Loron Hays

Bonafide folklore and then some; that's the result of Bobcat Goldthwait's first forray into horror. Willow Creek , writer/director Goldthwait’s latest film, sucker punched me right in gut. I guess I a...
While not the massively misaligned train wreck that was TriStar’s Godzilla (circa 1998), Godzilla 2000: Millennium is admittedly a letdown. It is successful in that it returns the series to Japan and...
Drenched in brooding atmosphere, The Drop is this year’s answer to the film noir of yesterday. Bullhead ’s own Belgian director Michaël R. Roskam assembles a talented cast to guide us through the dark...
What a sad, sad story of one man’s tragic revenge. Another viewing of Stan Winston’s Pumpkinhead , newly remastered and released from Scream Factory, confirms this for me. This cult classic and its fo...
Growing up, I never realized that the Toho-helmed Godzilla flicks of the 1970s really had a lot in common with the Roger Moore era of James Bond. Godzilla vs. Megalon , released last month on blu-ray...
What began as one confident FBI Agent’s routine assignment inside an idyllic seaside town in Maine has now turned into a mission to recover her identity. Audrey Parker (Emily Rose) is not Audrey Parke...
Filmmaker Charlie Paul’s documentary For No Good Reason isn’t as sharply focused as it could have been. Steadman, who famously illustrated Hunter S. Thompson’s most famous works, is a fascinating arti...
Ah, the mystique of beauty and youth. Woody Allen returns to his existential comedy roots and finds a new leading lady in the muse of the always remarkable Emma Stone with Magic in the Moonlight , his...
With more grit and ambition than your average television series, The Walking Dead continues its mad march toward total zombie annihilation with the release of its 4 th season on blu-ray. The season st...
Ah, the glory of the small-scale UK cinema. Full of tightly-wound tension and white-knuckled suspense, The Legend of Hell House is the quintessential haunted house for the ages. Screenwriter Richard M...
Pierce Brosnan probably still feels like he was let-go from the Bond franchise too soon. I seem to recall him turning to the trade papers to mount his campaign of dismay before he settled into calmer...
The dead amusingly live again! Life After Beth is not only a play on words (just think about that title for a second) but also a comedic look at the ups and downs of young love when it is past time fo...
Ray Harryhausen and his stop-motion work is legendary. While his stuff is slow to trickle out on blu-ray, the high-def picture and the clarity it provides is always insightful into his creative proces...
Scotland’s own Peter Capaldi seems - regionally speaking only - an ill fit in Doctor Who’s shoes. The opposite; however, is the reality. He is exciting in the role of the twelfth Doctor, a beloved tim...
There are two superheroes from New Jersey. The first, of course, is Bruce Springsteen. The second is Melvin Junko. Not ringing any bells? Well, you might know good ol’ tutu-wearin’ Melvin by his other...