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By Tim Lucas Published by BearManor Media A while back we reviewed a collection of film criticism by Tim Lucas and pronounced it...
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By Tim Lucas Published by BearManor Media A while back we reviewed a collection of film criticism by Tim Lucas and pronounced it...
Written by Tim Lucas Published by Bear Manor Media By way of full disclosure, even though we’ve rarely spoken in recent years, I...
Author’s Note: This essay contains minor spoilers for The Man From Nowhere. In The Man From Nowhere, Won Ban plays Cha Tae-sik, a pawnbroker...
Rob Reiner directed this star-studded film based on Aaron Sorkin’s hit Broadway show (adapted by Sorkin himself) back in 1992. For those of you...
“I DON’T SHOOT FUCKING INSERTS!” screamed William Friedkin at a studio executive who suggested perhaps seeing a close-up of the mileage gauge might help...
What’s your favorite Christopher Guest movie? Popular answers usually include Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, or the ever-popular Waiting for Guffman. Each one...
It’s no exaggeration to say that I adore movies: at the theater or at home, alone or with friends, there are few things I...
1995’s The Quick and The Dead was ahead of its time. The quirky Sam Raimi western didn’t do well at the box office, and...
Directors releasing two films in one year will always astound me. The filmmaking process is so taxing, exhausting and all-consuming that to get one...
The classic twist at the end of the original Planet of the Apes (1968, dir. Franklin J. Schaffner) is more than just shocking. Seeing...
To fans of martial arts cinema, a drumroll followed by a fanfare of trumpets is synonymous with a certain stamp of quality action filmmaking....
In the pantheon of filmmakers and auteurs who sprung from the Roger Corman school in 1970s, Jack Hill probably wouldn’t make most scholarly recollections....
Beyond Fest in Los Angeles launched it’s 2018 film series with a tribute to filmmaker David Cronenberg. In addition to the 13-film retrospective, the...
“I’M NOT AN ACTOR, I’M A MOVIE STAR!” So ranted Alan Swann played with hilarious deftness by the legendary Peter O’Toole in the 1982...
The annual Oscar parade is underway, floating a roster of nominees that run the gamut from safe and predictable to utterly shocking—both for the...
Twin Peaks wrapped up this year and, if David Lynch is to be believed, it may be the final chapter not just on Laura...
In my last column, I said I was finally ready to see The Last Jedi. Life got in the way: Moving, then holiday travel,...
I have a dirty and shameful secret to share with you: I have no opinion about Star Wars, Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. Now...
In 2015, acclaimed illustrator Andrew DeGraff wowed readers with his intricately illustrated maps of famous novels, which were published in his book Plotted: A...
More American Graffiti is an uneven, needlessly slapstick, overly sentimental, preachy, shameless attempt to sell a soundtrack all the while riding the George Lucas...
Have you ever seen a movie that made you wanna shout, “Strangle that white bitch!” at the screen? I sure as hell didn’t, until...
Critical and consumer reaction to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story varied even before the film was released. Fans, hungry for every detail out...