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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
LOST IN SPACE
A 1998 adaptation of the classic TV series LOST IN SPACE that could have been worthwhile but isn’t
THE FIFTH ELEMENT
Arguably the purest distillation that exists of French director Luc Besson’s strengths and weaknesses, a 1997 science fiction fever dream with stunning visuals and a horrendously conceived narrative
DREAM LOVER
Another nineties erotic thriller, and not one of the better ones
13 GHOSTS
Another goofy production by the incomparable William Castle, the king of movie gimmicks
THE FANTASTIC FOUR (1994)
What is Roger Corman’s greatest folly? I’d say that designation goes to THE FANTASTIC FOUR
THE SNOW-WHITE SOLILOQUIES
Amid all the modern-day ire being aired about Snow White, here’s a most unorthodox, 1970 take on that immortal Brothers Grimm fairy tale
HOUSE OF FLESH
Yet another novel that was considered quite the shocker when it was initially published, but now…
AFTER THE BOMB
A very eighties Cold War inflected post-nuke novel
MAN WITH FOUR LIVES
From 1935: good writing, good story, crummy ending
OLD DEATH
The posthumously published last novel by David Britton, arguably the most confrontational writer of our time
NOT BAD FOR A HUMAN
The life story of the one and only Lance Henriksen
BIG BAD JOHN: THE JOHN MILIUS INTERVIEWS
A book of interviews with the famous screenwriter/director John Milius
THE DIRECTOR SHOULD’VE SHOT YOU
A book about movie novelizations–I can’t see how it could possibly NOT be a must-read
BARLOWE’S INFERNO
A vision of Hell that in originality, ingenuity and inspiration rivals the classics
YOU’RE THE DIRECTOR…YOU FIGURE IT OUT
The first and only biography of the late Richard Donner
Four Films Called ELDORADO
Edgar Allan Poe, diptheria, improvisation, an unlikely road trip, slumming stars and eldorado!
On WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP
A rare (perhaps sole) example of surreal history
On LES VAMPIRES
The legendary French crime saga from 1915 that’s not actually about vampires.
Ray Liotta and The Slide
The May 26, 2022 demise of actor Ray Liotta has thrown one aspect of his career into extremely sharp relief
On CRIMES OF THE FUTURE and The Tyranny of Exposition
In June 2022 CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, the first feature in eight years to be directed by David Cronenberg—and the first in 21 years to emerge from an original Cronenberg screenplay—was released