Posts by Mattioli

A man is about to be hung from a bridge.  Miraculously, the rope snaps and, through a series of adventures, he is able to evade his captors.  We later discover this was no more than a fever dream--perhaps the consequence of...

I have yet to see anything of Enter the Void (other than its opening credits), but I haven't read anything here to suggest that it remotely qualifies as science fiction.  

Quote: Originally Posted by Evi  Benny showing up exactly where Sam was   Finally got around to catching up with last week's episode and there's an easy explanation for this: Dean took Benny to the same...

I don't know.  I'm pretty much dead inside when it comes to films that are supposedly frightening (way too many horror movies over the years) and I found Spielberg's War of the Worlds  to be pretty horrifying.  That...

Quote: Originally Posted by Schwartz  Prince Of Darkness has a moodier, more conceptual approach to its horror, which I can certainly see resonating more with people.  The third entry in Carpenter's Apocalypse...

Quote: Originally Posted by Graham  I tried (unsuccessfully) to sue New Pictures for using the name 'The Philadelphia Experiment', as I'd made a film with the same name some THREE YEARS earlier (on 8 mm). It...

And thus did Duke Fleed fulfill my vaguely worded prophecy that he would draft Buck Rogers.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tim K  The Blob is really fun and I'll give props any film kills off the jock (The person I assumed to be the protagonist) in it's first act.   Apparently you weren't paying attention...

SON OF A... The Blob was my anticipated Round Fiver.  Speaking of which, I love Frank Darabont, but can we get him back to his down-and-dirty Blob and Dream Warriors roots? 

Does anyone else find it amusing that Bill & Ted (and Rufus) treat time in San Dimas as linear and inflexible?  I mean, why exactly are they so concerned about rescuing their historical dudes from the lock-up in time to make...