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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Bong Joon-ho on Host remake

If you didn’t think Bong Jo-ho was cool enough for directing the year’s best flick (if you haven’t see THE HOST, what’re you waiting for?), his interview with Sci Fi Wire shoud convince you he’s a very super guy indeed....
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Wright talks Grindhouse

Minutes after revealing my girlish excitement for Edgar Wright’s GRINDHOUSE trailer, I come across some interview snippets with the funny Brit himself, conducted by Dark Horizons, and some juicy details are revealed. The plumpest, juiciest one is that some “big...
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Making Grindhouse

FX recently aired a special on GRINDHOUSE, and Rose-McGowan.com has posted a heapin’ helpin’ of the footage, both making-of and actual clips from the Tarantino/Rodriguez geekfest. Among other things you get interviews with most of the cast, Quentin and Robert...
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28 Weeks Later Sneak

Only a few more days to go until THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2 hits theaters, and with it, a brand new look at 28 WEEKS LATER, the sequel to, well, you know what. But Fox Atomic is kind enough to...
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Monsters Vs. Aliens!

Forget for a moment that this is an animated film from Dreamworks that’ll most likely be rated PG, or maybe a “hard” G. It’s freakin’ called MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, and only an emotionless block of ice wouldn’t crack at least...
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LaBute directs Sam J.

Any movie featuring Ashton Kutcher is a horror movie, as far as I’m concerned. I believe it was AITH that broke the news that GUESS WHO was being made… However, his new project has some potential, since intriguing people are...
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Danielle H. on HALLOWEEN

Rob Zombie has assembled quite the cast for his “reimagining” of HALLOWEEN, just as he did for THE DEVIL’S REJECTS, but perhaps my favorite addition to the ensemble so far is Danielle Harris. Harris, you’ll recall, was little Jamie Lloyd...
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Ruins in March’08

The film adaptation of Scott Smith’s THE RUINS is on the fast track, and Paramount is letting us know it. Box Office Mojo has listed a March 7, 2008 release date for the horror film, to be helmed by Carter...
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Rogue NOT direct-DVD?

It’s been a bumpy ride so far for Greg McLean’s killer croc movie ROGUE, the Aussie director’s eagerly-anticipated follow-up to his nasty WOLF CREEK. After finishing shooting last February, and bouncing around multiple release dates, a couple days ago Fangoria...
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100 Feet screens!

Cool news for you Eric Red fans out there: his news flick, 100 FEET will be shown at the Austin Film Festival (October 16 – 23) and Screamfest (Oct 10-19). We’ve even got 2 quotes from Mr. Red regarding this...