Seeing The Women That Turn Up On British Television, I Think I Better Understand The Culture That Produced Margaret Thatcher I don’t know what’s in British water, but they have a knack for creating engaging, dynamic female characters for television. For me one of the best is Supt. Jane Tennison (Hellen Mirren) from multiple seasons of Prime Suspect. After Tennison […]
As Above, So Below, let’s be clear, isn’t a particularly good movie, but it is a damned entertaining one. The story, such as it is, revolves around Scarlett (Perdida Weeks), who’s searching for the clues that would lead her to the Philosopher’s Stone, which I should mention that her father was also searching for, before he hung himself. […]
This trailer really had me going for awhile. As I have written before, I think stories of ghosts, gods and demons are little more than ways to explain where the sun goes at night, why there’s thunder during a storm or what makes you sick. And that’s all well and good, but the thing is, I […]
The Hollywood Reporter has reported that Underworld is being rebooted. It’s been eight years since first entry in the trilogy (and two since the last film, Underworld Awakening). And while I don’t necessarily think that eight years is a long time between reboots, at least it’s more than between the transition from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 to Marc […]
The found footage horror movie, The Pyramid, makes a point of mentioning that it’s produced by Alexandre Aja, the director of the reboot of The Hills Have Eyes (possibly the most ‘wholesome’ horror film I have ever seen), Mirrors and High Tension, among others. What it doesn’t tell you is that it’s directed by Grégory Lavasseur, who’s Aja’s writing […]
I have written on women superheroes in movies in the past, and thought that it was a topic worth revisiting, especially since some have decided that Marvel Studios somehow has a duty to make a feature with a female lead. Which is nonsense, but don’t get me wrong, inclusiveness is a great thing. All of us […]
Let’s be clear. The likelihood is that there is no “Amityville Horror.” Or UFO’s. Or ghosts, for that matter. Now, that’s not to say that I don’t fervently wish that there were more out there than us–which is, frankly more than a little depressing–but until I see some evidence myself, I am not buying it. The universe […]
When The Game Stands Tall Is An Enjoyable Movie, Despite Its Manipulativeness Have you ever watched something, be it a movie or TV show, and knew you were being manipulated? And I don’t necessarily mean that in a bad way. All media—including news, much to my dismay—is designed to elicit a reaction from the persons […]
I am not a huge video game player, and in fact I tend to enjoy watching other people playing more than doing so myself. I buy games every once in awhile, particularly if I like the concept behind them, play for a few minutes, then lose interest. Most of it has to do with my […]
Unlike this trailer, I am not sure that I would ever call the character from the Leprechaun movies ‘iconic.’ Sure, there were there were a few films based him, but he was never in the league of Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers. Anyway, this version looks a bit more serious (and significantly less campy) than […]
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