Edgar G. Ulmer movies on TCM: ‘The Black Cat’ & ‘Detour’ Turner Classic Movies’ June 2017 Star of the Month is Audrey Hepburn, but Edgar G. Ulmer is its film…
Starring an excellent Michael Fassbender in a dual role, Ridley Scott’s suspenseful Alien: Covenant takes the franchise in a more discerning direction.
Don’t wet your seat while watching Fede Alvarez’s cleverly assembled Detroit-set horror thriller Don’t Breathe. Cast: Stephen Lang and Dylan Minnette.
Donald Trump vs. Starbucks’ War on Christmas: Movies to remember range from ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ to Kirk Cameron documentary. The War on Christmas: Movies that come to mind & fighting ‘haters…
Top Ten Scream Queens: Barbara Steele, who both emitted screams and elicited same, is in a category of her own. Top Ten Scream Queens Halloween is over until next year,…
Coleen Gray: Actress and film noir good girl went from Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Killing’ to ‘The Leech Woman.’ Coleen Gray: Actress in early Stanley Kubrick film noir, destroyer of men…
‘The Lazarus Effect’ with Olivia Wilde. ‘The Lazarus Effect’ box office: Olivia Wilde and Mark Duplass horror movie arrives comatose (See previous post: “‘Focus’: Will Smith Has One of Worst…
Scariest Movies: Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ with Janet Leigh, John Gavin and Vera Miles. Scariest movies ever made: The top 100 horror films according to the Chicago Film Critics I tend…
Marilyn Burns. ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ actress Marilyn Burns dead at 64 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre actress Marilyn Burns, the one cast member who manages to survive Leatherface…
Godzilla 1954 a.k.a. Gojira, with Takashi Shimura and Momoko Kôchi. Somewhat surprisingly, Ishirô Honda’s monster movie tackles the sociocultural upheavals in post-World War II Japan, as the young daughter (Kôchi)…
Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 with Isabelle Adjani and Klaus Kinski. ‘Nosferatu the Vampyre’ 1979: Werner Herzog German-language version screening Werner Herzog’s stylish 1979 horror drama Nosferatu the Vampyre will have…
The Conjuring with paranormal investigator Patrick Wilson. The Conjuring movie may have broken horror genre box office record - even considering inflation July 22 update: James Wan’s Warner Bros.-distributed horror…
World War Z with Brad Pitt. ‘World War Z’ review: ‘Grandest zombie enterprise ever’ lacks dramatic cohesion – but zombies come to the film’s rescue If there’s one thing harder…
Oblivion with Tom Cruise. ‘Oblivion’ is best Tom Cruise debut in nearly a decade Tom Cruise is back on top at the North American box office, having had his biggest…
All the President’s Men revisited: Robert Redford with Carl Bernstein, Ben Bradlee, Bob Woodward. ‘All the President’s Men’ revisited: Robert Redford & Ben Bradlee + Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward…
The Birds poster: Universal Studios horror. Universal Studios horror: Alfred Hitchcock & James Whale + ‘Tarantula’ Academy screenings As part of the year-long celebration of Universal Pictures’ centenary, the Academy…
Susan Sarandon Under US Government Surveillance? Susan Sarandon has been removed from a guest list for a White House event next week. Why? “I was denied security clearance and I…
Ridley Scott’s Prometheus movie. Philosophical question: if God created the universe and all its creatures, did he also create the title character in Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror classic Alien? If…
San Francisco with Jeanette MacDonald and Clark Gable Brad Bird’s film adaptation of James Dalessandro’s novel 1906, about San Francisco at the time of the 1906 earthquake, will definitely not…
Daniel Radcliffe, The Woman in Black In The Woman in Black, Daniel Radcliffe may not have a megablockbuster on the scale of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2…
Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Magic Mike. Channing Tatum and Alex Pettyfer play strippers in Steven Soderbergh’s next, a comedy entitled Magic Mike. Back in 1983, The Blue Lagoon‘s Christopher Atkins…
Paranormal Activity 3 vs. Pamela Anderson in Scary Movie 3, with Jenny McCarthy. Oct 27 update: Peter Jackson will direct the sequel to The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn. We’ll…
Dana Wynter. Dana Wynter died Thursday, May 5, of congestive heart failure at Ojai Valley Community Hospital’s Continuing Care Center, located in the small hilly community about 60 miles north…
The Exorcist: Linda Blair’s face, Mercedes McCambridge’s voice. Much like Natalie Portman’s out-of-wedlock pregnancy issue had a predecessor – in the Ingrid Bergman-Roberto Rossellini affair back in 1950 – something…
Christmas movies on TCM: Black Christmas with Olivia Hussey. Considering the image above and the gory goings-on at its sorority house setting, perhaps “Red Christmas” would have been a more…
Hell’s Kitchen: Soul stew image likely from the 1922 Benjamin Christensen horror classic ‘Häxan / Witchcraft Through the Ages.’ Day of the Dead post: Cinema’s Top Five Scariest Living Dead…
Scariest Horror Movies: Sigourney Weaver and Alien creature demonstrate that life is less horrific if you don’t hold grudges. Top 100 horror movies of all time: Chicago Film Critics’ choices…
Andy Kaufman death hoax: Contagious Internet disease continues to spread. Andy Kaufman alive? Or Andy Kaufman death hoax? New York City-born comedian Andy Kaufman, little known outside the United States…
World War Z with Brad Pitt as a zombie-fighter. Unenthusiastic reviews. ‘World War Z’ reviews Several World War Z reviews are in, and for the most part they have been…
The Amazing Spider-Man: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone Watching the new The Amazing Spider-Man trailer, it’s hard – make that impossible – not to compare it to Christopher Nolan’s The Dark…
“Jesus Christ Himself Will Face Off Against Rambo And The Terminator In The Tomb,” blasts a Cinema Blend headline about the upcoming pairing of 1980s all-brawn, no-brain movie heroes Sylvester…
The Beast with a Million Eyes: Hardly truth in advertising as Roger Corman’s micro-budget sci-fi thriller is no “monster movie.” ‘The Beast with a Million Eyes’: Alien invasion movie predates…
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