The Shadow, a superhero with the ability to “cloud men’s minds,” was an odd sell for the summer of 1994.
Opening after the likes of “The Flintstones,” “Speed,”...
Science Fiction has always delved into the lure of sex, either as subtext or as a central theme.
For a genre that famously explores the human experience, pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery...
There was a 2014 “Wired” cover story that touted the arrival of the Oculus Rift, the Palmer Luckey-created virtual reality headset,
My awareness of virtual reality, both the sci-fi concept...
Nearly every movie Walter Hill has made is a western … of sorts.
The veteran filmmaker either makes literal horse operas or modern-day crime thrillers stuffed with themes, visuals and dialog that...
It’s an odd thing to write about the reputable film work of the professionally disreputable Baltimore filmmaker John Waters… but here we are.
Once deemed “The King of Filth,”...
Clint Eastwood remains one of our most iconic movie stars, but his directorial efforts are perhaps even more intriguing than his turns as The Man With No Name or Dirty Harry Callahan.
Yet one of his...
Is Werner Herzog putting us on?
It wouldn’t be the first time the great German filmmaker played a prank on his audience. “Salt and Fire,” Herzog’s latest film, is one of the few...
When young people ask me what I remember about the ’80s, my stock answer is that it was a lot fun but kind of scary.
The latter part comes from memories of reading the cover of USA Today and fearing...
In 1988, a trio of works appeared that were met with enormous debate.
In the literary world, Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses: A Novel
,” his satirical, whimsical fantasy, was...
“Nocturnal Animals,” director Tom Ford’s second film, begins with the filmmaker playfully pushing our buttons.
By the time the names of the actors and production team fade from sight,...
Friedkin’s film feels less like a response and more a direct competitor to Michael Mann’s trendsetting series, “Miami Vice.”
Mann’s show integrated songs with heavy MTV...
Even if the play or musical is later revived, it’s usually not with the same actors who worked in unison the first time.
History tells us that Sarah Bernhardt was a great (and possibly definitive)...
Sometimes, you look at the movies actors chose at the start of their fame and note the wise, career-enhancing roles that defined them.
Although forever deemed an Action Movie Star, Sylvester Stallone...
The cult of Don Coscarelli’s “Bubba Ho-Tep” is growing.
I recall seeing the 2002 film by myself at the majestic Mayan Theatre in Denver, Colo. I was the only one in the theater.
Being...
The decade-old cult favorite, Mike Judge’s “Idiocracy
,” has become a reference point for cinephiles. The box office flop was once deemed an unworthy follow-up to Judge’s “Office...
Following the instant cult item “Escape From New York,” “The Thing [Collector’s Edition] [Blu-ray]
” provided Carpenter and former Disney child star Kurt Russell another...
Does it depend on the maturity level? Is it simply a matter of adding horror to the genre of books a child reads?
For that matter, should children even be reading horror novels?
Actually, I’ll...
At that time, the number one movie was still “Ghostbusters.” Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got To Do With It” ruled FM radio. Frederick Forsythe’s “The...
Yes, the same man who …
Got a career-best performance out of Keanu Reeves (in “A Scanner Darkly“) Let us watch two people fall in love in real time (“Before Sunrise”) Directed...
While sobriety and solitude tamed his wild ways, Gibson’s John Link seems like a haunted man with gristle in his blood. When his long-missing daughter Lydia (Erin Moriarity) comes back into...
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