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Film Review – The Smurfs
I must start with full disclosure here. I was predisposed to hating this movie. The Smurfs represent everything I think is wrong with the entertainment industry. The very idea is a shining example of filmmaking based on licensing and market research. It feels like a…
READ MOREFilm Review – Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest
We open in 2008, in Seattle. A Tribe Called Quest, the influential and highly respected hip-hop group, may have played their very last show. In a small, cramped trailer, one of its members pace saround as the camera nervously follows to see what he’s going…
READ MOREFilm Review – Another Earth
In fiction and in film, in our collective imaginations, there have been a lot of visions of what extra-terrestrial life might look like. The most appealing of these populate worlds like Star Trek—the humanoid species we could easily communicate with. These are slightly more enticing…
READ MOREFilm Review – Brotherhood
Will Canon’s debut feature Brotherhood (2010) is a film that of late I’ve been telling everyone I know to go see—and it’s not because of the film’s relatively clever recontextualization of film noir tropes and elements into a college setting, or how Canon achieves a…
READ MOREThe Tomb of Terror – Gargoyles (1972)
This will be the last Tomb article for a while. I’ve got to give myself more time to work on horror projects of my own. Thanks for reading. – John A monster suit can make or break a horror film. With the right makeup effects…
READ MOREFilm Review – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Harry Potter series finally comes to a close. Some of us may know what will transpire in this film because we’ve read the book. But this is something different. After Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 there will be nothing left for…
READ MOREFilm Review – Winnie the Pooh
It was with nostalgic curiosity that I went to the new feature film version of Winnie the Pooh. As a child, Winnie the Pooh cartoons and books were amongst my favorite entertainment. Ever since then, I’ve held a special place for them whenever I would…
READ MOREThe Tomb of Terror – Arachnophobia (1990)
Every Saturday night the Tomb of Terror opens, unleashing reviews of the obscure and the classic in horror cinema. I hate spiders. I’d rather be mugged than see a large spider in the same room as me. They are awful, alien-looking things that need to…
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