Play Misty for Me (1971)

Um…yeah. Ok…I guess accomplished directors have to get their start SOMEWHERE. Besides being well renowned as an actor and jazz pianist, Clint Eastwood is very highly regarded for his skills in the director’s chair, and more often than not…his films are of a surprisingly solid quality. Having said that, I do have to mention that […]

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

Oh, Michael Bay…you sick, confusing son-of-a-bitch. Just when I’ve written you off as the over-blown, racist, one-note, hack director douchebag (with an admittedly accessible style), that you most likely are, you pull a ‘fast one’ and dump something like THIS in our laps. I say that as a ‘good thing’. 13 Hours actually worked from […]

The Revenant (2015)

Holy shit! Now THAT…was a gawddamn movie! Wait…scratch that…’The Revenant’ is an EXPERIENCE, not JUST a movie. That’s a far more accurate description. I walked outta the flick about an hour ago…and I still feel numb. I feel…pummeled. And I say that as a good thing. This film COULD be the new definition of the […]

The Third Man (1949)

As I’m sure I’ve mentioned in previous scribblings, I’m a huge fan of the trappings and style of the ‘film noir’ genre. Earlier this week, while reading an unrelated article, I came across mention of this apparently ‘classic’ entry into the genre and decided to give it a whirl, as I was in the mood […]

Bone Tomahawk (2015)

I recently had the good fortune of seeing Quentin Tarantino’s latest flick, the very cool and slightly long ‘The Hateful Eight’, starring veteran bad-ass Kurt Russell (‘The Thing’). In that one, Russell plays a rough bounty hunter in the Old West days following the American Civil War. Just prior to jumping into bed with QT […]

Other Movies From a Weekend: A Quick Summary

In the post Xmas ‘exhale’, my wallet is feeling a little light and Card of Credit is feeling a little heavy. So it was certainly not going to be some extravagant and expensive excursion for us this last weekend. Luckily…there’s ALWAYS movies to fall back on…especially when you hate your neighborhood and don’t want to […]

The Hateful Eight (2015)

Yes, folks…as to be more or less expected at this point, Quentin Tarantino has done it again! I, like SO many film geeks out there, love Tarantino’s work, going back to his still outstanding feature film debut, 1992’s ‘Reservoir Dogs’. He has a unique understanding of film and its place in pop culture, and […]

Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens (2015)

The votes are in! We now know what The Most Entertaining Movie of 2015 was…and it’s ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’! Yes, folks…I had a feeling it was going to come down to this…and it did. ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ was, hands down, the coolest movie to hit screens this year, in my humble opinion. But…’The […]

Krampus (2015)

Well, THAT went about as well as I could’ve hoped for. I’d been looking forward to Writer / Director Michael Dougherty’s next film ever since his debut movie, the awesome Halloween-themed anthology ‘Trick r Treat’, was completely screwed over by Warner Bros. on it’s original release, back in 2007. That flick had ‘teeth’ and style, […]

An Examination: The Haunting (1963) and The Haunting (1999)

After our unintentionally hilarious viewing of the horror classic ‘Tentacles’ (pfft!) the night before, my girlfriend and I decided that it was time for a GOOD horror flick. One movie I’ve been curious about for years was the original version of ‘The Haunting’ from 1963, adapted from a novel called ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ […]