JOHN McTIERNAN: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN ACTION MOVIE ICON
Few directors have had a more dramatic career trajectory than John McTiernan
NOMADS
Another movie with a hyperbolic tagline–“If you’ve never been frightened by anything, you’ll be frightened by this!”–that wasn’t justified by the film it adorns
AIR CREW
Often described as the first Soviet disaster film, AIR CREW (EKIPAZH; 1980) borrows heavily from EARTHQUAKE, AIRPORT, WHEN TIME RAN OUT and just about every other disaster movie released in the 1970s
BLOOD RAGE
Eighties splatter cheese, of note because it’s a rare example of Thanksgiving themed horror
A Tale of Two Terminators
Here I’ll focus on the sole element relating to THE TERMINATOR that hasn’t already been picked over and/or argued about to death: the two novelizations it inspired
Robert Forster: 1941-2019
2019 is shaping up as, among other things, a year in which quite a few vital character actors breathed their last breath
1988: The Year in Bedlam
I really hate to keep repeating myself in my year-end summations, but I just have to say it: 1988 was an abysmal year for movies
Sid Haig: 1939-2019
Oftentimes it can be difficult to grasp just how much a skilled supporting player adds to the movies s/he graces—until, that is, the player in question is no longer with us
HEAVEN CAN HELP
An uber-rarity that for years has been near the top of the want lists of quite a few film collectors (this one included), HEAVEN CAN HELP was made by the late LA based, Iranian born trash movie auteur Tony Zarindast (1934-2016)
1989: The Year in Bedlam
Here, in the latest edition of my Year in Bedlam film listings, we leave the nineties behind and enter the eighties, which many claim was the worst decade in cinema history