a different take on RED DAWN |
It's amazing how if one opinion of a movie becomes prominent enough then it becomes THE opinion on the movie and people stop thinking about it altogether. Case in point - RED DAWN, which was bra...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:55:00 GMT |
beware of JUNO |
We're barely a few days into the new year and I've already found a candidate for my Worst Films Of 2008 list - the critic's darling and soon to be Gen-Y favorite, JUNO. The story behind this one...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:55:00 GMT |
DG on DVD 4: BURNT OFFERINGS |
The weekend before last, I saw the Rob Zombie remake of HALLOWEEN at the theater. It was a disorienting experience - not because it was frightening but because it failed to grasp the aesthetics ...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:25:00 GMT |
the future of horror? |
There's a small but vocal contigent of horror fans who consider Rob Zombie to be the future of horror filmmaking. I think he shows a certain amount of raw promise as a filmmaker but I also think...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:07:00 GMT |
DG on DVD 3: VICTOR/VICTORIA |
Few genres have suffered the decline that the comedy has in the last couple of decades in the U.S. Today, it seems like all comedies are driven by hack comedians (usually refugees from Saturday ...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:04:00 GMT |
DG on DVD 2: ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE |
Critics everywhere praised the recent redux of CASINO ROYALE for giving the character of James Bond a new psychological complexity - and rightly so. It's a great action-thriller, especially in t...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:52:00 GMT |
Today is Elvis DVD Day |
For those of you who don't obsessively follow what's going on the DVD world, today is the day that a ton of Elvis Presley films are being reissued or making their debut on DVD by Warner Brothers and P...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:43:00 GMT |
DG on DVD 1: BIG WEDNESDAY |
I've been writing film reviews for All Movie Guide for a good five years now and yet I rarely send them around to friends. I've decided to start using these MySpace tools to give them a second l...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:28:00 GMT |
