“What the f*** are you doing!!!? – Mexican Whore

                                       “We’re here to kill a bunch of people.” – Johnny Vohden

  The Sicilians and Klingons have a saying; Revenge is a dish best served cold. That it… Continue reading →

Best and worst movies and television series of the year….In no particular order, not a very strong year.

THE BEST

War Horse – Very much an old-fashion story, but never hackneyed as told by Director Steven Spielberg. The friendship between a boy… Continue reading →

From the macabre, to the sublime, to the ridiculous, to the serious; horror films come in all shapes, sizes, ages and colors and when done well, I dig them more than any other type of film. These are just a… Continue reading →

 Hollywood seems to be stuck in the revival mode as icons from the 70’s and 80’s are being dusted off for one more chance at box-off gold. 2006’s “Rocky Balboa” and 2008’s “Rambo” scored big coin as audiences were curious… Continue reading →

 

In the summer of sequels, prequels, remakes, reboots, rehashes, revivals, reappraise, and redo, I was afraid “X-Men: First Class” was a fluke. Instead, lightening hath struck twice! Without contradicting or insulting previous installments, “Rise of the Planet of the… Continue reading →

 

 Forget everything you’ve ever seen on modern vampires, correction forget all that Ann Rice crap that took a compelling figure and “de-fanged” him by making him mopey, whiny, wispy, emo- tortured whussy. Ya know, like the singer of “Fall… Continue reading →

 

 Originally written July 2005. 

Much like the prophecies that haunt the characters, this film has been in the making for decades long before Lucas took pen to paper to flesh out the details. It has been a long wait, but one… Continue reading →

 In 1969, after being cancelled by NBC for the second time, “Star Trek” went off the air, after three seasons with little fanfare. The following autumn, it went into syndicated reruns and something remarkable happened- Trek became a… Continue reading →