The Oscar for Best Picture is going to be a tight one. If Ben Affleck’s Argo is any indication of the type of films we are going to see this awards season, the race is also going to be a tough one. Ar...

Universal’s original run of monster flicks, stretching from 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera to 1956’s The Creature Walks Among Us , produced what many consider to be the Mount Rushmore of Horror. From...

Oy vey. Taken 2 , or as I like to call it How ITaught My Daughter Grenade Location Skills , is nowhere near the substance of the original. This time, it's a laughable family affair. Bring the kids, da...

With all the fabulous charm of old school Burton, Frankenweenie arrives in theaters just in time to wag its electrified tail (or tale as the case may be) for all the costumed kiddies and adults this H...

His name is Bond. 007. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang to others. Regardless of what you call him, Bond is THE ultimate icon. And everyone knows icons cannot be killed. For 50 years, James Bond has been a par...

While home ownership - that classic American Dream - is at an all-time low throughout parts of this country, our interest in the classic haunted house narrative and all the paranormal activity behind...

Good science fiction is a rarity these days. With mindless CGI spectacles and other Hollyweird distractions it’s hard to communicate a decent narrative that satisfies the brain while pleasing to the s...

With a visual flair that is damn near unmatched by his contemporaries, director David Fincher scored a huge win with 2007’s sleeper hit The Game . This striking feature is a serious trip of the mind a...

If there’s one film that seriously needs your reevaluation this Halloween season, it’s Tommy Lee Wallace’s Halloween 3: Season of the Witch . The title is a bit misleading as the knife-wielding Michae...

The tagline “Even Bad Girls Need Protection” should turn many a Grindhouse connoisseur’s head toward its direction. Couple that with the exploitative stylized cover art and a wonderfully slinky appear...

Rick Rosenthal's Halloween II isn’t the best release in the series but, with its workmanlike earnestness, the minor dip in glossy quality isn’t a complete undoing. It holds up better than most slasher...

Writer/director Tim Burton does writer/director Ed Wood in the charmingly disjointed biopic comedy Ed Wood . This marvelously wicked ode to Hollywood’s worst director is, to this day, Burton’s only at...

For most of his career in film writer/director David Ayer has earned a living telling the violent stories of police officers on call. From films like Training Day to Street Kings , Ayer’s playground i...

When is a movie about baseball not really a baseball movie? When it has Trouble with the Curve . Legendary entertainer and veteran of the silver screen Clint Eastwood returns to acting after his solid...

Resident Evil: Retribution or as I like to call it Thank God for Black Leather Unitards and the Female Body Kicking Zombie Ass isn't a complete stinker. It just isn't very good at playing nice with lo...