Halloween on a Wednesday blows. Sorry. Halloween should be like Thanksgiving, except always on a Friday or Saturday. I’m sure some of you are going to Halloween parties this weekend, but it’s such a cheat. Such a cheat. Still, I’m going as a sexy Ghostbuster on Saturday and Wednesday. Should be sweet. It was a … Continue reading
Moviehole is reporting with great brio that George Miller’s Justice League of America has lassoed its Wonder Woman. And, as you can see, it’s not Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Blondie-to-your-right’s name is Teresa Palmer. If she looks familiar, that’s because you probably saw her in December Boys or The Grudge 2. I skipped both, so I … Continue reading
James L. Brooks didn’t invent the dramedy with Terms of Endearment, but it’s hard to imagine the seriocomic, quirk-laden likes of Steel Magnolias, Parenthood, Home for the Holidays, The Family Stone and, now, Dan in Real Life existing without it. These are films that aim for laughter through the tears. They want to broadly, but … Continue reading
The thing I always loved about the Alien mythology — even if it ran counter to H.R. Giger’s terminally creepy design premise — was that aliens would take on attributes of any host. So you’ve got the dog alien from Fincher’s flick, and the backstory that aliens not bred from John Hurt are actually fantastically … Continue reading
Please send letters. Claudia Writes: How about a little "Forgotten Monster" love for The Tingler (one of my personal favorites). Nick Replies: I don’t consider The Tingler to be forgotten. I think that it’s one of the go-to names to drop when that era of theater-assisted scares was the standard and also a Vincent Price … Continue reading
Yes! I don’t remember the source novella for Stephen King’s The Mist other than the fact that as a very young fellow it, coupled with Danse Macabre, caused me to hunt down a few H.P. Lovecraft novels. Those were lovely, tentacle-filled times… Ever since I’ve had this site (1997? 1998?) there’s always been a hint … Continue reading
How did Underworld ever get popular enough to justify a non-direct-to-DVD prequel helmed by Patrick Tatopoulos, the guy who designed the worst-looking Godzilla of all time? And why are great actors like Bill Nighy and Michael Sheen sullying their filmographies with this crap while the franchise’s creator, Len Wiseman, has moved on to Gears of … Continue reading
At this point in his career, John Travolta is much more effective as a villain than as a bland everyman (or a woman under thirty pounds of latex). For whatever reason, he seems to have lost the ability to portray a normal human being. The last time I bought him in a conventional dramatic role … Continue reading
Where the author tells you of the many things out there that make him want to become a master thief with an exceptionally large basement to hoard the myriad material things worth owning and loving. Installment One.Installment Two.Installment Three.Installment Four.Installment Five.Installment Six.Installment Seven.Message Board Discussion. Good day. The love of consumption is a shameful yet … Continue reading