Ivan Reitman: 1946-2022
Say what you will about Ivan Reitman, but he knew how to make movies
Performer Profile: Bridget Fonda
A reclusive figure nowadays, back in the nineties Bridget was one of the brightest stars on the scene, and scion of one of Hollywood’s most prestigious dynasties
2020: Bedlam in Print
Here, in the early days of 2021, is the latest edition of my annual Bedlam in Print overview
CONFESSIONS OF A PUPPETMASTER
A memoir that’s more outrageous and exciting than most of Charles Band’s movies
TV Flashback: THE HORROR HALL OF FAME
A horror movie Academy Awards? Here’s the closest thing that exists to such a program
LAID BARE
In which true crime author John Gilmore lays bare his early years as an actor, and his dealings with the soon-to-be-famous
BIG BAD JOHN: THE JOHN MILIUS INTERVIEWS
A book of interviews with the famous screenwriter/director John Milius
BODY TROOPERS
In which FANTASTIC VOYAGE gets a kid-oriented overhaul
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE
I’ve heard this film called a profound exploration of identity, and also a “two hour perfume commercial.” There are strong arguments to be made for both views
AMERICAN ME vs. BLOOD IN, BLOOD OUT
Two early 1990s films that are quite similar in conception, and were lensed virtually simultaneously