countdown

This was a highly entertaining sleeper about a naval ship that happens to go through a time warp and end up at Pearl Harbor just hours before the attack in 1941. Realistic acting, special effects and air scenes really make... Full review

I love this movie. Every time I hit it channel-surfing I think I'll watch it for just a minute and I end up watching the whole damn thing. Some of the best movies take one or two freak things and then... Full review

I love this movie. Every time I hit it channel-surfing I think I'll watch it for just a minute and I end up watching the whole damn thing. Some of the best movies take one or two freak things and... Full review

Making a military movie without official cooperation can be difficult. If the story doesn't require major air or naval assets, a script disapproved of by the top brass can be convincingly brought to the screen. Two examples - both true... Full review

I saw this film before I joined the Navy and again before I served on Nimitz (CVN 68). Kind of a nice feather in my cap experiencing the world's largest 'time machine' in person! On to the movie... A very... Full review

I saw this in the theater when it first came out. I was stationed onboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) while it was being overhauled at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Wa. I loved every minute of this film.I know... Full review

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN at times presents a doctoral thesis of sorts on the perils of time and space and alterations with events supposedly set in stone. Armed with a all star cast, COUNTDOWN gives audiences a family tale of time... Full review

A man takes a strange trip with an aircraft carrier and lives an amazing nightmare with a bizarre twist. Time travel, moral sensibilities and harmful consequences are explored when the crew is confronted with a chance to change history. Trying... Full review

There are great films ("Citizen Kane," eg), and there are "big films", like "ET" or "Star Wars." Then there are absolute crap films (eg, WAY too-many to list!). I propose another legitimate category: "Guilty Pleasure Films." These are movies that... Full review

I first saw this film when I was right out of high school, and I wasn't surprised to see the lobby-card poster hanging in a Navy recruiter's office a few months later when I dropped by. And that's entirely appropriate;... Full review

Still, for all its specious sci-fi friction and old school stuntwork, The Final Countdown is actually quite entertaining. But thanks to the cooperation of the US Navy, which went out of its way to help the production, and Taylor's no nonsense cinematic approach, The Final Countdown succeeds. ... Full Review

Parting Thoughts The Final Countdown is one of those happy surprises, the kind of movie one stumbles upon and sucked into its story and ideas. The publicity team behind The Final Countdown were probably unwise to suggest in their advertising that audiences could expect a full-fledged, history-changing battle. ... Full Review

Adam Lambert's already infamous new album cover - an unholy amalgam of Europe's AquaNet-rock classic The Final Countdown , Andrew Lloyd Weber's Starlight Express , and a serious Glamour Shots sesh at the Sherman Oaks Galleria - has some fierce... ... Full Article

W hile the rest of Boston got soaked, the House of Blues hosted the Bacardi B-live tour, a mashup of DJs and bands specializing in monotonous, bass-heavy grooves. ... Full Article

Many regard the '80s as an awful decade in music, perhaps the beginning of the end of good pop music. Others, feeling the need to rebuke this widespread criticism, look to bands such as Joy Division, Talking Heads, and the... ... Full Article

Pearl Harbor, World War II, Love, Intrigue, Suspense, It's modern day (well, okay, it's 1980). The world class aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, is about to embark on a training mission from Pearl Harbor. ... Full Article

Cut Copy was just full of surprises during its recent two-night stand in L.A. After having the LAFD unceremoniously shut down a beyond sold-out gig at the Music Box @ Fonda on Tuesday night, the Australian dance mob wisely moved... ... Full Article

Previously: 15 chefs, most of whom I have completely forgotten about, came to compete on Hell's Kitchen . It didn't go very well for most of them. ... Full Article