Thought I’d go with this one in honor of my last post. Going into the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece “Psycho,” it’s best that you know nothing — in fact Hitchcock wanted it that way — so this review will be succint and devoid of any synopsis beyond that of the basic plot summaries provided for the […]

So you’re not a scary movie person. When Halloween rolls around and cable stations start playing horror movie marathons, you don’t get a delightful chill or feel the need to hit up (insert choice of movie rental service) for the original “Halloween” or some other ’80s slasher movie or zombie classic. I’m here to tell […]

Halloween weekend. That must mean it’s “Saw” time. The horror mega-franchise has dominated the last six years with exception of the last couple (losing out to “High School Musical 3” and “Paranormal Activity.”) Certainly the achievement deserves some respect, but if you haven’t been keeping up with the franchise, this is a pretty wasted weekend […]

Producer/director James Cameron will officially return to Pandora to direct a second and third sequel for 20th Century Fox, the first of which is expected to be released in Dec. 2014 and the second in Dec. 2015. The films will be produced once again by Cameron and Jon Landau’s Lightstorm Entertainment in conjunction with Fox.

Christopher Nolan has revealed in an interview with the LA Times Hero Complex that the title of the next Batman film will lend closely to the previous one: “The Dark Knight Rises”  He also finally put the rumor of the Riddler to bed: the iconic villain will not be in the film.

What’s your favorite scary trailer? That’s right, today’s Trailer Wednesday features the first trailer for the long-awaited “Scream 4.” Wes Craven brings the old gang back and some new faces for the film franchise that reinvigorated the slasher genre. But first, were you a fan of “Taken”? Than you might be interested in the trailer for […]

“Through A Glass Darkly” begins the trilogy of Ingmar Bergman films dedicated to wrestling with God and faith. Different from the Bergman classics before it (“The Seventh Seal” and “Wild Strawberries”), “Darkly” is a much more intimate confrontation of life’s toughest questions, holding itself to a cast of four: three of whom are immediately family […]

The phenomenon continues. “Paranormal Activity 2” earned more than $40 million in box office receipts this weekend, earning it the distinction of the biggest weekend for a “supernatural” horror film (beating out “The Grudge”) and sending it on a path that will likely equal the $107-million domestic gross of the original.

The eternal question of “what happens after we die?” is about as enigmatic as the kind of film Clint Eastwood’s latest, “Hereafter,” tries to be. Supernatural? Thriller? Relationship drama? The film will likely defy most audience expectations, so to be helpful, the answer is all of the above, but mostly “c.) relationship drama,” final answer. Eastwood […]

It’s that time of the year again. We’re in the horror-dominated block of the fall season and things are kicking off with a sequel to last year’s sneak-attack low-budget hit, “Paranormal Activity.” Oddly, it will be coupled with Clint Eastwood’s supernatural drama “Hereafter.”

What happens after we die? The fear and fascination of this unknown post-mortem void has driven many fictional works, but what better a medium to explore the notion of an afterlife than film? Depictions have ranged from fantasy worlds to mirror image societies where one must come face to face with his or her life […]

The middle of fall means the middle of nowhere trailer land. All the biggest trailers that tease next spring’s films and the summer blockbusters won’t hit theaters until November (much of them packed in with “Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows Pt. 1” I’m sure). However, these two new trailers come from two respected filmmakers in […]

No genre has defined 2010 like the group-centric comedy-infused action flick that pits betrayed special agents/soldiers against “the man.” So the only chance “RED” had at standing out was to rise above the formula at the hands of an acting core whose mean age would qualify for a senior discount to see said film. In […]

Either we’re all jackasses and the joke’s on us, or Americans really need to see people do stupid $#%( to themselves these days given all the economic turmoil. The third time was the charm (not that the first two performed poorly by any means) as “Jackass 3D” sucked up a half million, setting a fall […]

Despite being a child of the ’90s, somehow I missed “Heavyweights” entirely. Considering the similarities it shares with “The Mighty Ducks” movies such as actors Kenan Thompson and Shaun Weiss, I’m almost embarrassed. Regardless, there’s still plenty to appreciate about “Heavyweights” 15 years later in spite of its silliness — and it’s more than just […]