Review by Smee Just in time for Halloween comes the next in a long line of monster movies from Syfy. Touted as “the true story of the world’s most dangerous spoof” comes “Snake Outta Compton”, and it is just as ridiculously spectacular as it sounds. The film starts...
Greetings again from the darkness. All movie watchers know that the first rule of Fight Club is ‘Don’t talk about Fight Club’. And now we know that the first rule of Telemarketing is STTS: Stick to the script. The similarities between the two movies may be few, but...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s been 10 years since director Phyllida Lloyd presented the crowd-pleasing MAMMA MIA! movie. It was a box office hit (over $600 million worldwide) and was, for a few years, the highest grossing musical of all-time. Most...
In 1974, ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ turned a partially true story into the first real slasher picture. The style was poorly emulated a few times after and largely remained in B movie purgatory for cinematic history. That is until 4 years later when the first real...
Greetings again from the darkness. Even the grainy concert footage and somewhat muffled audio of the opening clip do nothing to offset the raw energy and power of Paul Butterfield and his blues harp. If you are a blues lover, you are already familiar with his music,...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s been 6 years since Scott Martin directed his last feature film, and most of his credits are as a producer. This time out, the Texas filmmaker proves his love of the western genre, and he’s so committed to the cause that he dons...
Review by James Lindorf Sparkplug Films teamed up with first-time director Thomas M. Simmons to bring you Coyote, the story of Mike Plant, who was an adventure seeking, former drug smuggling, world-renowned sailor. Mike Plant spent most of his 20’s with a bad case of...
Greetings again from the darkness. HEARTS OF DARKNESS: A FILMMAKER’S APOCALYPSE was released in 1991. It was an incredible documentary that explored the struggles of Frances Ford Coppola in making his classic film APOCALYPSE NOW (1979). Although it’s totally unrelated...
NASA has sadly existed outside the minds of Americans for much of my adult life. I remember growing up and still being fascinated by the nature of exploration into the unknown. I remember when NASA and space travel was still something that most people got excited...
For many years, directors have tried to emulate the style of Quentin Tarantino. In fact, it used to seem like no movie had ever been more original than ‘Pulp Fiction’ and that the fresh feeling you got watching that masterpiece had to be recreated. This was, of...