Despite the fact that ’There’s Something About Mary’ was a huge hit, I’m sure that there are those who see it as no big deal. Considering the number of films who’ve tried to emulate its formula and failed, there must have been something special [...]
By 1942, Universal Studios had introduced all of their "classic" monsters to the world. (Unless you count the "Creature from the Black Lagoon", he wouldn’t show up for another dozen years.) Dr. Frankenstein, his monster, Dracula, the [...]
’R2PC’ is not a robot from ’Star Wars’ who will only make politically correct comments. (Although, that would be funny.) Rather ’R2PC: Road to Park City’ is a documentary-spoof in which an aspiring filmmaker, John Viener, hopes to make a movie [...]
’Get Over It!’ tries to hard to be different from other teen films. The movie tells the story of Berke Landers (Ben Foster). Berke has just been dumped by his childhood sweetheart Allison (Melissa Sagemiller), and becomes determined to win her back [...]
I rarely mention DVD cover art in my reviews, but I must draw attention to Urban Vision’s gutsy move to give their ’Gatchaman Collection’ such a spartan cover. Still, it’s obviously effective, for as I was perusing the new releases, I suddenly [...]
Like many, I decry the loss of the independent horror film movement of the early 80s, where low-budget shockers were distributed by the major studios and played in theatres right next to their big-budget brethren. While we don’t see as many of these [...]
There has been a lot of talk lately concerning media violence and censorship. Hollywood has been under the scrutiny of the government and there has been a general trend in movies and television to pull in the reins on violent material. Given all of the [...]
Before you PlayStation fans reach for your wallets, allow me to warn you that the film version of ’Parasite Eve’ has nothing to do with the lovely Aya Brea and the gun-toting antics which she performs in the popular video-game series. This Japanese [...]
When horror film fans discuss the pioneers who have influenced, changed, and shaped the genre over the past 25 years, names such as Romero, Carpenter, Raimi, Craven, and Argento are mentioned. It can easily be argued that directors such as these began [...]
Hollywood is often accused of underestimating the masses and delivering the same drivel to the public over and over again. (For a rather acidic diatribe on this point, check out the by Henry Selick on "Monkeybone".) Typically, the only way to [...]
