Tag: Spy Kids

  • ‘Spy Kids: Armageddon’ Review — Robert Rodriguez Returns

    ‘Spy Kids: Armageddon’ Review — Robert Rodriguez Returns

    This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.Over two decades ago, Robert Rodriguez introduced millennials to spycraft and Thumb Thumbs with his upbeat quartet of Spy Kids films, which embraced familial bonds and the…

  • Spy Kids: Armageddon review – amiable Netflix reboot

    Spy Kids: Armageddon review – amiable Netflix reboot

    Robert Rodriguez brings his kids action series back to life with pleasant, if visually flat, resultsFor a few late millennials, the Spy Kids franchise has assumed a sort of vaguely remembered, but beloved mantle. I was seven years old when the first film hit theaters or, more accurately for the target demographic, hit a child’s…

  • The ‘Spy Kids’ Films Are More Important Than You Might Think

    The ‘Spy Kids’ Films Are More Important Than You Might Think

    Taking even a cursory glance at the title Spy Kids likely elicits the image of a campy, goofy children’s movie filled with toy-like gadgetry and light-hearted adventures. The Guardian once described the movie as “Willy Wonka-meets-James Bond.” While that perception is absolutely true, audiences shouldn’t let that encapsulate everything about writer/director Robert Rodriguez’s spy movie…

  • Blue Beetle review – superhero fun with immigrant survival subtext

    Blue Beetle review – superhero fun with immigrant survival subtext

    When law graduate Jaime is mistakenly turned into a beetle-based avenger, how will he use his new powers to help his beleaguered Latino family? Believable dynamics and boisterous comedy add charm to a familiar genreCinemagoers could be forgiven for suffering from superhero fatigue of late, with outings such as Black Adam, The Flash, Ant-Man and…

  • ‘Spy Kids: Armageddon’: Everything We Know About the Upcoming Reboot

    ‘Spy Kids: Armageddon’: Everything We Know About the Upcoming Reboot

    Back in 2001, fans of both family-friendly movies and spy capers were treated to a beautiful mix of both genres in the form of Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids. The film is centered on Carmen and Juni Cortez who, after becoming embedded in their family’s espionage business, end up in all sorts of troubled situations trying…

  • Robert Rodriguez’s 7,000 El Mariachi Is Still One of His Best Films

    Robert Rodriguez’s 7,000 El Mariachi Is Still One of His Best Films

    Since arriving on the cinematic scene in 1992, Robert Rodriguez has proven to be a unique and versatile voice in cinema. Few filmmakers known for hard edged R-rated material like Desperado and Sin City also dabble in family friendly fare like that of the Spy Kids films, and vice versa. But Rodriguez is an exception…

  • Spy Kids Reboot: Everything We Know So Far

    Spy Kids Reboot: Everything We Know So Far

    After a detour that saw him inject the “Star Wars” galaxy with some of his trademark multi-colored zaniness on “The Book of Boba Fett”, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez is getting back to playing with his own toys. His next project is none other than a reboot of “Spy Kids,” the hyperactive family-friendly action-adventure movie series that…

  • Robert Rodriguez Rebooting ‘Spy Kids’ Franchise at Skydance Media

    Robert Rodriguez Rebooting ‘Spy Kids’ Franchise at Skydance Media

    Skydance Media has optioned the rights to “Spy Kids” and plans to reimagine the franchise about a family of super-secret agents.Robert Rodriguez, who created the original series, has returned for the upcoming reboot, which he will write and direct.Spyglass Media, which owns the “Spy Kids” franchise, is also on board. Skydance will serve as the…

  • ‘Psycho Goreman’ Review: A Cleverly Schlocky Evil-Alien-Out-of-Water Comedy That’s Like Marvel Meets Troma

    ‘Psycho Goreman’ Review: A Cleverly Schlocky Evil-Alien-Out-of-Water Comedy That’s Like Marvel Meets Troma

    One of the trends of our time is the way that extreme culture can wind up turning into kiddie culture. Head-banging metal that was once the down-and-dirty province of those in their teens and twenties had evolved, by the time of “School of Rock,” into a grade-school activity as wholesome as choir practice. “Psycho Goreman,”…

  • Netflix Developing a Sequel to Robert Rodriguez’s ‘We Can Be Heroes’

    Netflix Developing a Sequel to Robert Rodriguez’s ‘We Can Be Heroes’

    Netflix is developing a sequel to Robert Rodriguez’s newly released superhero pic “We Can Be Heroes.”The movie, which draws from the young heroes in the director’s “Spy Kids” franchise and “The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl,” follows the children of Earth’s superheroes, whose parents have been kidnapped by alien invaders. The children are left with…