New Line Cinema's "Blade" movie franchise proved to have box-office sustenance from 1998 to 2004. In the title role, Wesley Snipes carried the urban vampire saga sturdily on his shoulders, rousing up a cult legion of fans. It was really not [...]
The slasher film genre has been a mainstay of horror films since the mid 1970s. With so many killers chopping, grinding, and sawing their way through the rubble, one villain has stood a little taller and a little longer than anyone else. Michael Myers, of [...]
"Disturbia" is a film directed by DJ Caruso ("The Salton Sea", "Taking Lives", "Two For The Money") and was a huge financial success during its initial theatrical run. Sometimes timing and marketing come together [...]
Anchor Bay's "Masters of Horror" anthology series has been decidedly hit-and-miss during its two-season run. One reason for this has been the inconsistent selection of directors. Director Tom Holland would probably not be ranked by most [...]
When I opened a package to discover that I had been sent David Lynch's "Inland Empire" to review, a rush of excitement and anxiousness came over me. Apart from my delight at not having to spend money on one of my most highly anticipated [...]
As the horror-remake cycle exhausts the popular hits of the 1970s and 80s, it is inevitable that filmmakers will eventually reach back to classical Hollywood for inspiration. Based on a script that has been floating around since the late 1990s, [...]
To most viewers – myself included – Joseph Gordon-Levitt immediately conjures up memories of teenage alien Tommy from "3rd Rock From The Sun." Seeing him star as the lead in this thriller that has universally received critical acclaim [...]
Numbers have fascinated scientists and mathematicians for centuries. They have offered people concrete and even spiritual ways of explaining and connecting to the world, sometimes through widely accepted formulas and other times through mystical enigmas. [...]
In 1991 I was in love with a movie called "Slacker". It was excellent, and still is, and I consider it a classic in some ways, at the very least it made me want to visit Austin, Texas. I still haven't visited Austin, and I hate college [...]
The Zodiac murders sent shockwaves through the California Bay area during the late sixties and seventies for a number of reasons. First there was the viciousness of the killings which shocked people, the seeming fearlessness of the killer who would attack [...]
