The greatest overall Halloween movie is John Carpenter’s 1978 Halloween. Of course the topic is open to debate, but probably not that much. To take the name of the holiday itself, a horror movie’d have to be pretty definitive, and this one went as close as it gets. No matter what West … Continue reading
Forget Mark Millar’s take on Superman. “Epic” and “archetypal” are just synonyms for “flat” and “lifeless”. There’s no there there. Obviously the Coen Brothers are never going to make a Superman movie, so we can throw out Moriarty’s idea as well. As much as I’d love to see Frances McDormand as Lois and John Turturro … Continue reading
Last time I ran off a list of some of my favorite music for the Halloween season, this time I’m going to toss out some film and book goodies for the Season of Dusk. I’ll try not to prattle on so much, but fanboy does as fanboy is, so… Movies: JOHN CARPENTER’S HALLOWEEN – Do … Continue reading
Savannah Film Festival 2008: Day Two (Apologies for the delay, I’ve been sick. All the catch-up articles are forthcoming.) Malcolm McDowell is a certified badass. Today SCAD celebrated an actor who has a resume a mile long. By his own admittance, McDowell has been in not only the best, but the worst of films. For … Continue reading
Anyone that is truly a film buff, be it an amateur or someone who is a professional are constantly complaining about the state of Hollywood. Too many remakes, too many sequels, too many soulless horror movies and the list goes on. Yet, I feel there’s a new problem today: It seems like every movie now … Continue reading
Follow these simple rules to trick or treating and your Halloween should be awesome. If not, you fucked something up.
The Myth of Equivalence There’s been a lot of lively conversation about the election on my website discussion board, some of which caused me to write the following post on the reflexive notion of political equivalence. I have as little patience with people who suggest there’s no big difference between the parties as I do … Continue reading
Admittedly, for this week’s installment of Memorable Characters, I’m cheating. That is because Schlitze, one of the characters from the 1932 classic Freaks, isn’t really a character at all. Tod Browning’s masterpiece of the macabre was (and still is) known for casting a barrage of truly deformed real life personalities in order to bring the … Continue reading
I’m not keeping up too well here, but here’s a short entry to hopefully drum up a little interest in my failing little blog. So here’s a little game I made up for the horror movie holiday coming up on Friday. I’m sure many of you know what a Giallo film is, but just in … Continue reading
It was a good day (I didn’t even have to use my AK). Things ran rather smoothly on the ride down to Llojeta, and I allowed my mind to wander as I contemplated the important things I tend to contemplate as I am led into contemplation. By the way, today’s installment goes good with Strange … Continue reading