When The Mummy was released in 1999, I didn’t think much of it. I felt it was trying to hard to be an Indiana Jones-style adventure that didn’t find its right style. However, when I watched The Mummy Returns a few years later, I actually liked the original more because I understood what director StephenContinue reading “‘The Mummy’ At 25 Still One Helluva Fun-Filled Ride”
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Why ‘Grindhouse’ Failed (And Maybe That Was Its Intention)
Quentin Tarantino seems to be one of the few directors who almost escapes unscathed whenever he makes a movie. I say “almost” because no one is perfect and even though he can come off as pompous and arrogant, I think Tarantino would say he’s not perfect. For a man who’s won two Oscars for writing,Continue reading “Why ‘Grindhouse’ Failed (And Maybe That Was Its Intention)”
‘The Stand’ Doesn’t Deliver As Well 30 Years Later
The Stand may be Stephen King’s best novel according to all of his fans and critics. The novel was published so early in his career as a published novelist that such a massive book could’ve very easily ended his career if it wasn’t so well-received. Set mostly in an apocalyptic world where a superflu calledContinue reading “‘The Stand’ Doesn’t Deliver As Well 30 Years Later”
Roger Corman Was The John The Baptist Of American Cinema
In the mid-1970s, Ron Howard was attempting to make a name for himself as a movie director after he had grown up over the years as a child actor. For a man who had appeared on two popular TV shows, been in the Oscar-nominated American Graffiti and even co-starred alongside The Duke himself John WayneContinue reading “Roger Corman Was The John The Baptist Of American Cinema”
‘Dawn’ Good Remake Of Dead Horror Classic Released 20 Years Ago
Twenty years ago when I first saw the commercials for the Dawn of the Dead remake, I groaned. The original by George A. Romero isn’t perfect but its few flaws are easy to dismiss for how great it’s made. Set mostly at a shopping mall in the suburbs of Pennsylvania, it was social commentary onContinue reading “‘Dawn’ Good Remake Of Dead Horror Classic Released 20 Years Ago”
‘Lisa Frankenstein’ Falls To Pieces
Diablo Cody has been one of those filmmakers who I feel everyone made a big deal about for a while and she read too much of her own press and still thinks it’s 2008. It might have seem odd in the 2000s for many people to show visible tattoos on their arms without thinking theyContinue reading “‘Lisa Frankenstein’ Falls To Pieces”
‘Thanksgiving’ Makes A Huge Slash
Eli Roth is one of those filmmakers I really haven’t been impressed with and it’s mainly because he hasn’t done much to impress me. Cabin Fever and the first Hostel both had great ideas and premises but terrible executions if you’d forgive the pun. I don’t think anyone would understand why the kid with theContinue reading “‘Thanksgiving’ Makes A Huge Slash”
‘Night Swim’ Drowns In Boredom
Night Swim is one of those typical Blumhouse horror movies that is released in the month of January that people have forgotten about by the time the Super Bowl rolls around. It’s boring and has a tedious pace typical of something that started out as a short movie concept that the filmmakers were given moreContinue reading “‘Night Swim’ Drowns In Boredom”
‘Leviathan’ Is A Hodgepodge Of Terror Under The Sea
Picture it, 1989. George H.W. Bush had just been sworn in as President becoming only the second incumbent Vice-President to be elected to the Oval Office. Batman mania was spreading across the nation. The Berlin Wall was going to be torn down by year’s end. And everyone was dancing to “Walk the Dinosaur.” It wasContinue reading “‘Leviathan’ Is A Hodgepodge Of Terror Under The Sea”
‘Sleepwalkers’ Is The Stuff Lucid Dreams Are Made Of
A movie like Sleepwalkers was advertised as the first movie Stephen King had written for the movies that wasn’t based on a previous body of work. And it shows why King is better at writing novels than he is at writing scripts. I don’t know what it is but his scripts aren’t the best. I’mContinue reading “‘Sleepwalkers’ Is The Stuff Lucid Dreams Are Made Of”
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