With the recent release of Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, writer/director/actor Kevin Smith has returned to the View Askewniverse (named after his production company and originally began in 1994’s Clerks) that made him famous. For this latest poll, we want…
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Guest Review: The Unsettling Horror Film “The Eyes of My Mother”
In this guest post, Jim Brymer reviews the chilling cult horror film The Eyes of My Mother.: This is one bizarre movie to say the least. Its sort of “art house horror.” In fact one reviewer I read described it…
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
Here’s the thing about movies of the 1980s, nostalgic is such a bewitching thing than even movies of the era that were considered duds the first time around have — in the subsequent decades — been re-evaluated as cult favorites….
Read more →Create-A-Caption: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
As we continue celebrating the 35th anniversary of notable films from 1985, we wanted to use the year’s quirkiest film — Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure — as the basis for our latest Create-A-Caption. A financial and cult success (critical, not so…
Read more →Vintage Video: Siskel and Ebert Talk About 1985’s Worst Films
Lately here on MovieFanFare, we’ve been spending some time looking at the films of 1985 as they celebrate their 35th anniversary this year. While flicks like Back to the Future and even George Romero‘s zombie favorite Day of the Day…
Read more →Guest Review: John Carpenter’s “Big Trouble in Little China”
My first introduction to John Carpenter was with Escape from New York. I instantly became a Carpenter fan. Over the ensuing years, I made a point to go see each new movie that Carpenter put out. It is curious then…
Read more →Movie Trailer of the Day: King Kong
In terms of movie stars, there’s no one bigger than King Kong! When the cinematic simian first burst onto theater screens in 1933, audiences were shocked by Willis H. O’Brien’s groundbreaking special effects that the film pioneered. (The movie inspired…
Read more →The 1980s Demi Moore Horror Fave “Parasite” Is a Biting Good Time!
When it originally hit theaters in 1982, Charles Band‘s Parasite was presented in 3-D that promised “you will live the thrill.” But even without the gimmick, this is a film that will grab hold of you and won’t let go!…
Read more →The Scares Continue in “Trilogy of Terror II”
21 years after giving moviegoers chills with the outrageous anthology Trilogy of Terror, the all-star creative team of writer/director Dan Curtis and writers Richard Matheson and William F. Nolan returned for the made-for-TV sequel Trilogy of Terror II. Out this…
Read more →Movie Mysteries: Why Did David Lynch Put a Pug in Dune?
During a recent rewatch of David Lynch‘s film adaptation of Dune — which itself is frankly somewhat of an undertaking — we noticed something that we never paid attention to before: House Atreides has a pet pug. The cuddly…
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