About Dave Taylor
Dave was born a sci-fi geek, though it took a while for him to realize it. His favorite books in high school were “Dune” and “Stranger in a Strange Land”, and once he saw the first “Star Wars” film (aka Part IV: A New Hope), his fate was sealed. Indulging in his fantasy about affecting the future, he has a Bachelors degree in computer science, a Masters degree in education and an MBA, and spent a few years working as a mad scientist (um, research scientist) at Hewlett-Packard's R&D Labs in Silicon Valley. In addition to his work as a tech support oracle at the popular AskDaveTaylor.com he’s also a well-respected film critic with his work published in a variety of places including the Boulder Weekly, Colorado Business Magazine and on his own DaveOnFilm.com film blog. His tastes run to action and adventure films, with some solid science fiction stirred in for seasoning. You can also find him ranting about films and movie news on Twitter as @FilmBuzz and maybe, just maybe, lurking in the alleys at a popular film festival near you.
Favorites: Favorites: Alien, Blade Runner, The Matrix, Serenity, Moon, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Location: Boulder, CO
Dave Taylor - Movie Critic
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Movie Review: ‘Dark Shadows’
Collaborations between Johnny Depp and Tim Burton are a crapshoot. There are great ones like “Edward Scissorhands”, but then there are messes like the creepy “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, that was just weird for the sake of weird. Unfortunately,... -
Movie Review: ‘The Raven’
Edgar Allan Poe was a troubled man, and his twisted imagination that gave us such delightful horrors as ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’, ‘The Cask of Amontillado’, ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’, ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’ and ‘The... -
Movie Review: ‘Lockout’
Let me cut to the chase: I am a Luc Besson fan and love both action films and science fiction films, but this one was just awful. So bad that I am going to pan it here and share all sorts of spoilers, so if for some reason you actually want to go see this mess of a sci-fi film,... -
Movie Review: ‘Wrath Of The Titans’
‘Clash of the Titans’ (2010) was about the demigod Perseus (Sam Worthington), sired by Zeus (Liam Neeson), finding his powers and having to save humanity from his cranky uncle Hades (Ralph Fiennes) who “unleashed the Kraken” to eat poor Princess Andromeda... -
Movie Review: ‘The Hunger Games’
Did you read the book? That might be the most important question that determines if you enjoy the teen romance/adventure film ‘The Hunger Games’ or find it a bit baffling. It’s a constant challenge for films based on books, what to jettison, what to trim down,... -
Movie Review: ‘John Carter’
It took 100 years for Edgar Rice Burrough’s epic saga of the red planet Barsoom to make it to the big screen, and oh, what an adaptation it is! Lavished with a budget that was reputedly around $250 million, director Andrew Stanton has crafted the first really fun, sweeping... -
Movie Review: ‘Chronicle’
It’s hard to make a fresh, interesting movie with a hackneyed, trite storyline like “troubled teen loser gains superpowers and has to face his own dark side.” Think of Peter Parker in ‘Spider-Man’, or David Rice in ‘Jumper’, or any of... -
Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies Of 2011
Let’s just start by saying you’re not going to agree with me, either in terms of what I categorize as science fiction or what I think are the best films. Good. If we’re going to categorize “most profitable” as best, then the top box office sci-fi... -
Movie Review: ‘Hugo’
Sometimes children’s films are far better suited for adults and the sight gags and silly dialog masks a deeper, more profound narrative. That’s the story with the visually gorgeous new film ‘Hugo’, based on the popular and inventive book ‘The Invention... -
Movie Review: ‘Immortals’
There’s something timeless about Greek heroes, mortals battling for human freedom from the whims of the fickle Gods looking down from Mount Olympus. From time immemorial, we’ve been fascinated with angry Zeus, beautiful Athena, tempestuous Poseidon, and the rest... -
Movie Review: ‘In Time’
What a great premise for a film, that in the future the base currency of the economy is time, time remaining in your life, and if you’re blue collar, every day’s a struggle to quite literally earn sufficient time to stay alive while the ruling class, the 1%, have... -
Movie Review: ‘The Three Musketeers’
Flying airships! Underwater breathing apperatus! Butterfly knives! And don’t forget all for one and one for all. Unfortunately, throw all these elements together and you don’t end up with a great sci-fi tinged retelling of the classic Dumas story ‘The Three... -
Movie Review: ‘The Thing’
What is it with scriptwriters? Don’t they actually think through their storylines and the logical consequences of story elements? ‘The Thing’ is a remake (though they call it a prequel) of the terrific 1982 John Carpenter film ‘The Thing’, which... -
Ten Worst Sci-Fi Films Of All Time
Before I go any further, I know that you’re not going to agree with me, but that’s okay. I mean, one person’s lame, idiotic story and ghastly acting is another person’s favorite film, even if sometimes it’s after imbibing an illegal substance or... -
Movie Review: ‘Contagion’
I have a weak spot for end of the world stories, starting with an old favorite, ‘The Day of the Triffids’, and traveling through even droll films like ‘The Happening. Pandemics are particularly interesting because viruses and diseases do seem to act as alien...
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