I would like to write a review as brief as George Washington’s 2nd inaugural address, the briefest ever delivered in history.
The so-called Seltzerberg duo of C-rate spoofsters endlessly fascinate with me how they managed to perfectly capture the zeitgeist of periods in our pop culture history with all the cynical vulgarity that these shameful events deserved.... Read Original Article
The late ’90s and ’00s were a weird forgotten golden age for crocodile and alligator horror flicks. The best were in two series: You had Steve Miner’s “Lake Placid” in 1999, Tobe Hooper’s “Crocodile” in 2000, Gary Johnson’s follow up “Crocodile 2” in 2002 and the Todd Hurvitz/Howie Miller collaboration “Lake Placid 2” in 2007.... Read Original Article
There are two tragedies to “ParaNorman.” First, it is a travesty that this film flopped at the box office and has faded into obscurity. Second, the film itself is a tragedy because it tells a story about the various ways that fear, mob mentality and prejudice create cycles of suffering for everyone caught up in them.... Read Original Article
There is a lot of controversy surrounding “Smiley,” a 2012 horror film written and directed by a man named Michael Gallagher. I don’t know much about Gallagher and don’t want to know anything. The same goes for the various online groups who allegedly took offense over the content of his film, although some say the accusations against them are exaggerated.... Read Original Article
“Superman III” does not work as a movie about the character known as Superman. It works incredibly well, however, as two things that one would not normally find in a “Superman” film:
A word on Japanese director Takashi Shimizu, who directed the classic 2004 American horror movie “The Grudge.”
I have seen five of Shimizu’s movies and loved every one of them. Four of those films are from his “Ju-On” franchise, including “Ju-On: The Grudge” in 2002, “Ju-On: The Grudge 2” in 2003, this installment and the seriously underrated “The Grudge 2” in 2006.... Read Original Article