Sisters (2006)

JULY 31, 2011 GENRE: PSYCHOLOGICAL SOURCE: CABLE (SHOWTIME HD) In college I had to take a “Humanities” course, which focused on art, music, ...

Blu-Ray Review: Stake Land

JULY 31, 2011 GENRE: VAMPIRE SOURCE: BLU-RAY (OWN COLLECTION) Still resting comfortably in my top 5 of the year, Stake Land is now on DVD a...

A Stupid use of commas

I hear Crazy Stupid Love is pretty, possibly very, good. At least two critics I respect have praised it in the highest possible terms. Goo...

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991)

JULY 30, 2011 GENRE: PUPPET , REVENGE SOURCE: DVD (OWN COLLECTION) I like when the sub-genres are right there in the title, don't you? ...

Cluster-clock

So as discussed on Thursday, I went to LACMA on Thursday night to watch part of The Clock , Christian Marclay's compilation of thousands...

Fertile Ground (2011)

"Uninteresting Ground..." Is the After Dark Horrorfest losing its bite? Asking that implies that it ever had a grip to begin with...

Beowulf (1999)

JULY 29, 2011 GENRE: MONSTER SOURCE: DVD (OWN COLLECTION) Apparently assuming that Mortal Kombat 's box office success was due to the te...

Straight to the point

I thought up the idea for Cowboys & Aliens about ten years before producer Steven Spielberg, director Jon Favreau or the seven credited...

Goblin (2010)

JULY 28, 2011 GENRE: SUPERNATURAL SOURCE: DVD (STORE RENTAL) The near miracle of my Blockbuster actually stocking a new DTV horror movie was...

The spirit of Andy Warhol is alive and well

For the second time this year, I'm going to miss my chance to see the longest film ever made. I don't know if I'm correct in cal...

Uninvited (1988)

JULY 27, 2011 GENRE: MONSTER SOURCE: DVD (ONLINE RENTAL) On the other side of the Mutant disc was Uninvited , a film of equally generic tit...

Another Moon?

A little over two years ago I saw Duncan Jones' Moon for the first time. Since then, you could say I've been trying, in vain, to re...

Call Back (2009)

JULY 26, 2011 GENRE: SURVIVAL SOURCE: DVD (ONLINE RENTAL) There are obscure movies, and then there’s Call Back , a movie that is actually fa...