Among horror fans, director Dario Argento’s name stands alongside some of the greatest of the genre. With Argento’s twenty-third feature, Dracula 3D, finally set for a limited North American release on October 4th, it seems a perfect time to introduce…
Before you sit down on your sofa and take in one frame of “Room 237” I highly recommend you watch “The Shining” one last time untainted. Because “Room 237” dissects the film almost to a clinical level and regardless to…
Have you ever watched a football game where you didn’t give a shit who won? You don’t love or hate either team, you just feel vanilla-neutral about both. It might even be a tight and exciting game but as each…
Michel Gondry is a cinematic madman. He hits it at many angles and the results grossly vary. To illustrate the scope: He has brought us a wide variety of documentaries from Dave Chappelle’s home grown concert film “Block Party” to…
Vin Diesel and his buffed out ego must love this resurgence of his career. I suppose fans of Vinnie are digging it as well. The renewed interest in his “Fast and Furious” franchise over the last few years is unprecedented…
“Getaway” is a dim action film that possesses a perfect sort of stupid. Every component is filtered to appease the low IQ’d: The acting, the plot, the car chases, the freaking lighting!!! Yes, “Getaway” has stupid lighting. There is a…
Lake Bell is good at writing people. The talented actress (“It’s Complicated,” “Children’s Hospital”) has littered her writing/directing debut, “In a World,” with living characters that make the film an ease to watch. Part of this success is that Bell…
Coming of Age films are showing signs of maturing. Back in the seventies and eighties, teen movies used to focus primarily on trying to get laid, smoking some weed and then trying to get laid again. There were some exceptions…
Let’s get all the film critic-y crap out of the way, shall we? “We’re the Millers” has terrible character development and sticks to a textbook template for the Standard R-Rated Comedy. The plot is outlandish to a fault. It is…
“The Conjuring” is a conflicting film that’s been haunting me. On the one hand, director James Wan (“Saw”) has crafted a highly effective film that accomplishes what a horror movie should; it will scare the hell out of you. Most…