Eric Walkuski

Film Critic

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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

Jaume Collet-Serra set to produce psychological thriller Mindscape

Posted 15 years ago

According to Deadline.com, UNKNOWN and ORPHAN director Jaume Collet-Serra has just formed his own production house, Ombra Films. With money from StudioCanal, the small shingle will make low-budget English-language horror flicks, with an eye toward launching the careers of up-and-coming...

Teaser poster for Alexandre Aja’s Cobra The Space Pirate

Posted 15 years ago

I was among the many who had not heard of COBRA THE SPACE PIRATE when it was announced that Alexandre Aja would be adapting the popular Japanese manga/animated series for the big screen last August. That doesn’t mean I’m any...

Sebastian Stan and Socratis Otto join Amanda Seyfriend in Gone

Posted 15 years ago

Some more casting news has broken on the Summit Entertainment serial killer flick GONE, which headlines Amanda Seyfried. Sebastian Stan and the awesomely-named Socratis Otto have come aboard the film, set to be directed by Heitor Dhalia (DRAIN). Stan might...

Will we be treated to Cabin in the Woods this Halloween?

Posted 15 years ago

Yesterday brought the very exciting news that Lionsgate was in negotiations with MGM to distribute the long-anticipated Drew Goddard/Joss Whedon collaboration THE CABIN IN THE WOODS. We also heard, in a seemingly unrelated story, the Lionsgate had chosen to move...

Mick’s Back! Wolf Creek 2 promo poster and synopsis right here!

Posted 15 years ago

Fans of Greg McLean’s WOLF CREEK have been waiting anxiously over five years for an encore to the brutal Aussie horror film, and we’re inching ever closer to getting one. A sequel was announced in September, with returns from McLean...

Will the new Terminator film star the entire original cast?

Posted 15 years ago

I have mixed feelings about the prospect of a new TERMINATOR film, especially in the hands of director Justin Lin. For starters, I’m one of the people who believe that it’s time to lay this franchise to rest, as we’ve...

Teen actress Jane Levy joins Halloween comedy Fun Size

Posted 15 years ago

As my buddy Jake noted in his last article about FUN SIZE, we’re not quite sure yet how appropriate the Josh Schwartz film is for our site; after all, based on the synopsis – and the director’s resume – it...

Mod Producciones gearing up for supernatural comedy Ghost Graduation

Posted 15 years ago

Mod Producciones, producers of the recently Oscar-nominated BIUTIFUL, is getting set to turn toward something a little less heavy with GHOST GRADUATION, a supernatural comedy to be directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera. The film focuses on Modesto, a mediocre teacher...

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark changes weekends; now faces Apollo 18

Posted 15 years ago

Yesterday we saw some release date maneuvers in our beloved genre; the oft-moved APOLLO 18 was slotted into the AUGUST 26th date, while FINAL DESTINATION 5 was inserted into AUGUST 12th, which, as Jared pointed out, squared it off against...

Dimension Films buys secretive script The Greys for director F. Javier Gutierrez

Posted 15 years ago

Dimension Films has preemptively purchased the spec script THE GREYS from writer Adam Cohen and from producing partners Sean and Bryan Furst. F. Javier Gutierrez (TRES DIAS aka BEFORE THE FALL) is set to direct the film. The announcement was...

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