Spoiler Alert! If you have any intention of watching this movie without knowing how it ends beforehand, be forewarned. There is absolutely no way to discuss it and it’s inspirational impact without revealing the ending, since it was inspired by a…
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Manuel Puig’s novel, El beso de la mujer araña (Kiss of the Spider Woman), had a long and storied career. It was published in 1976, just after Puig had left his native Argentina for political reasons. Originally the only country…
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It’s a given that Lauren Bacall had some real sex appeal, especially in her early years with her onscreen presence with Humphrey Bogart. Blood Alley teams her up with John Wayne, and that chemistry seems to dissipate immensely. One wonders…
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If Abbott and Costello can be said to have been responsible for ringing the death knell on the Universal Monsters (with their comic turns in such movies as Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein), then William Beaudine can be said to…
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In today’s guest post, Jim Brymer shares his thoughts on the 1963 comedy classic It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Stanley Kramer was a well-known director in his day, one who specialized in “message” films — meaning that there…
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Not every fright flick is a classic, as Jim Brymer details in his review of The Hearse: Remember when horror movies actually made some sort of sense? Well, it was probably well before this one came out. This movie contains…
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In 1984 Hollywood needed a new blockbuster to fill the void left by the ending of the Star Wars trilogy from the previous summer. Hollywood has never suffered for a lack of mega-hits, at least not since the mid-70’s. Give…
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In this post, Jim Brymer serves up his thoughts on Jonathan Demme‘s multiple Academy Award-winning The Silence of the Lambs. A serial killer is on the loose. Known by the FBI as “Buffalo Bill”, he has the habit of kidnapping…
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In this guest post, Jim Brymer takes a look back at the biting vampire classic The Lost Boys Matthew and Sam (Jason Patric and Corey Haim), along with their mother, Lucy (Dianne Wiest), have moved to the California beach town…
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The Shining is possibly the worst Stephen King adaptation, according to the master himself, anyway. It’s on record that he disapproved of Stanley Kubrick‘s vision. And in King’s defense, there are quite a lot of differences between the book and…
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