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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Director Robert Zemeckis’ ambitious but deadening take on Chsrles Dickens’ clsssic
THE PASSIONS OF CAROL
The one and only XXX take-off of A CHRISTMAS CAROL
THE OLD HOUSE, PASSING
Experimental mood-based horror from underground film legend Larry Jordan
THE BIG DOLL HOUSE
Among women in prison movies THE BIG DOLL HOUSE is one of the biggies
A DAY IN THE CITY
Dadist subversion in the form of a satirical quasi-documentary portrait of Stockholm, circa 1956
UGLY MUG 6
The latest edition of House of Harley Studio’s UGLY MUG, presenting adult oriented artwork from the world’s foremost underground cartoonists
THESE LONG TEETH OF THE NIGHT
A retrospective collection of standout short stories spanning the career of Alexander Zelenyj, a modern master of all things weird, macabre and wonderful
LIERS IN WAIT
A bizarre novel that freely partakes of mystery, horror, erotica and science fiction. The mixture is, to say the least, uneasy
PORK PIE HAT
A novella that united two of the late Peter Straub’s major passions: jazz and horror, contained in an engaging Halloween tale
THE WELL
A literate and intelligent haunted house novel that I didn’t much like
CUT TO THE CHASE
A movie book that’s as gossipy, informative and entertaining as anyone could possibly want
TURNING JAPANESE
A short collection of six Asian Cult Cinema magazine articles, spanning the years 1997 to 2007, by the late horror novelist Jack Ketchum
CONCLUSIONS
Director John Boorman provided an elegantly drafted memoir back in 2003, and with CONCLUSIONS he completes it
RIDLEY SCOTT: A BIOGRAPHY
A book about the prolific British filmmaker Ridley Scott that isn’t what I’d call revelatory
BARRY SONNENFELD, CALL YOUR MOTHER: MEMOIRS OF A NEUROTIC FILMMAKER
Barry Sonnenfeld is a cinematographer-turned-director whose defining trait, it seems, is self-deprecation.
TV Flashback: THE STARLOST
This 16 episode SF program from the seventies is, quite simply, a travesty
Harry Stephen Keeler in the Ramble House
Ramble House is a most unique Washington, D.C. residence where three sets of characters get caught up in outrageous tales that involve insanity, séances and time travel
THE CRIMINALS series
There’s something about a multi-part crime movie, particularly a Shaw Brothers crime movie, that compels
Performer Profile: Larry B. Scott
As a child of the eighties who happened to be a prolific moviegoer, I couldn’t help but notice the presence of Larry B. Scott
On THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
One of the more bizarre film-related occurrences of our time is the ascension of THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION to Great Film status