Hockey Mask #1 at box office

The results are in and Friday the 13th (the remake) “hacked” its way to #1 at the box office with $42.2 million dollars! What does it mean for American culture/ethics when the masses go out to see a slasher flick rather than a film with culture (slumdog millionaire) or history (frost/nixon, milk)  or equailty (gran torino)or [...]

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Friday the 13th…, The Remake

When Friday the 13th came out in 1980 I was only 7 months old. It would take be 12 years before I’d see the “original” and its then several, less worthy, sequels. Even though I hold ‘Halloween’ as the pinnacle “slasher genre” film with its Hitchcock approach to supsense and minimal gore, I still love Friday the [...]

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G.I. Joe – The Movie

When I was a little boy I wanted to be Duke from the G.I. Joe series. Everyday after elementary school I would head home to play G.I. Joe’s in my backyard, or at a friends house. It came as no shock to me when I read a year ago that Hollywood was adapting the beloved 80s series into [...]

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And the winner is….

With the Academy Awards just around the corner, I thought I’d take a moment and reflect on the Best Picture nominations for 2008. 1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2. Frost/Nixon 3. Milk 4. The Reader 5. Slumdog Millionaire Now I’ve only seen 3 of the 5 (Button, Frost and Slumdog), but I feel [...]

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Actor Jason Beghe denounces Scientology

Jason Beghe, a TV/Film actor know for roles in G.I. Jane, Monkey Shines and Thelma & Louise, has denounced his relationship and his perception of Scientology. How does he denounce Scientology you say? The only way people in Hollywood do these days: they upload a YouTube post where they’re ranting about it. In all fairness [...]

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Death of a legend…

The man who parted the Red Sea, raced around on chariots, battled apes, investigated the origin of a substance called “soylent green” and countless of other iconic roles has died! Charlton Heston – the man, the myth and the legend past away in his Beverly Hills home over the weekend. He was 84. I remember [...]

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Entertainment Weekly’s incomplete musical listing article

Entertainment Weekly or EW as some call it, compiled a  list of the “Best 25 of all time” musicals in motion picture history. The list includes heavy hitters such as: Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, Funny Girl, Cabaret, Singin’ in the Rain, Mary Poppins, Grease, Music Man, Swing Time, etc…, but [...]

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They’re remaking Casablanca?

With yesterday being April Fool’s Day, I thought this was a joke when I read it! To my disgust, it appears this is a real project. I’m well aware of the “what’s old is new again” mentality out there these days, but touching the Classic Hollywood Studio System Films, such as Casablanca, should be grounds [...]

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Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead

I consider myself to be a cineaste and I often check out the latest and greatest (though sometimes the greatest really suck!) film buzz on various movie sites. One site I view, almost everyday, is Movies So having prefaced the site (yeah free plug for them – now where’s my money, haha?), I came across [...]

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The Wizard of Gore…

For those of you who saw “Juno” this year, there’s a scene with Ellen Page and Jason Bateman where they discuss films, especially gore-fest films. Jason’s character mentions a little film made in the 1970s called… The Wizard of Gore. As an avid Netflix’er, I added that film (yes they do have it!) to my [...]

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