And speaking of ‘odd…’ I haven’t read any of the novels that make up the basis of Stephen Sommers‘ “Odd Thomas” (which were written by Dean Koontz, who if I were being unfair I would say has always struck me as the ‘Poor Man’s Stephen King’). That being said, I enjoyed the movie version of “Phantoms, […]
“Stitches” is worth seeing, but–other than the gore effects–there’s not much going on.” I have never quite understood why people find clowns particularly threatening (though I perfectly understand why mimes, their evil cousins, might makes some uneasy), which isn’t the same as the phobia known as coulrophobia. I mean they’re hardly subtle, and wearing those […]
“”Room 237” is (possibly) a weird, oddly effecting journey into the mind of a filmmaker considered by many to be a genius.” Rodney Ascher’s “Room 237” is fascinating because it manages to take a subject that’s remarkably niche – the messages and potential motivations interwoven into the making of Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” – and manages […]
If you were somehow able to snatch someone from Death’s irresistible grasp, would you? To free someone, perhaps a loved one, from that which is an undeniable – and inescapable – fact of life. Would you grant them a second chance? But nothing is without cost. For those you would return, they would be – […]
The trailer for Twilight: Breaking Dawn just posted, and to show how mature I am I will avoid any obvious–though inevitable–jokes that could stem from the title.
‘Re-Animator’ Special Effects: Simple But Effective There have probably been a handful of films based upon the books of the Cthulhu Mythos by H.P. Lovecraft, though two of the best are “Re-Animator” and “In The Mouth Of Madness” (IMOM was not, per se, a “Lovecraft” film, though the title character of the film, Sutter Cane, […]
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