THE EXORCIST consistently ranks in the top 10 horror movies ever. EVER. It seems to trade places in the top ten with Alien, Silence of the Lambs, The Shining, and Psycho. In many lists, THE EXORCIST is numero uno. Maybe you agree. Maybe you don’t. Doesn’t matter. It’s hard to find people who don’t recognize [...]
Check it… Interesting. You have to wonder how some of these things (especially Ermy’s rant) laid out on the page. Was it ‘Drill instructor lays into recruits,’ or were there dialogue queues? Or did Kubrick (also credited as writer) just tell Ermy to ‘go for it’? In today’s Hollywood, it just wouldn’t work for a [...]
Scream 4 comes out this week. And if you know Scream, you know there are “certain rules” that define the slasher genre. the good folks over at Slate took the time to chart out how body counts change from sequel to sequel. M A R K
Sometimes, you hear a pitch of a concept and you go “aw, c’mon. Really?” What almost always twists my spine is the thought “they’re making THAT crap instead of making BETTER crap.” Only so many movies can be made a year and only ONE THING motivates a studio to make a movie: PROFIT. Everything else [...]
This is an insane business. IN-SANE. Robin Hood opened to mediocre numbers. Especially mediocre given the enormo budget (230M, some report). Apparently, it’s supposed to make up for its lackluster domestic BO with some gonzo world-wide numbers. As of this writing, six days into its run, the tally is 45M domestic, 75M international. According to [...]
RAINBOW IN THE DARK When there’s lightning – it always bring me down Cause it’s free and I see that it’s me Who’s lost and never found I cry for magic – I feel it dancing in the light But it was cold – I lost my hold To the shadows of the night There’s [...]
Sweet Jesus a lot of stuff us going on. In rapid succession I… Wrote a 17 page outline on HOT METAL, then I wrote the slam-bam-thank-you-ma’am take on The Birds, then I went golfing for 2 days, then I went into SaveOnBrew mode, and now I need to get back to Hot Metal (and some [...]
Don’t shoot the messenger. Am I the only one that doesn’t see the resemblance!? I’m just saying… Is Mike Myers pulling a Tootsie? And… uh.. to keep us relevant: Dead Ringers is an excellent movie. Hear they might remake it. Don’t think it’ll fly. M A R K
Jason’s kills. Up through Friday the 13th part 8, Jason Takes Manhattan. I don’t know if it’s a record. First, the criteria. It has to be a bi-pedal human-esque character to inflict the carnage. Second, it can’t be a war movie (including Rambo). Third, no kung-fu movies. With my self-imposed rules, I would put Freddy [...]
You have to wonder sometime, you know? “Ugandan king turns 18, takes full control” reads the headline. Here was the king a few years ago. I guess he was about 8 or 9 in this pic: The full article is HERE. Here’s a quote: “As a minor, kingdom officials had appointed a board of advisers [...]