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Retro Review: ‘Dead End Drive-In’
I get a warm and fuzzy feeling in my tum-tum when I am at the drive-in. Sure the asphalt may be crumbling and the snack stand building wears every bit of its 1980’s decor proudly, but there is a...
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Classic Scene: Kissing Montage
Classic Scene: Kiss Montage Kiss Montage Cinema Paradiso (1988) Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore The Scene: Returning to Rome after the funereal of his old friend and mentor Alfredo (Philippe Noiret),...
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Movie Review: ‘Malignant’
In recent years, director James Wan has proven himself to be one of the top directors in the horror genre with hits like; Saw, Insidious, and the Conjuring. The success of his foray into the superhero...
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Retro Review: ‘Terror Train’
As any horror fan worth their weight in fear will tell you, Jamie Lee Curtis is an undoubted icon of the genre. Like Vincent Price before her, she is rightly idolized by lovers of scary movies, but...
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Retro Review: ‘Mona Lisa’
When a man a gruff, working class, low-level member of the underworld is forced to work with a beautiful, cultured high-priced call girl, you have two people who have nothing in common forced in close...
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Top 10 Movies Within Movies
There’s something especially fun about a movie that exists within the world of a movie. There’s an extra level of separation from reality that makes them feel absurd. It’s a strange little insight...
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Noirvember Review: ‘Act of Violence’
One of the themes explored during the era of film noir was the very topical idea of how the Second World War had affected those who fought on the battlefield. Sure the men who came home may have...
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Noirvember Review: The Narrow Margin
While the era of train travel may be over, it made for a truly great set piece in a variety of movies. The idea of a confined space moving at a fast speed no doubt adds tension and thrills in of...
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Retro Review: ‘Subspecies’
In the 1990’s the most popular vampires in pop culture were cool and sexy ala’ Interview with a Vampire and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But the idea of the monstrous Nosferatu-esque bloodsuckers still...
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Retro Review: ‘Sledgehammer’
As the rise of the VHS and video store revolution in the 80’s a number of aspiring filmmakers realized that they could purchase a standard video camera and write/direct/produce their own film. Not...
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Geek Travels: Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon
Recently I had the chance to travel to Charleston, South Carolina and as a massive history buff the fact that this city proudly wore its centuries of heritage proudly meant there was plenty for me to...
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Noirvember Review: ‘This Gun For Hire’
In 1936, Paramount purchased the movie rights to the latest work from acclaimed British writer Graham Greene, This Gun for Sale, which they retitled This Gun for Hire. Pre-production started new and...
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Creepy Mysteries: Ape Canyon Attack
It seems like every region of the United States has a cryptozoological creature that calls it home taunting witnesses who are not quick or skilled enough with a camera. In the Northwest the undisputed...
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Noirvember Review: ‘Night and the City’
It has been said that after a war there is opportunity for the nefarious and unscrupulous. Famed Blacklisted filmmaker Jules Dassin, took viewers into such an environment in the shadows of Post World...
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Retro Review: ‘Rolling Thunder’
For all the years I have watched movies I have never understood why bad guys mess with a war hero and are surprised when said war hero uses their battle experience to get his revenge. This premise has...
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Spotlight On: Burt Lancaster
Being a circus performer from a very young age, Burt Lancaster realized he had a skill for entertaining audiences. After a military stint in World War II, his desire to perform took him to the...
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Pop Culture Predictions Come True
Across all mediums of entertainment storytellers have been allowed to let their imaginations run wild and create things never thought of before. Sometimes when they do this they end up creating...
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Holiday Review: ‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’
Despite the fact that this movie came out in 1942, I had the privilege of seeing it for the first time a mere two years ago on television. That being said, as a fan of madcap comedies and characters...
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Holiday Review: ‘Hell’s Heroes’
One of my favorite themes in holiday films is a redemptive character arc. Beginning with Ebenezer Scrooge, the spirit of the Christmas season provides a way for even the worst among us to find a way...
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Spotlight On: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Often called the greatest American immigrant story of the 20th century, Arnold Schwarzenegger, immigrated to the United States, broke and without knowing any English. What he did have was a dream to...
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