You may be wondering (probably derisively) why in the world I put out a list of the best movies of 2017 four months into 2018, a full month after the Academy Awards are done, and when the world has generally moved on to other seemingly more important things? The most obvious reason is that due …
This year I did something I have never done before. I plopped myself in front of a computer at 8:19 am sharp and streamed the Oscar announcements, finding myself completely engrossed as they announced the nominees. There are two reasons why I had never done this. The first is that for many years I lived …
Over the course of three decades Guillermo Del Toro has built up an impressive and unique resume. He has been one of the few directors out there who has made a career out of doing genre fare (Blade II, Hellboy movies, Pacific Rim), straight-up horror movies (Mimic, Crimson Tide), and movies that have won him accolades among …
In a lot of classic Hollywood monster movies, from King Kong to Dracula to The Mummy to The Creature From the Black Lagoon, there is always the implied threat that these monsters, as horrific as they are may have the power to seduce and steal our weak-willed women and that it is the role of our straight-laced men to …
With the last week of summer almost upon us, it's time to celebrate the end of Hollywood's silly season and embrace Fall. it's the time of year when Hollywood roles out it's big prestige pictures, would-be awards contenders, and, as we get closer to Christmas, fun-for-the-whole-family movies. This year promises to be no different as …
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