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10/4/2018 – 1930s: Werewolf of London (1935) Directed by Stuart Walker The 1920s transition horror from an experimental into a more narrative driven age, but the 1930s would see an even bigger step. Though early forays into sound film were made … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – 1930s: Werewolf of London
Do you know what turds do when it’s blown by the wind? The same thing that happens to everything else. It’s the SPOIL SPORTS for Venom, the “highly” “anticipated” movie featuring Spider-Man’s spare black alternate uniform that he found on … Continue reading SPOIL SPORTS: Venom
Let’s use this space to share and discuss horror movie trailers that really freaked you out. Continue reading Horror Movie Trailers That Freaked You Out
Nearly two decades since boasting his business cards, Christian Bale has come back from returning those videotapes as an American Psycho. No, not that psycho. Or that one. I’m referring to ol’ Iron Ass himself, Darth Dick Cheny! Written and directed … Continue reading Trailer Talk: Christian Bale Once Again Dons the Bateman Cowl in Vice
Hey friendos! The tournament officially begins after a day of frenzied nominations. I think we have an interesting competition, and hope we all get to enjoy it. Remember this is for fun. Here’s the bracket as it stands. Sorry for … Continue reading Horror Tournament: Round 1
As steaming services play a bigger and bigger role in the film and television industry, a lot of attention is going to their original content–but mainly streaming television shows. What about streaming movies? What hidden gems or washed up flops … Continue reading Hold The Dark (Netflix, 2018)
So let’s talk about manga-to-motion picture adaptations! Common knowledge is that American studios should not try to do it. Most of the time you get hot messes like the American adaptation of Dragonball Z or Ghost In The Shell or … Continue reading Made Overseas: Bleach (2018)
10/3/2018 – Hungary: Taxidermia (2006) Directed by György Pálfi For our final mini-theme of the month, we have reached location. It was the main theme of 2015 and thus far, forty-five nations have been represented. We have hit almost every major cinema … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Hungary: Taxidermia
I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of this film, not because of its considerable prerelease acclaim, which has been substantial, but just so I never have to see that damn trailer again. I’ve probably seen it something like two dozen … Continue reading Movie Reviews: A Star is Born (2018)
Do you want to see a Chinese film with Chow Yun Fat and guns? I have one for you: Let the Bullets Fly. It is an “Eastern Western” action comedy mixed in with political satire that, somehow, managed to avoid getting … Continue reading WTF ASIA 24: Let The Bullets Fly (2010)
10/2/2018 – Stephanie Rothman: The Velvet Vampire (1971) Directed by Stephanie Rothman We kick off the next thematic leg of the month with our look into the world of female directed films. As I’ve stated before I’ve devoted a feature in the … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Stephanie Rothman: The Velvet Vampire
Yes folks it’s that time of year again. The leaves have fully begun to change, the air grows crisp in the morning, the days shorten, and those long fall nights are filled with chilling screams of people watching scary movies. … Continue reading Horror Movie Tournament: Nominations
Hey all, this is my first tournament. Inspired by my love/hate relationship with the podcast Unspooled, I wanted to see if we could suss out our own Top 100 films for the 21st century, early going though it may still be … Continue reading The 2100: Finding the Best Movies of the 21st Century
Sorry everyone, I’m on vacation and in the mountains so my internet access is limited. This will be the world’s laziest movie discussion post because it’s the best I can do. Next week will be (slightly) better! Continue reading Movie Discussion 10/2/2018
“Get me those Spider-Men!” Continue reading Trailer Talk: New Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Trailer Has Two Too Many Spider-Men
10/1/2018 – 1920s: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) Directed by Wallace Worsley Welcome everyone to Day 1 of the Month of Horror. For this section of our journey through the month, we will be heading back in time to the 1920s. … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – 1920s: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Pixar Edition. Toy Story 3
Welcome back boils and ghouls! It’s time for yet another installment in my long running annual Month of Horror. Every October starting on the first and running through Halloween, I watch at least one new (to me) movie a day and … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Intro
September has wrapped up at the box office and it was a pretty good month overall with some strong films and Warner Bros. dominating a good bit of it that continued from August. This weekend saw Night School from Universal Pictures … Continue reading Box Office: September 28-30
It’s time for another round of Muppet Casting, where we take a famous movie and ask, if Jim Henson’s Muppets made their own version of it (in the vein of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island), which Muppets … Continue reading Muppet Casting: Police Academy
The coming-of-age tale has been well represented both this year and last year, and while our latest entrant to the crowded genre certainly bears some traits of its forebears, there’s another film from last fall it more strongly recalls, The Florida Project. That … Continue reading Movie Reviews: We the Animals (2018)
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