As you know, there are a great many clichés in the world of film. Probably one of the greatest clichés is the teenager movie. We always seem to get the same exaggerated stereotype characters who are too smart, too dumb, too nice, too cruel, etc. These [...]
When I say the words "Disney horror movie", what do you think of? "Flubber?" "My Favorite Martian?" Well, in the early 80s, Disney tried its hand at horror films with "Something Wicked This Way Comes", based on the [...]
If you go to our "Halloween Chopping List", you will see five films listed under the category of "Slashers." That means that there are about another 995 movies that could fit under that category. OK, that may be an exaggeration, but [...]
If Garry Marshall directed every movie, then there would be no sad endings. “The Other Sister” is Marshall’s examination of the relationship between two individuals who are mentally challenged. The film is poignant and touching at times, but for the [...]
Making a sequel is never easy due to the scrutiny that the film will come under. It is inevitable that the sequel will be compared to the original and not seen as an independent entity. You have to have guts to make a sequel to a classic film. And you [...]
I typically don’t like period pieces – or as a rather dim-witted person once said to me, "Movies that happened in the time before now." I’m much more interested in what’s going to happen than in what has happened. Still, the one [...]
For fans of late 70s horror, who also own DVD players, 1999 has been a good year. This summer saw the release of the "Alien" Special Edition and the "Halloween" Limited Edition was released last month. Later in October, we can look for [...]
While VH-1’s 90-minute documentary on the nightclub Studio 54 is much better, the movie “54” isn’t as bad as you may have heard. The movie got a lot of press about how it had been re-edited. The film definitely has a disjointed feel. If you’re [...]
As it is still a (relatively) new format, we haven’t seen all too many television shows being released on DVD. Hopefully, this will change in the future, as fans are clamoring for pristine digital copies of their favorite shows. HBO Home Video has taken [...]
Let me start by saying that I’m not a big fan of vampires. I feel that the entire vampire genre has become derivative and that no one is doing anything original with it. However, when something new does come along, I’m willing to give it a try. [...]
