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A few weeks ago, Furious 7 was released. I’m not sure when this series started getting so much respect, but whatever. That’s not what...
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A few weeks ago, Furious 7 was released. I’m not sure when this series started getting so much respect, but whatever. That’s not what...
On March 5, we lost one of the most important documentary filmmakers of all time. Albert Maysles, along with his brother David, started a...
Recently, I took a break from my genre reading and started reading a book I should have read years ago: Black Like Me. I...
I missed the boat on Valentine’s Day (in so many ways), but I’ve never been good at schedules. But last week also marked another...
The 70s have been romanticized to a point where I’m betting a large portion of the population is done with them. I think I...
Christmas is a time for love….right? That’s what I hear, anyway. Sometimes that love comes with baggage. Sometimes it comes with just plain love....
Everybody hates a remake. That’s pretty unfortunate rule. I find some of them fascinating. Why were they made (besides the cash grab)? What possessed...
Prog rock is the bane of many peoples’ existence. Personally, I love it. The good stuff, anyway. Early Genesis. Yes. King Crimson. Even some...
How many of you have heard of Cropsy? What? Never?! Don’t worry. Neither had I. I had even forgotten that Cropsy was the killer...
It’s that month again. Everyone’s favorite time for horror. Some of us watch it year-round, but most sane people only watch it in October....
Fantastic Fest is quite possibly my favorite film festival. It’s held in my hometown of Austin, TX and takes place at my favorite theatre,...
I once read that not liking The Beatles is like not liking the sun. That’s one of my favorite quotes about The Beatles. It...
A couple of weeks go, a part of my childhood was ripped away from me. ‘ It was so sudden and so tragic that...
A few months ago, I did a double feature of New York movies that showed two different sides to The City: one beautiful and...
Hillbillies get a bad rap in horror movies. There are so many movies about poor folk of the mountains/woods/desert/lake/office park slaughtering the “innocents,” whether...
American independence is a pretty big deal, I guess. Last Friday was July 4th, so I thought I would write about some British spies....
I love movies. I love music. When those two worlds collide, I’m in some sort of state of bliss. What does NOT bring me...
There were a LOT of great action flicks made in the 80s. With Schwarzenegger, Gibson, Stallone and Weaver making fun movie after fun movie,...
Godzilla is kind of a big deal. The Japanese have known that since 1954. The US has known since 1956 when Raymond Burr nearly...
With all the hubbub about sampling…15 years ago…it seems that the time is right to talk about sampling in movies. Actually, I’m just doing...
There are a lot of films out there that are “based on a true story.” Some actually are, but a few are…well…just not. Sure,...
We all know that New York City has come a long, long way. In the 70s, it was damn near bankrupt. The Bronx looked...
Everybody loves a crazy girl. You know what I’m talking about. She’s the kind of girl who breaks the guy out of his shell...
Sam Peckinpah had a knack for showing us what it was like at the end of the “Old West.” Most of his films tended...