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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
THE AUTHOR OF BELTRAFFIO
The directorial debut of the late Tony Scott, adapting a Henry James novella for 1970s TV.
VICE SQUAD
A 1982 film that remains a standout in the trashy thriller category
HOUSE OF WHIPCORD
British exploition maestro Peter Walker’s take on the women in prison genre, filtered through his favorite premise: young women menaced by elderly psychopaths in a secluded setting
BATTLE GIRL: THE LIVING DEAD IN TOKYO BAY
A solid example of Asian Trash Cinema that’s unusually heavy on the trash
THE TRAP DOOR
Arguably the most interesting of the late 1970s-early 80s no wave films of Beth B and Scott B
THE INVERTED WORLD
One of the SF field’s most provocative and enduring concepts is contained in THE INVERTED WORLD by the late Christopher Priest
CLUE
A novelization by Michael McDowell that gives CLUE (1985) far more class than it deserves
GILDED NEEDLES
A scrupulously researched, fitfully horrific depiction of New York City in the late 19th Century.
FRANKENSTEIN IN LOVE
The most notorious of Clive Barker’s pre-BOOKS OF BLOOD plays
WHITE SPAWN
A novella-length take on the maestro’s “Shadow Over Innsmouth,” WHITE SPAWN offers most everything one could want in a neo-Lovecraftian account
JOSH HARTNETT DEFINITELY WANTS TO DO THIS…TRUE STORIES FROM A LIFE IN THE SCREEN TRADE
A resolutely witty and enjoyable recounting of a couple years in the life of the Australian film director Bruce Beresford
THE DISASTER ARTIST: MY LIFE INSIDE THE ROOM, THE GREATEST BAD MOVIE EVER MADE
A hilarious and endearing account of the making of “The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made” and the friendship that forged it.
RAIDERS! — THE STORY OF THE GREATEST FAN FILM EVER MADE
The stranger-then-fiction story of the making of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: THE ADAPTATION
BEER, BLOOD AND ASHES
In remembrance of actor Michael Madsen, who died on July 3, 2025, here’s a look at his first book of poetry
WHO KNEW
A gossipy memoir by one of the main architects of the movie apocalypse that occurred in the late 1970s and early 80s
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, Antifa and Brett Easton Ellis
As of October 2025, the major movie-related controversy is over Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Drew Struzan: 1947-2025
Celebrating the work of America’s most iconic movie poster artist
TV Flashback: FANTASTIC TALES BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
An Edgar Allan Poe inspired TV anthology; at least one segment is quite good.
Robert Redford: 1936-2025
RIP
R.I.P. Nelvana
This week we bid adieu to Nelvana, the Toronto-based animation outfit