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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Stone takes on Manson?

Here’s a pairing for the ages: Oliver Stone and Charles Manson. I sure can picture it, given the excessive director’s penchant for controversial topics and infamous historical figures. While this isn’t set in stone (pun intended, I think), Variety is...
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Arnie in T4 pic!

Well, I guess the cat’s out of the bag. At this point, I think it’s common knowledge that a certain Governator makes a cameo appearance – sort of – in the new TERMINATOR flick, which is only days away. The...
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1st New Moon poster!

I guess if you were a college student taking a photoshop class and your assignment was to do a quick-and-easy cover for a dimestore romance paperback, you could do a lot worse than the teaser poster for NEW MOON. Pardon...
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West to Kill Darlings

I have never seen a Jake West film, but I hear they’re mucho fun-o. (That’s spanish for Much Fun.) His latest, DOGHOUSE, will hopefully be arriving on U.S. soil sometime later this year, but for now I still have to...
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Poe’s Usher updated

Edgar Allan Poe is making another return to the big screen, although in yet another unorthodox way. Not unlike the film version of his classic story TELL-TALE HEART (titled simply TELL TALE), Poe’s THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER...
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2 join Moth Diaries

Back in March, I told you about Mary “American Psycho” Harron’s newest project, an adaptation of the novel THE MOTH DIARIES. It centers on a girl who may be a vampire wreaking havoc at a boarding school. (More detailed synopsis...
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Review: Pontypool

PLOT: A radio D.J., his producer, and an engineer working out of a church basement in the small town of Pontypool become embroiled in the story of mysterious attacks occurring all over the countryside. While they struggle to keep their...
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Conchords get Death

Since the Cannes film festival is currently in full boogie-down mode in France, ’tis the season for lots of films to find distribution deals, as well as publicity re: their very existence. One such movie is called DIAGNOSIS DEATH, and...
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2 Humpty posters!

Back in April, my homeboy Jared told you about a kooky-sounding little flick on the horizon called HUMPTY DUMPTY, about a half-human, half-alien creature who embarks on a murderous rampage after his alien mother is abused by two rednecks in...
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Scary Drag Me clip!

I was fortunate enough to check out Sam Raimi’s DRAG ME TO HELL a couple nights ago, and yes, it’s a goddamned blast. I can’t give you a formal review just yet (we’re not allowed to until next week) but...
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