Features
Monday, May 3 2010
2010 Summer Movie Preview - May
May blasts the summer season off with two mega-movies, Iron Man 2 and Robin Hood, while offering up yet more Shrek and Sex and the City.
Wednesday, June 20 2007
Part 3: The Stellar '70s
When it comes to post-modern moviemaking, everyone stereotypes the Me Decade as the genre's defining moment. In this case -- as illustrated by the 10 films that represent it -- the categorization is more than accurate.
Columns
Tuesday, May 13 2008
The Demise of Horror Culture?
While the horror classics of 1968 may have indeed revitalized the genre, few today are aware of these movies' impact on the canon...if they acknowledge them at all.
Reviews
Friday, May 28 2010
'Survival of the Dead': Man Dies, He Gets Stupid
Zombies are always about loss of identity, loss of morality and loyalty, as well as loss of discretion.
Friday, February 15 2008
Diary of the Dead
The black militia men, black men with lots of guns, are not about to be isolated and killed by vigilantes like Ben (Duane Jones).
Friday, June 24 2005
Land of the Dead (2005)
Predictably macabre, darkly comic, and grimly class conscious, Land of the Dead imagines a world where humans turn against each other when facing dreadful fates.
Monday, June 14 2004
Night of the Living Dead: Millennium Edition (1968)
The casting of Duane Jones provides the film with a racial subtext, overtly linked to the social and political turmoil of late 1960s U.S.
Monday, April 26 2004
Day of the Dead (1985)
The 'domesticated' zombie Bud has learned to appreciate the most important elements of modern culture: classical music, Stephen King novels, and handguns.
Blogs
Friday, April 2 2010
Romero's Latest 'Dead' Offers More than Mere 'Survival'
For over four decades now, George A. Romero has been the guardian of all things eerie and undead. His zombie films remain the watershed for…
