Filmaker Dinesh D'Souza's "America": Another Money Making Conspiracy Con by a...
In Dineesh D’Souza’s newest “psuedo-documentary”, on September 11, 1777 (yeah! 9/11) General George Washington was gunned down by a British assassin and in the next few moments we see images of the...
View ArticleAt "JERSEY BOYS"- A theater full of baby boomers singing along to The Four...
No better review than that! The film recreates a period and the music that my generation danced to. For those that love the Four Seasons' music but haven't made it to a good (and usually expensive)...
View ArticleMaleficent Magnificent: Three Screenings Tell the Tale
Let us tell an old story anew.Maleficent joins the ranks of films I have liked so much that I have seen them Three or more times on the big screen. These films are ones that I take friends to as a...
View ArticleFilmFan Blog: "The Giver" has a lot to offer
"The Giver" Teaches What Humanity Has Forgotten: Life is a Grand and Grotesque mix of experiences both Joyful and Awful and efforts to flatten out the drama dehumanze all of us. "The Giver" is more...
View ArticleFILM-FAN-FARE BLOG: "A Most Wanted Man" Hoffman ends his career in a hard...
Spies lie, deceive, seduce, betray, torture, and kill…..for what?To create a better world, to neutralize evil, to satisfy their need for power, to express their patriotism, to do their job, to…. A Most...
View ArticleVoyage of the "Minnow": The Story of Gilligan's Island
It is one of the most iconic TV shows of all time, still on the air somewhere in the world every day, with a theme song that everyone knows. Here is the behind-the-scenes history of Gilligan's Island....
View ArticleHalloween Horror Movies 2014 - Day 1: DRACULA
For me, a proper celebration of the Halloween season really begins with my annual October 1st viewing of DRACULA. Even now, 82 years since it was first released, director Tod Browning’s...
View ArticleHalloween Horror Movies 2014 - Day 2: WORLD WAR Z
Zombie movies tend to be pretty small in scope. It is understandable. Until very recently, zombies were relegated to low budget B-movies. The financial restrictions of these films required...
View ArticleHalloween Horror Movies 2014 - Day 3: PSYCHO
In his long, Herculean film career, Alfred Hitchcock broke a whole lot of new ground. No one could spin a tale of suspense the way he could. Spy movies, caper films, intimate...
View ArticleHalloween Horror Movies 2014 - Day 4: CREEPSHOW
One sub-genre that is almost unique to the Horror world is the anthology film. A film that, instead of telling one story over its running time, tells several - like a collection of short...
View ArticleHalloween Horror Movies 2014 - Day 5: NOSFERATU
After failing to secure the rights from Bram Stoker’s widow to adapt “Dracula”, producer Albin Grau and screenwriter Henrik Galeen charged forward with their film adaptation anyway -...
View ArticleThe Walking Dead: No Sanctuary (5.1)
Melissa McBride as Carol and Chad L. Coleman as Tyreese in AMC's The Walking Dead There are more than a few definitions for the word ethics, but common to most of them are moral obligations dictated...
View ArticleHalloween Horror Movies 2014 - Day 6: THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE
Demonic possession is a popular subject in the world of Horror. It is an inherently frightening idea - the thought that some outside, evil force supplanting you or someone you love. It...
View ArticleHalloween Horror Movies 2014 - Day 7: SAW
The only sub-genre of Horror that I’ve ever felt to be rightfully maligned is so-called “Torture Porn”. Films where the plot is nothing more than an excuse for gruesome, sometimes...
View ArticleHalloween Horror Movies 2014 - Day 8: RAVENOUS
Sometimes, a Horror movie is too effective. Sometimes, a Horror move is so frightening that it practically has to disavow what it is. Sometimes, a Horror movie is so over-the-top, yet so...
View ArticleHalloween Horror Movies 2014 - Day 9: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
In the early 1920’s, the cinema was just starting to find its feet as an art form. Many of the techniques we take for granted today were pioneered during this time. Also taken for...
View ArticleHalloween Horror Movies 2014 - Day 10: HORROR OF DRACULA
The movies of Hammer Studio are a source of some disagreement in the Horror world. While some fans find them elegant and elevated visions of Horror, others find them too refined and tidy...
View ArticleHalloween Horror Movies - Day 11: JEEPERS CREEPERS
The waning years of the ’90s were a bit of a wasteland for Horror films. Although slickly made and sometimes fun, most of the Horror movies coming out of Hollywood from about 1996 to the...
View ArticleHalloween Horror Movies 2014 - Day 12: THE FUNHOUSE
One of the more interesting type of film - Horror or otherwise - is what aficionados call the “one room” film. These are movies where the majority of the story takes place in one...
View ArticleHalloween Horror Movies 2014 - Day 13: CLOVERFIELD
The debates to be had amongst Horror fans are numerous. Although the main purpose of this little series I’ve deployed is to laud the merits of a much maligned genre, another is to...
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