Tuesday, September 9 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008
From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.
Wednesday, October 10 2007
Part 3 - The New Networks
It would never work... no one challenged the reigning broadcast junta and survived. No surprise then that the upstarts snuck in and changed the face of TV forever.
Thursday, June 21 2007
Part 4: Challenging Convention
As cinema went completely commercial, abandoning art for artifice, true aesthetic acumen was hard to come by. Luckily, for the movies included herein, it was their difference, as well as their diversity, that helped them stand out from the rest of the high concept hackwork.
Thursday, November 2 2006
Abominable (2006)
In many ways, Shifrin can be seen as the contemporary version of Don Glut, that monster movie obsessed kid from the '60s who hung around with Forrest Ackerman and made Super-8mm epics in his backyard featuring all of his Favorite Monsters of Filmland.
Wednesday, July 26 2006
The Garden (2005)
Forget Sisyphus endlessly pushing that rock up the hill. Imagine having to listen to a gravel-voice Devil read from his own copy of Chicken Soup for the Soul until the end of time.
Wednesday, September 28 2005
Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005)
While Hellworld is a pretty good generic horror movie, it is an abysmal Hellraiser film.
Thursday, February 24 2005
Millennium: The Complete Second Season
Frank's newly troubled family life was the first of many alterations made to the format of Millennium during its second season.
Wednesday, January 26 2005
Alien vs. Predator (2004)
The monsters are functions of the franchise, but also vaguely resistant, less transparent than they seem.
