They Shot the Piano Player (2024)
Spanish director Fernando Truaba is one of those [...]
Archive for April, 2012
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
It is hard to tell if The Cabin in the Woods is either a commentary on horror movie clichés, a celebration, or a kick in the crotch. All I can say that within the confines of most horror movie conventions, this one goes above and beyond the call of duty. It starts with one dusty […]
Poltergeist – Movie vs. Novelization
What follows is my exustive (and pretty accurate) list of the differences between Poltergeist, the movie and “Poltergeist”, the novelization by James Kahn as mentioned in my DVD commentary. • At the opening of the book Diane is preparing Robbie’s 8th birthday party. The movie opens with Diane cleaning up the house. • During the […]
The Three Stooges (2012)
If the Marx Brothers were the great symphony of anarchic comedy, then I think The Three Stooges are the comedy equivalent of Rock and Roll – and just for the record, I prefer Jerry Lee Lewis to Beethoven. Your level of enjoyment with The Farrelly Brothers version of The Three Stooges depends greatly on where […]
Titanic: A 3D IMAX Experience (2012)
Ever since James Cameron’s Titanic left theaters in mid-1998 – and subsequently made its way onto home video – I have purposely avoided it. I love this film, but I found that even briefly attempting to watch it on television is an agonizing experience. This is a film of such magnitude, size and scope that seeing […]
