Film Critic

Favorite Movies: Jaws, Star Wars Trilogy, Aliens, Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Dawn read more of the Dead ('78), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ('74), Fargo, Miller's Crossing, Reservoir Dogs, The Manchurian Candidate ('62), Taxi Driver, Back to the Future, Stand by Me, Shaun of the Dead, Boogie Nights, La Dolce Vita, 12 Angry Men, The Birds, Touch of Evil

Likes: Film, Beer (who the hell DOESN'T around here?!), writing, NY Mets, read more The Jets, Girls who love film AND beer (at the same time), Jazz, Deadwood, The Wire, The Office, The Twilight Zone, Cormac McCarthy, Graham Greene, Stephen King, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Scorsese, Spielberg, Halloween season, Marvel movies, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Ash vs Evil Dead, Game of Thrones, Edgar Allen Poe, Mother Nature

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INT: Jeremy Renner

A day after sitting down with Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, director of the upcoming 28 WEEKS LATER, I was again lucky enough to talk to another of this exceptional film’s participants – Jeremy Renner. Renner portrays Doyle, an American sniper who,...
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Girl Next Door trailer debuts

Nope, I’m not just reminding you of the wondrous Elisha Cuthbert vehicle of the same name (although I will jog your memory with a delightful pic below). This is a new GIRL NEXT DOOR, and the Official Website has just...
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Roth’s Trailer Trash

With GRINDHOUSE currently underwhelming at the box office (and causing debates/fist-fights among genre-fans), you’d think that most directors prepared to benefit from its assumed success would be shelving plans for their GRINDHOUSE’s floppage at the box office) plans to work...
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God Told Me To be remade!

I’m not going to pile-on remakes today – frankly it’s old hat (although really I’m gonna take a wait and see approach). And I’m maybe a little more inclined to be nice to a remake that has the original film’s...
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INT: Jeremy Renner

A day after sitting down with Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, director of the upcoming 28 WEEKS LATER, I was again lucky enough to talk to another of this exceptional film’s participants – Jeremy Renner. Renner portrays Doyle, an American sniper who,...
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INT: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo doesn’t necessarily seem like the kind of guy who would direct a movie where throats are ripped out, eyeballs punctured, and people are burned alive. He’s a thoughtful, introspective guy, very relaxed and hospitable. So it’s not...
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Wittenberg adds actors

A most unusual and intriguing project is WITTENBERG, the directorial debut of Sid Haig, who knows a thing or two about horror, having portrayed the positively disgusting (and hilarious) Capt. Spaulding in Rob Zombie’s HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES and DEVIL’S...
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Stepfather remake talk

Hey kids, here to bring you your daily remake-news update. This edition features J.S. Cardone talking about his STEPFATHER remake. Settle down, settle down. Now Mr. Cardone, how are things progressing on your “highly anticipated” STEPFATHER update? Cardone: “We’re just...
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Lost Boys 2 begins to hire

I don’t know how I feel about the straight-to-DVD LOST BOYS 2: THE TRIBE. Alright, I do know: I think it’s gonna be more THE COVENANT than the original THE LOST BOYS, which is a flick I grew up with...
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The Swarm to invade theaters

First off, this is not a remake of the godawful Irwin Allen-directed THE SWARM, about pissed-off bees getting all up in Michael Caine’s business. I just doubt there’s room in this world outside of the Sci Fi channel for a...
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