Over the weekend, I picked up Friday the 13th on blu-ray. I’ve only recently fallen into the blu-ray craze and let me tell you: whatever you heard is true. It is, by far, the best medium in which to watch films. Needless to say, when I saw the horror favorite staring at me at my … Continue reading
Some actors just have great, recognizable voices. Sure, the obvious names have to be Orson Welles, Jack Nicholson, Rod Serling and Boris Karloff. But there are a number of actors and actresses whose voices (and only their voices) are memorable, while their physical appearances are not. Take the great character actor Keith David, for example. … Continue reading
Nothing is worse than the feeling you get when you start a sentence by saying, “Back in my day…”, but low and behold, here I am, thinking that very thing. It’s depressing when someone like me, who is only twenty-four, looks back on the films that he watched with a sense of longing for … Continue reading
Hollywood is raft with urban legends and “what if” scenarios; stories that were quietly shoved into a vault and locked away, never to be heard from again. We’ve heard them all… what if David Lynch ended up directing Return of the Jedi? What if Cronenberg directed Beverly Hills Cop? Sure, for all we know, stories … Continue reading
Looking back at the 90’s, it amazes me when I realize how many films starred Jeffrey Jones. Jones has always been a favorite of mine, after seeing his memorable performances in Beetlejuice and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. He was by no means a traditional leading man (which is why he was usually cast as the … Continue reading
Will the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) get it right this year? A lot has been discussed about last year’s lackluster Oscar viewership. Truth be told, the films honored last year were the best I’ve seen since 1999 (although, I would have substituted Atonement with SweeneyTodd), but that is coming from an … Continue reading
As a child growing up, my love for all things horror derived from the fact that I wasn’t supposed to watch them. Of course, all children want what they can’t have; which is why, every so often, I would venture down to the television room in the early hours of the morning to watch classic … Continue reading
Poltergeist is one of the most frightening pictures I have ever seen. It is one of the last great horror films, made during a time in which PG-13 films really pushed the envelope. Based on an idea by producer Steven Spielberg and directed by a post-Texas Chainsaw Massacre Tobe Hooper, Poltergeist delivered on its tagline: … Continue reading
Seeing as how we live in a time in which absolutely anything can be brought to the silver screen, it’s no surprise that we occasionally forget the simpler, more magical, days of cinema. During the holidays I came across Harry and the Hendersons, one of the many films that I watched for days on end … Continue reading
2008 may have started with a whimper, but it did end with a bang, as a number of films proved to be just as good as the hype that preceded them (Benjamin Button, I’m looking in your direction). Now that another year has come and gone, it is time to take a look at what’s … Continue reading