When it comes to documentaries, it is my belief that a non-fiction film must have a living and breathing environment that it adheres to. Muscle Shoals , a film by Greg 'Freddy' Camalier, is all about...

Exploding with the energy and styling of a 1930’s film noir flick, Russell Mulcahy’s The Shadow is an adaptation that should have been a lot bigger than it actually was upon its release in 1994. Criti...

Sam Raimi. Do I need to say anything more? This little film has it all: horror, sci-fi, comedy, romance, drama, and superheroes. With Raimi’s knack for detail and energy behind the camera, Darkman is...

Demonic Toys , written by David S. Goyer, is interesting in that your standard police procedural gets gutted by the horrors of children’s toys coming to life. Produced by Charles Band, the man respons...

For the past decade or so, Kevin S. Tenney’s Night of the Demons has been gaining momentum in the respect department. It launched 2 sequels and worthless reboot starring Edward Furlong but never seeme...

Paul W.S. Anderson knows how to make a surface-level video game. That’s about all I can give him credit for with his new disaster-themed offering, Pompeii . It has the single-minded energy and all the...

Grateful Dead. Janis Joplin. The Band. Buddy Guy. What do they all have in common? Well, other than being fantastic rock bands, artists, and live performers, they once upon a time in 1970 shared the s...

There’s a joke somewhere here about the 1980’s, effective entertainment, and Canada, I just can’t seem to put it together just yet. And even if someone else does it for me, Kevin Tenney’s fear-inducin...

“Give me your money or I’ll bust you up.” It is this line that forever alters the decision-making of an architect driven to murder. Morbidity goes mad in director Michael Winner’s Death Wish , a reven...

The old-school vibe that haunts George Clooney’s Monuments Men is leaving some critics and audiences absolutely cold as stone. There are a lot of slow fades and a lot of dissolves and plenty of Frank...

“Because I use my right hand, should I never use my left? This is the question Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde asks viewers and then, with nihilistic precision, explores with dusky shadows and fantastic effec...

You know their voices you just don’t know their names. If you listen to records by The Rolling Stones or Sting, their voices are as familiar to you as your favorite pair of jeans. Merry Clayton, Darle...

The creative stories of H.P. Lovecraft make for some relatively spotty film adaptations. Only one – The Re-Animator –makes for recommended viewing. The rest have moments of tasty goodness but – if I d...

Anyone tired of the reboot without reason? If you’re not and like your money to support the generic, then Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is the movie for you. The uninspired title tells you everything you...

Some still argue to the death that Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man is the Citizen Kane of horror movies. Watching Lionsgate’s recently released “Final Cut” version of the film (a blu-ray debut for the ti...