The Forgotten Splatter of ‘Mosquito’ (1994)
I walk through life sometimes thinking "I have seen every fun splatter comedy that have ever existed. There is nothing left for me to see for I have seen it all" A wise man once said "You're an idiot. There's always something out there waiting to surprise you."...
An Aussie Expedition #4: Life in the shadows with “Samson and Delilah” (2009)
by Chloe Brett The very brief lookup I did of Warwick Thornton’s film “Samson and Delilah” had me thinking I was in for a love story of the romantic variety, especially since the poster has “true love” literally written right under the title. Well I was wrong, oh so...
Skidon’t: The spectacular failure of Otto Preminger’s Skidoo (1968)
by Keenan Marr Tamblyn Otto Preminger was a director of amazing intentions and not always amazing execution, at least in the latter half of his career, but to me he'll always be one of the unsung heroes of cinema. Preminger made the first major Hollywood where the...
An Aussie Expedition #3: Meeting The Family At “Muriel’s Wedding” (1994)
By Chloe Brett Still feeling the dull sting of yet another Valentine’s Day spent alone? Want to revel in you pain while also having some laughs? Did you just love all of that ABBA that Pricilla Queen of the Desert had? If you answered yes to one or more of these...
Reynolds Quest #2: Burt is feeling the Heat (1986) …of his film career diminishing
By Keenan Marr Tamblyn I have no idea how Burt Reynolds managed to make the amount of generic action movies that he did, especially after just about every movie he made in the 80s was a flop, including this one. But oh man, this movie is... I don't even know....
Return of the Demon (1987) is Non-Stop!
I'm always suspicious when someone calls a film "a non-stop thrill ride!" because we all know that the motion picture game simply doesn't work that way. Fury Road takes some time to breathe. Hard Boiled has a middle section filled with smooth jazz. Non-Stop is more...
An Aussie Expedition #2: Spending Some Time in “The Castle” (1997)
by Chloe Brett Come with me if you will on a journey to 1997 Australia, also known as everywhere else’s 1985. The only precursor I got to Rob Sitch’s film The Castle was that it’s “very Australian and some jokes may not translate”, which sounded more like a challenge...
Stick (1985): Reynolds Quest #1
by Keenan Marr Tamblyn As my bold first choice for an ongoing series of reviews I'll be writing, I've decided to embark on one which will likely kill me...to watch every Burt Reynolds movie ever made. Rather than start with the obvious, I'm going with a lesser known...
Bette Davis is a “Wicked Stepmother” (1989)
By Keenan Marr Tamblyn Having been a Larry Cohen fan for years and years it's shocking to me that I've taken this long to finally get around to watching WICKED STEPMOTHER (though to be fair it was nearly impossible to track down a watchable copy of it til recently)....
An Aussie Expedition: “Rabbit-Proof Fence” (2002)
By Chloe Brett A few days ago I posted an plea to my Facebook friends, every now and then we all hit a wall where we suddenly have no clue what movies to watch, even those of us who watch between 500-800 movies a year can sometimes come up blank. I beseeched my...
