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‘Life Of Chuck’ Is Amazing Despite Some Problematic Scenes

I wanted to like The Life of Chuck a lot more than I did. Flannagan has emerged as one of the most impressive horror/thriller filmmakers and quite possibly one of the rarest to make a good adaptation of a Stephen King story.   That’s what makes Chuck so odd because it works on one level and it fails on another. The story, which could be considered a novella was included inContinue reading “‘Life Of Chuck’ Is Amazing Despite Some Problematic Scenes”

‘Toxic Avenger’ Remake Sizzles In Absurd, Gross-Out Goofiness

Trying to critique a Troma movie is like trying to describe a Jackson Pollock to Helen Keller. It’s an exercise in futility because you have to see a Jackson Pollock to understand his use of colors. And I’m sure Keller never really could distinguish between red and blue.   When the movie studio was established in the early 1970s, it was supposed to be different from anything else. And consideringContinue reading “‘Toxic Avenger’ Remake Sizzles In Absurd, Gross-Out Goofiness”