Matthew Torti
I fell into the wonderful world of film after watching Tim Burton's "Batman" back in 1989 at the ripe old age of 5. From there, I began writing an assortment of short stories, screenplays and teleplays. I attended York University in Toronto, Canada, graduated from its screenwriting program and have since written a number of spec scripts and am currently working on a pilot for a television series. My opinions of certain films have been known to frustrate many, which is what I love most about film- its ability to create heavy debate.
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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, th...
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 ...
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&#...
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...
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 B...
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...
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...
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.&nbs...
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...
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 you...
