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We all love to turn our brains off every now and then. Why? So we can watch a decidedly horrible film, that's why. Sometimes life can get the better of us; taxes, bills, family issues… what better way to deal with our everyday dilemmas than by… Continue reading
The power of music in film intrigues me the more I think about it. Of course, I'm talking about composed music made especially for a particular film; the type of music that, throughout the film, becomes another character entirely. To convey what a character… Continue reading
An "unfilmable" literary masterpiece finally made its way to the silver screen over the past weekend after years of false starts and questionable approaches. I am by no means a diehard Watchmen fan. I only read the comic three years ago, but was nonetheless… Continue reading
If The Witches is Nicolas Roeg's masterpiece, and Don't Look Now is the film that he will be remembered by, then The Man Who Fell To Earth is his misunderstood gem; a story that effortlessly combines aspects of all of his films in order to create something… Continue reading
Don't Look Now is one of the most frustrating films you're ever likely to experience; which is why it is quite possibly one of the most ingenious. In order to discuss the lasting effects of Nicolas Roeg's 1973 film, the twist ending will have to be discussed,… Continue reading
It's funny, only a select few of filmmakers have truly impacted me more than I can ever imagine. Aside from the obvious names in the industry, one filmmaker in particular, to me, truly epitomizes the word "Storyteller". And that director is Nicolas Roeg. For… Continue reading
It's been a while since a film like Coraline has made it to theaters. Since the attention of Hollywood is focused mainly on the upcoming Academy Awards, the months of January and February are usually looked down upon as dumping grounds for less than stellar… Continue reading
Many moons ago, I rented videos almost every weekend. This was when Blockbuster and Rogers Video (the present Canadian video behemoths) were merely a blip on the burgeoning VHS rental world. For me, it was all about Jumbo Video. Renting videos represented a… Continue reading
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… 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… 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… 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… Continue reading
