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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
THE ‘BURBS
I know many of you love this film. I don’t!
FEAR AND DESIRE
Yes, this was the first feature film made by 22-year-old Stanley Kubrick, and not exactly a monumental debut
THE ERL-KING
Goethe’s classic poem, adapted for film in 1931–painfully minimalistic, but worth a watch
THE EMBALMER
A tricky film, this: a cunning and perverse thriller that takes the guise of, and works best as, a dark character study
GIRLS ON THE ROAD
A 1972 no-budgeter that is, first and foremost, very much of its time
GOLEM
Horror ficiton trash about the legendary golem. Don’t expect much.
BLOOD: A TALE
A four-part comic book saga that appeared in 1987, a boom time for adult comics
GEORGE’S RUN: A WRITER’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE TWILIGHT ZONE
A graphic novel that dramatizes the life of writer George Clayton Johnson, of OCEAN’S ELEVEN, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, STAR TREK and LOGAN’S RUN.
COMMITTAL CHAMBER
A horror novel? Not quite, although COMMITTAL CHAMBER is a dark and macabre piece of work
BRAINCHILD
Andrew Neiderman’s follow-up to PIN (1981), a novel that’s much better than this one.
THE MAGIC: THE STORY OF A FILM
First off, this is not, as is misleadingly proclaimed, “the book of” Christopher Nolan’s THE PRESTIGE. Rather, it’s a book about that film.
FEAR
This is the long awaited autobiography by Dario Argento, and (for once) it doesn’t disappoint
THE BIG LOVE
If nothing else, this outrageous showbiz memoir serves as a fitting footnote to HOLLYWOOD BABYLON
JOHN McTIERNAN: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN ACTION MOVIE ICON
Few directors have had a more dramatic career trajectory than John McTiernan
BEYOND WORDS: A YEAR WITH KENNETH COOK
For anyone interested in the work of Australia’s late Kenneth Cook this book is a veritable goldmine
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
The Dollar Babies
All about Stephen King’s Dollar Baby program, and the festival it inspired
The Cinerama Dome: A Personal History
The Cinerama Dome, LA’s greatest and most unique movie theater, is now closed.