Shaft Happens
Shaft by George Wolf “JJ” Shaft walks gingerly into traffic, taking care to watch for cars. He doesn’t constantly drop expletives and he’s keen on Brazilian dance fighting. So, he’s…read more →
Shaft by George Wolf “JJ” Shaft walks gingerly into traffic, taking care to watch for cars. He doesn’t constantly drop expletives and he’s keen on Brazilian dance fighting. So, he’s…read more →
Hellboy by Hope Madden It has been 15 years since Guillermo del Toro and Ron Perlman first brought Mike Mignola’s cat loving, iron fisted, soft hearted son of Satan to…read more →
A Star is Born by George Wolf A few weeks ago, for homework, I revisited the 3 previous versions of A Star Is Born. A friend later asked me which…read more →
SuperFly by Hope Madden The 70s blaxploitation classic Super Fly was no masterpiece, but it was a provocative time capsule of flash, style and soulful soundtrack. Any attempt to recapture…read more →
The Mummy by Hope Madden Remember the first time you saw the trailer for the new Tom Cruise flick The Mummy, and you thought, “My God, that looks awful”? Dude,…read more →
Cabin Fever by Hope Madden Back in 2002, I wondered whether there was such a need for an Evil Dead reboot that Cabin Fever was necessary. Director/co-writer/co-star Eli Roth’s first…read more →
Point Break by Hope Madden Just like a shiny new toy waiting to be unwrapped, Point Break is available for your viewing pleasure this Christmas Day. Kathryn Bigelow’s 1992 MTV…read more →
This week the new Ghostbusters cast was announced and for the first time, we were excited about this reboot. The reimagining of a classic is hard to do well, which…read more →
Fright Night (1985, 2011) Fright Night takes that Eighties, Goonies-style adventure (kids on an adult-free quest of life and death) and uses that conceit to create something tense and scary,…read more →
Dawn of the Dead (2004) Plenty of filmmakers remade or reimagined George Romero’s flicks, but none did it as well as Zack Snyder. Snyder would go on to success with…read more →