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I wanted to close out this Mad As Hell Halloween month with an article about one of my favorite accoutrements of horror film villains: the mask. These iconic items are sported by the many deranged film psycho killers and have become symbols of dread. In effect, when we see them, we know exactly who they represent and what they’re used for. What is the real reason killers wear masks in [read...] 
Following his role in J. Lee Thompson’s 1962 psychological thriller Cape Fear actor Gregory Peck was in Robert Mulligan’s classic drama TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1963, USA). In that film, Peck played a small town southern lawyer who represents a black man in a controversial court case. He was brilliant as the gentle loving father and upstanding public servant who evoked American historical figures like Abraham Lincoln and it was [read...] 
In my ‘Time of The Season’ post I expressed a little of my love for horror movies that also contain humor and that gave me the idea to write a bit more about them. This combination of conflicting reactions could be described by something Director Alfred Hitchcock once said: [paraphrased] about the sight of a man who slips on a banana peel and hits his head and bleeds all over. [read...] 
Well furious film fans it’s October once again, the leaves are falling and the weather is getting a bit colder. If you’re a film geek it’s the month that enthusiasts of the horror genre will be using as an excuse to indulge in their love for those types of movies by doing weekly marathons and blogathons. Personally speaking, horror films were the earliest kinds I really got into and I [read...] 
“This town needs an enema!” – Jack Nicholson as The Joker in Tim Burton’s Batman If you’re a film geek it’s sometimes tough to sit and watch the machine of moviemaking in Hollywood burp out one lousy film after another. It’s not that we want to complain, but it just begins to slowly disturb you and bring up bad feelings. If you’re on Twitter you may rant and rave, make [read...] 
PSYCHO (1960, Dir: Alfred Hitchcock) When the “Master of Suspense” set out to make this movie it was to be a modest, low budget thriller shot by the crew of his popular TV show Alfred Hitchcock Presents. As with almost all of his projects, it soon became something much more cinematically powerful and resonant. Psycho was based on the book of the same title by author Robert Bloch (which also [read...] 
I recently watched the remake, or to be more precise the alternate adaptation of the book True Grit is based on directed by The Coen Brothers. I thought the film was well made but at the same time I had my problems with it. Since I’m a longtime fan of the original and also a big fan of The Coens, I thought I’d take an honest, straight forward look at [read...] 
“Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s ANOTHER REBOOT!” Superman: That name brings to mind three things right away usually: the colors red and blue…and the letter S. You also have to throw in him being a defender of truth, justice, honor and the American Way. It’s pretty amazing to think it’s been 72 years since he made his debut in Action Comics, that was [read...] For the last several years Hollywood has been pumping out one terrible remake/reboot/retread after another. The “R” words are constantly on everyones tongues. It’s like there’s some strange disease spreading in the studio production offices that’s wiping out the last bits of creativity and integrity Hollywood has. Then again, Hollywood has always been about commerce over art. Lets face it, if every movie they green-lit was a remake and still [read...] 
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen. I am here today to write to you about a movie that is held very highly among many movie geeks, but for some reason I can’t help but loving the original so much more, especially (but not exclusively) because hardly anyone has ever heard of it. Any movie that has Sean Penn fucking (excuse my French, but this ain’t Disneyland) Jennifer Lopez (back when she was [read...] |
    
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