by johncsj@yahoo.com | Jan 16, 2015 | Blog, New, Uncategorized
Twelve Monkeys without Gilliam is just a murky seen-it-before time travel tale. And… Helix on Gilligan’s Island? Really? We’ve expressed our doubts about a Twelve Monkeys TV series before, based on little more than the trailer and our tendency for...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Dec 20, 2014 | Blog, New, Uncategorized
Yeah, yeah, yeah. There are a ton of high-profile, big-budget science fiction extravaganzas coming out in 2015, (Jurassic World, Age of Ultron, Star Wars, blah blah blah), each one guaranteed to bust the block and them some. But every year, some of the best...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Dec 16, 2014 | Blog, New, Uncategorized
There are many, many reasons why people need money and thanks to the current abysmal state of the American economy, our American horror films are beginning to center around financial woes. Here is a terrific overview of “financial horror” from our friend...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Dec 15, 2014 | Blog, New, Uncategorized
Instructions: Place 600 Americans c. 1958 in a big can. Store in a dark place for 50 years. Shake well and start killing them off one by one. The result: Ascension, a three-night “event” on SyFy being pushed out at the strangest time of year. The...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Dec 13, 2014 | Blog, New, Uncategorized
It’s been a while since there’s been a really good disaster movie — in fact, we can’t remember one in recent memory. But next spring’s San Andreas, starring The Rock and Carla Gugino, may just break the mold. Almost literally....
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Nov 18, 2014 | Blog, New, Uncategorized
Now that the live-action switcho-reverso-fairy tale is available on DVD, let’s take a close look at just how icky this movie is: 1. The fairy godmothers were cute in hand-drawn animation, but looked like floating hydrocephalic babies in CGI 2. Maleficent...
