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...
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Nov 6, 2014 | Blog, New, Uncategorized
It couldn’t be quieter for sci fi or suspense on the TV-machine tonight. And into that eerie silence we inject (almost literally) … Peeping Tom.\ If you’ve been following AMC’s revisit to the world of the dino’s, tonight’s the night for Jurassic Park III at 8:00 pm....
by johncsj@yahoo.com | Nov 5, 2014 | Blog, Slider, Uncategorized
Ratner’s Hercules comes out on DVD/Blu-Ray this week, so we’ll risk repeating ourselves: this movie was marketed as a kick-ass Conan-like fantasy adventure, and it’s not. It’s a lie, and a cynical one at that. We couldn’t say it any...