Sometimes, a movie like Fallen comes along that has an impressive cast with an fascinating premise, you just wonder what the hell went wrong. Well, if you look at the time frame in which the movie was release, that can answer a lot of the questions. It was released in the middle of January 1998Continue reading “‘Fallen’ Is A B-Movie With A-List Cast That Has Risen To Cult Classic Status”
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‘Running Man’ A Sensational Warning Of A Future Closely Approaching
Note: This post does contain spoilers to this and other movies. One the surface, a movie like 1987’s The Running Man seems to be more of a typical Arnold Schwarzenegger action fare. But under the surface is a satire and maybe a warning of a future that seems vastly approaching to a reality. Now thatContinue reading “‘Running Man’ A Sensational Warning Of A Future Closely Approaching”
‘Ravenous’ Has A Huge Bite
A movie like Ravenous takes a very tender subject and turns it on its side. Cannibalism has always kind of been one of those odd topics for horror. The eating of human flesh is still a cliched trope but reports are coming out that it’s quite possible in the respective colonial and antebellum days ofContinue reading “‘Ravenous’ Has A Huge Bite”
‘End Of Days’ 25 Years Later No So Bad In Retrospect
Beginning with his role Hercules in New York, Arnold Schwarzenegger had appeared in comedies, action movies, neo-noir, westerns, science-fiction and fantasy. Yet, he had never really done straight horror. James Cameron had said The Terminator was supposed to be a variation on the slasher genre but the science-fiction elements led to people thinking it wasContinue reading “‘End Of Days’ 25 Years Later No So Bad In Retrospect”
‘Eyes Wide Shut’ 25 Years Later Still Divides Kubrick’s Fans
One thing I’ve always liked about Stanley Kubrick’s movies is how they grow on you after repeated viewings. Only, I didn’t like Spartacus, but I understand there were problems between Kubrick and Kirk Douglas which caused Kubrick to leave Hollywood and live the rest of his life in England. Kubrick loved chess so much thatContinue reading “‘Eyes Wide Shut’ 25 Years Later Still Divides Kubrick’s Fans”
‘Tales From The Crypt’ Xmas Episode Is Career Highlight For Late Actress
Mary Ellen Trainor was married to Robert Zemeckis from 1980 to 2000. Some people might say the character actress was the Sherri Moon Zombie or Rebecca Pidgeon of her time as she seemed to always appear in movies he made, even though she did have roles in other movies and on TV. She played KathleenContinue reading “‘Tales From The Crypt’ Xmas Episode Is Career Highlight For Late Actress”
‘Runaway’ Stumbled 40 Years Ago, But The Future Is Now
The question of what came first – the chicken or the egg can apply to many science-fiction movies. Did people read Jules Verne and become inspired to make submarines and spaceships or was Verne just expanding on what others were designing? Submersibles date back 300 years before Verne wrote 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. WhatContinue reading “‘Runaway’ Stumbled 40 Years Ago, But The Future Is Now”
‘The Terminator’ Turns 40
A movie like The Terminator could’ve easily been a huge disaster. It featured an Austrian bodybuilder whose accent wasn’t the right tone for actors of the era. The “hero” dies at the end. And the main character is a young actress who was in that Children of the Corn movie. Oh, the director was alsoContinue reading “‘The Terminator’ Turns 40”
Don’t Invite ‘The Devil’s Rejects’ To Your Holiday Get-Together
Getting together for Thanksgiving weekend is always a hassle for families. There’s all the cooking and the rearranging of family coming to visit. And then, you have law enforcement interrupt your plans by planning a raid where you have several people tied up in the basement. Or you’re stopping by a roadside motel only toContinue reading “Don’t Invite ‘The Devil’s Rejects’ To Your Holiday Get-Together”
‘The Dead Pool’ Is Dirty Harry’s Swan Song In Metafictional Thriller
A movie like The Dead Pool is now more famous for its supporting cast and the unrelated media franchise its named spawned. It is the fifth and final Dirty Harry movie as Clint Eastwood was well into his 50s by the time of the movie’s release in the summer of 1988. My thinking Eastwood madeContinue reading “‘The Dead Pool’ Is Dirty Harry’s Swan Song In Metafictional Thriller”
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