Ammon Gilbert

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Favorite Movies: Boogie Nights, The Big Lebowski, The Expendables, Die Hard, T2, Nightmare read more Before Christmas, Friday the 13th Part 3D, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Inception, Poltergeist, Silver Bullet, Cobra, The Jerk, Above the Law

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IT’S THE BOOZE TALKIN’: Stories of alleged fainting at screenings are bullshit!

Posted 14 years ago

In the early 1950s and through the 1960s, William Castle and his counterparts in schlocky cinema had to think of gimmicks to get people in the theater to see their movies. The theater experience had to be spiced up to...

REEL ACTION: Killer Elite (2011) with Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro

Posted 14 years ago

KILLER ELITE (2011) Rating: 2 on 4 / Buy the Blu-ray here Tagline: May the Best Man Live Directed by Gary McKendry Starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Dominic Purcell, and Robert De Niro THE PLAN: An assassin is hired to...

IT’S THE BOOZE TALKIN’: Wait for David Fincher before doing the rest of the Dragon Tattoo series

Posted 14 years ago

I’m a big fan of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as well as the rest of the Millennium series (The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest) as they’re entertaining reads,...

IT’S THE BOOZE TALKIN’: Here are the flicks I’m looking forward to most in 2012

Posted 14 years ago

Nothing cures the post-New Year’s party hangover like a Miller High Life, and by golly, that’s what I’ve been doing ever since the 2012 ball dropped. Because I don’t like to get all nostalgic and sentimental and shit, I’m looking...

IT’S THE BOOZE TALKIN’: All I want for X-Mas are original horror movies!

Posted 14 years ago

I love the holidays. Sitting in front of my Yuletide Log DVD roaring on my TV, drinking Brandy-spiked Egg Nog, and thinking of all the glorious Blu-rays I may have waiting for me wrapped under the tree. Most years I’m...

REEL ACTION: Tactical Force (2011) with Steve Austin

Posted 14 years ago

TACTICAL FORCE (2011) Rating: 3 on 4 / Buy the DVD here Tagline: This drill just got real Directed by Wayne Kramer Starring Steve Austin, Michael Jai White, and Michael Shanks THE PLAN: The most kick-ass SWAT team LAPD has...

IT’S THE BOOZE TALKIN’: Season 2 of The Walking Dead was zombie weaksauce

Posted 14 years ago

During the night of Halloween 2010, something magical and unexpected happened: AMC aired a zombie show that managed to put a twist on the extremely tired zombie genre and make it awesome. Based on a graphic novel series that I’ve...

IT’S THE BOOZE TALKIN’: Bringing The Munsters back to TV sounds like a good idea to me!

Posted 14 years ago

When I was a kid I used to watch TBS religiously, especially after school, killing time before I had to do homework or eat dinner with the fam. It was this at this time when I started digging on old...

IT’S THE BOOZE TALKIN’: Ben Affleck should bring Stephen King’s The Stand to the big screen!

Posted 14 years ago

Ever since I can remember, I’ve been a fan of Stephen King. From CARRIE to IT to BAG OF BONES and BLACK HOUSE, his books have entertained me for years—as well as the movies made from those books. GRAVEYARD SHIFT,...

REEL ACTION: Running Scared (2006) with Paul Walker and Vera Farmiga

Posted 14 years ago

RUNNING SCARED (2006) Rating: 3.5 on 4 / Buy the DVD here Tagline: Every bullet leaves a trail Directed by Wayne Kramer Starring Paul Walker, Vera Farmiga, and Chazz Palminteri THE PLAN:When a drug deal gone wrong results in the...

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