Category: RAMBLINGS

Bill & Ted 3 Probability : Excellent! How would a middle aged Bill S. Preston, Esq. (Alex Winter) and Theodore “Ted” Logan (Keanu Reeves) be doing in the 2000s? I’d love to know how they could tie that idea into the existing mythology.  Recently both Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter have...

What’s the worst part of any zombie movie? It eventually ends. In preparation for AMC’s new original series “The Walking Dead”, based on Robert Kirkman’s best-selling comic book series, I will be reviewing a different zombie movie everyday for the entire month of October. 31 movies in 31 days. That’s...

That Completist Mentality, or: Why do I own 2 versions of the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy when I really don’t even like it? That’s a good question, one I found asking myself recently as I began the yearly task of reorganizing my dvd collection. Usually I would end up...

In celebration of every horror film fan’s month, I will be reviewing one of my favorite horror films every day.  I’ll start by picking one of my favorite films from 2008 and continue all the way back to 1978, the year John Carpenter’s original HALLOWEEN was released. Every title is...

Dear Steven, How have you been? I know its been a while since we talked, actually its been years. We used to be so close and we had some really great times together. I even remember the first time we met: it was the summer of 1989, I was young...

What’s a true horror film fan to do? J-Horror and Torture Porn have (thankfully) run their course as most fads do.  It didn’t take long for a new film movement to fill the void they left behind.   France, the country most known for comedies and the auteur theory, has...

“Once you’ve shown something is possible, everybody can do it.” Special effects artist and pioneer Stan Winston passed away June 15, 2008 after a long battle with cancer.  Stan was truly one of my heroes dating as far back as I can remember.  It must have been about the time...