“Mama” is yet another fine example of the Modern PG-13 Horror Film Formula. Not much gore, a computer generated monster and weird, twitchy little kids that owe their convulsing inspiration to that poor girl in the “The Ring”. There are…
At least the man warned us multiple times. When faced with the ridiculous notion of an Action Flick starring a man in his mid-sixties all that rung through my head was that he continuously told us he would return. He…
I don’t like to make predictions. It’s presumptuous and usually makes me look stupid (and I need no assistance in that). Last time I tried to play the soothsayer I proclaimed that “John Carter” was going to be the next “Star…
The entire concept behind “Compliance” seems so implausible that it should be a ridiculous idea to even discuss. Why the hell would this ever happen? HOW could this ever happen? But as the giant block letters right at the beginning…
The modern day Spoof has devolved into the laziest form of filmmaking and I blame the Wayans Brothers. This subset of films used to spawn classics with the early works of Mel Brooks (“Young Frankenstein,” “Blazing Saddles”), “Airplane” and, more…
About midway through “Gangster Squad” I began humoring the notion that the film might actually be striving for comedy. On the surface the project looks like it wants to be another “L.A. Confidential” with a weighty Noir feel but it…
Here is the list of Nominees for the 2013 Academy Awards. No Ben Affleck? No “Perks of Being a Wallflower” for Adapted Script? I’m actually happy Kathryn Bigelow was not nominated for “Zero Dark Thirty”. Altogether, there are very few…
Be assured that you will find something deeply disturbing about “Django Unchained”. Be it an image or the particular strain of dialogue heavily peppered with the N-word, there is plenty here to make you squirm. In fact if you don’t…
Sleep Tight is Available on Blu-ray and DVD from Dark Sky Films on January 8, 2013 Since “Sleep Tight” is a Spanish language movie I will write the following review in English subtitles. It only seems fitting. When it comes…
Filmmaker William Wall wears many hats. This is evident when perusing the credits of his feature film debut “The Immortal Edward Lumley” as most of the positions found under the crew category belong to him. In fact, instead of listing…