When we were in elementary school, there was a boy who was always in trouble. Today, we would assume the poor kid had ADHD, but he wasn’t diagnosed with such Back in the Day. We could only see a boy who Never complied with the Rules. We felt the boy couldn’t help it, but we […]
Review: Pumpkinhead (1988) Review Pumpkinhead (1988) Director Stan Winston Writer Mark Patrick Carducci and Gary Gerani Cast Lance Henriksen, Jeff East, John D’Aquino, Kimberly Ross, Joel Hoffman, Cynthia Bain, Kerry Remsen, Florence Schauffler, Brian Bremer, Matthew Hurley and George “Buck” Flower “What you’re askin’ got a powerful price” – Haggis When a group of young […]
Warning: Contains Spoilers Sometimes, in a movie, you can spot the Set-Up in the first few scenes. But a good filmmaker knows this, and uses it to build tension. That’s what we thought when we watched the family drama, Old Yeller (1957). This film, from Walt Disney Productions, is an endearing tale of a family […]
Review 1922 (2017) Director Zak Hilditch Writer Zak Hilditch – Based on the novella by Stephen King Cast Thomas Jane, Molly Parker, Dylan Schmid, Kaitlyn Bernard, Neal McDonough, Tanya Champoux, Brian d’Arcy James and Bob Frazer “I discovered something that most people never have to learn. Murder is sin. Murder is damnation. But murder is […]
While Succession, The Bear, and Beef dominated Monday night’s 75th Emmy Awards, other fan-favorite series, including Yellowjackets, Ted Lasso, and Better Call Saul concluded the night completely winless. For the latter, unfortunately, this meant Emmy Awards night ended exactly the same as previous years. After earning 53 nominations throughout its critically lauded six-season run, Better […]
Review Species :The Awakening (2007) Director Nick Lyon Writer Dennis Feldman and Ben Ripley Cast Ben Cross, Helena Mattsson, Dominic Keating, Marlene Favela and Roger Codney “I don’t know if I’m human or not. Or if I have a soul or not” – Miranda Have you ever sat down with zero expectations to view something […]
Sometimes the world feels different when an influential person dies, and you grieve even though you never met said person. That was the case for millions on November 22, 1963. Two influential men died that day, within an hour of each other, and both, curiously, were nicknamed “Jack”. You’ve already guessed the first, the 35th […]
In a world seemingly overrun by rising action stars, it’s always refreshing to revisit work by the veteran players. That includes Dolph Lundgren, whom the characters of FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia once agreed is “the most underrated actor of all time.” It also helps that the famed Swedish star, who rose to fame […]
Director Chad Stahelski’s long-awaited Highlander reboot is finally happening, with the John Wick filmmaker signing a new deal with Lionsgate. The Highlander reboot, which is due to star The Witcher and Man of Steel’s Henry Cavill as the titular immortal warrior, is now expected to be Stahelski’s next feature, with the director all set to […]
Has a Hollywood war movie left its thumbprint on you? For us, one such film was Apocalypse Now (1979), a haunting dreamscape in an exotic war zone. It confronted us with the reminder the world isn’t always the place we wish it to be. We were mulling this over after seeing a new five-part documentary, […]
