Of Unknown Origin (1983)

I knew virtually nothing about this film, having recently encountered its mention in an amusing, tongue-in-cheek review of a ‘guilty pleasure’ flick of mine, 1989’s underwater sci-fi horror movie ‘Leviathan’. ‘Leviathan’ was directed by a guy named George P. Cosmatos, who also directed such notable titles like ‘Rambo: First Blood Part 2′(1985), ‘Cobra’ (1986) and […]

American Mary (2012)

Katharine Isabelle. She was pretty much my sole reason for checking this small genre film out. I’ve had a ‘thing’ for her going back to when I first encountered this sexy lady in the underrated (and Canadian!) ‘Ginger Snaps’ (2000). Since then, I’d enjoyed her turn in the two, also decent, sequels, ‘Ginger Snaps 2: […]

The Machine (2013)

After thoroughly enjoying ‘Ex Machina’ earlier in the day, and not having any overly important domestic shit to take care of, I decided to embark on something of an ‘A.I.’ Double Bill. This modestly-budgeted UK film had come to my attention about a year ago, and sounded like something I’d be interested in. It’d been […]

Ex Machina (2015)

Fantastic. I’ve been meaning to get to this one ever since it’s Theatrical Release, but unfortunately that didn’t happen. I’d heard nothing but positive mention of this film, and it only added to my reasons for slapping it on my ‘Must See’ list. The primary reason was that it was accomplished screenwriter Alex Garland’s directorial […]

Spectre (2015)

So here in Canada, it’s Remembrance Day…which means that, aside from a big chunk of our population respectfully pausing to rightfully pay tribute and honor to the men and women of our Armed Forces that have served bravely over the years…we also got the day off work! After my girlfriend and I paused everything at […]

Sicario (2015)

Well, THAT didn’t exactly go according to plan. ‘Spectre’. THAT was The Plan. Today was supposed to be ‘Spectre’ Day; the day I get to see the new Bond flick that opened just this last Friday, having made $73 million dollars Domestic, at the time of this writing. I even watched ‘Skyfall’ this morning over […]

Harbinger Down (2015)

Well, I can honestly say “Nice try, guys…nice try.” This ‘creature feature’ is the first film created by Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis, via their film make-up and prosthetic studio ‘Amalgamated Dynamics’. Woodruff Jr and Gillis were proteges of the late, great Stan Winston, and were with him on a number of high profile […]

Picnic at Hanging Rock – The Director’s Cut (1975)

(sits back, pondering) “Hmmm…ok, Movie…I’m not quite sure how I feel about you right now.” This was another supposed genre title out of Australia that I stumbled across in one of the hundreds of film-related articles I’ve read in the last couple years. I seem to recall ‘favorable mention’…but I honestly couldn’t tell ya what […]

Horns (2013)

So, yet another Halloween has come and gone. Given the pseudo ghoulish trappings of this ‘holiday’, it seemed fitting that new cinematic viewings should lean more toward the Horror genre and this last weekend, my girlfriend and I actually saw 3 1/2 new genre offerings, in celebration of All Hallow’s Eve. The only one that, […]

Crimson Peak (2015)

When it comes to the films of Guillermo Del Toro, you can generally count on being transported to a fantastic-looking cinematic world, regardless of how sub-par some of the elements are (looking at YOU, ‘Pacific Rim’ and your weak-ass dialogue!). Del Toro is VERY much a ‘visual’ director, and he maintains a very distinct style […]