Despite the fact that I have an interest in Euro-horror and that he’s made like a gazillion movies, I’ve never seen a Jess Franco film until now. (I have ’Virgin Among the Living Dead’ on VHS, but I’ve never gotten around to watching it.) Well, [...]
When it comes to sequels, there appears to be a methodology working in Hollywood, which dictates, "If you can’t make it better, make it bigger!" This axiom certainly applies to "Jaws 2". Whereas Steven Spielberg’s classic [...]
When is an art film not an art film? When the filmmakers go out of their way to make an art film. During the audio commentary for ’The 4th Man’, director Paul Verhoeven admits that because Dutch critics had blasted all of his previous films, he and [...]
It’s not unusual for the movies to lampoon a certain portion of society. Whether it be a certain event, tradition, societal group, or more commonly, a particular genre of film, comedies have been making fun of things for years. But, while Hollywood is [...]
It seems very odd to be reviewing a DVD of ’Nutty Professor II: The Klumps’, as I just wrote a review for the film less than six months ago. The easiest way to review this new DVD entitled ’Nutty Professor II: The Klumps — Uncensored [...]
This is going to be a short review, because ’The Vault’ is a short film. When stripped of the credits and padded scenes, the running time for ’The Vault’ is just a little over an hour. This brief film offers an original and promising storyline [...]
’Deep in the Heart (of Texas)’ is a film, based on a stage-play, which consists of several one-person monologues. These monologues have been brought to the screen with a newly constructed connecting story in which two British documentarians, Robert [...]
J.R. Bookwalter’s zombie cult-favorite, ’The Dead Next Door’ has finally landed on DVD from a new company, Splatter Rampage Video (I guess that name says it all…). The film is considered by many to be the epitome of low-budget, independent [...]
James L. Brooks’ 1983 multiple-Oscar winner ’Terms of Endearment’ has finally made its way to DVD and Paramount Home Video has done a fine job with it. The film has been letterboxed at 1.85:1 and the digital transfer has been enhanced for 16×9 [...]
’The Vineyard’ contains everything that a great B-movie needs: zombies, kung-fu, women in chains, and an evil villain. Unfortunately, ’The Vineyard’ isn’t a great B-movie. It’s only a great disappointment. ’The Vineyard’ was obviously the [...]
