Articles tagged "john carpenter"![]() Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs FeatureCinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 1by PopMatters Staff[13.Oct.08] :. Day One - A trip back to the classic days of studio system Hollywood, complete with great musicals, amazing adventure yarns, and a couple of post-modern freak outs, just to keep things controversial and lively. Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs ![]() Film DVD ReviewBloodsucking Cinemaby Marc Calderaro[1.Oct.08] :. Surely there has to be more interesting things to say about vampires than that they're "cool" and "scary"? ![]() Film ReviewAssault on Precinct 13 (1976)by David Sanjek[7.Apr.03] :. Carpenter refuses to reduce the violence to a sideshow of blood squibs or special effects pyrotechnics. ![]() Film ReviewGhosts of Mars (2001)by Cynthia FuchsIn 'Ghosts of Mars', Desolation is a perfect candidate to ensure the human-humans' survival: not only is he the resilient and brilliant Ice Cube, but he is also the consummate delinquent champion. ![]() Film ReviewBig Trouble in Little China (1986/2001)by David SanjekJack Burton (Kurt Russell) is the anti-hunk, the inverse of the pectorally endowed fighting machines typified by Stallone and Schwarzenegger. |
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