Articles by Mike Long
Clerks: Uncensored
In the past, most critics (but not me) have considered ’Mallrats’ to be writer/director Kevin Smith’s nadir. Not anymore. Now we have ’Clerks: The Animated Series’ to lambast. This show originally aired on ABC, although only two of the original [...]
Meet The Parents
In the realm of film criticism, movies must sometimes be judged in the same way as just about anything else in life, that is, did it accomplish what it set out to do? For example, did the comedy make you laugh? Did the drama make you cry? When viewed in [...]
Turn It Up
The recent urban drama/thriller ’Turn it Up’ is coming to DVD from New Line Home Video. The transfer has been letterboxed at 1.85:1 and is enhanced for 16×9 TVs. The image is razor sharp, and its clarity reveals no intrusive noise or grain. The [...]
Lost Souls
With the wealth of information available to us from various media outlets today, film fans have more knowledge at their disposal than ever. Therefore, we know when a film is announced, when it begins shooting, when shooting is completed, and when it’s [...]
Frightmare / Die Screaming Marianne
For most of my life, I’ve read anything that I could get my hands on that pertained to horror films. Starting from a very young age (and in retrospect, I was probably too young!), I would read about certain movies and then do what I could to try and see [...]
Nova: Mind Of A Serial Killer
Image Entertainment must certainly get kudos for the clever timing of this release. ’Nova: Mind of a Serial Killer’ hits store shelves during a period when interest in serial murders should be running high thanks to the theatrical release of [...]
