Supposedly, Sylvester Stallone has been trying for decades to make a movie about the life and times of Edgar Allen Poe. For many, the short life of the writer who is believed to have contributed as much to American literature as any other, has been one of mystery. Poe is believed to have created theContinue reading “‘Raven’s Hollow’ Takes Poe On Gothic Horror Trip”
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‘Near Dark’ A Near Perfect Horror Classic
Near Dark is one of those movies you used to hear a lot about when they came out but missed in the theaters, only to discover it browsing the video rental places or cable TV and immediately, you intriqued by it. It’s a movie about vampires who don’t call themselves vampries. In fact, there’s noContinue reading “‘Near Dark’ A Near Perfect Horror Classic”
‘The Munsters’ Lacks Charm Of Original TV Show
When I first heard that Rob Zombie was going to make a feature movie based on The Munsters TV show from the mid-1960s, the question was what tone was he going to take. I mean it was pretty darn obvious his wife, Sherri Moon Zombie, was going to be in it. But was he goingContinue reading “‘The Munsters’ Lacks Charm Of Original TV Show”
‘Lost Highway’ Is A Neo-Noir Nightmarish Path
Lost Highway was David Lynch’s first movie since he rose to mainstream sucess in middle America with Twin Peaks and its less than stellar prequel, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. It’s a movie about murder and debauchery in southern California and even more surprising is how much the cast is connected to some ofContinue reading “‘Lost Highway’ Is A Neo-Noir Nightmarish Path”
‘Blonde’ Is A David Lynchian Nightmare Of Marilyn Monroe’s Life
Blonde will polarize audiences. You’ll either like it or your won’t. The movie comes after a swarm of controversy over the NC-17 rating for sexual scenes and this is finally a time in which it’s an adequate rating for two scenes that I will discuss later. But it’s also a horrifying look at how weContinue reading “‘Blonde’ Is A David Lynchian Nightmare Of Marilyn Monroe’s Life”
‘Lou’ Will Lose Viewers In Drab Pace
I like Allison Janney. What’s not to like about her? She’s one of the most versatile actors we have working now. I don’t like Lou, her latest movie currently streaming on Netflix where she falls into the badassery cinema world that Linda Hamilton and Sigourney Weaver helped pioneer but falls short of being as memorableContinue reading “‘Lou’ Will Lose Viewers In Drab Pace”
‘The Princess Bride’ At 35 – Inconceivable
When The Princess Bride opened in late September 1987, it was a modest success but nowhere near the success one might think. Produced on a budget of $16 million, it didn’t even make twice that much, just about $30.9 million. So, why has it become so popular over the years? Maybe it’s because it’s aContinue reading “‘The Princess Bride’ At 35 – Inconceivable”
Louise Fletcher Made Nurse Ratched One Of Cinema’s Best Villains
Mildred Ratched, the antagonist of the Oscar-winning movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest never brandishes a gun or sword. She never orders the mass killing of innocent people. She doesn’t punch, slap, kick or physically harm anyone in the movie. She rarely ever screams or yells. No, Nurse Ratched is a more menacing villain.Continue reading “Louise Fletcher Made Nurse Ratched One Of Cinema’s Best Villains”
‘Vengeance’ Tries To Be ‘Only Murders In Texas’ But Only Shows Dated Stereotypes
A movie like Vengeance is one of those movies you see all over the place being advertised for about a week before it’s in theaters and then it’s quickly pulled and after a while you’d find it in Redbox (or back in the olden days Blockbuster and Hollywood Video). Since it’s distributed through Focus FeaturesContinue reading “‘Vengeance’ Tries To Be ‘Only Murders In Texas’ But Only Shows Dated Stereotypes”
‘The Good Son’ Focuses On The Mind Of A Young Sociopath
Warning: This post contains spoilers. By the time The Good Son hit theaters on this date, Sept. 24, 1993, Macaulay Culkin’s star was already starting to fade a little. It wasn’t because he wan’t bankable. It was because his father was making things just to difficult in Hollywood. In the five years, he had goneContinue reading “‘The Good Son’ Focuses On The Mind Of A Young Sociopath”
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