2003: The Year in Bedlam
2003 is over, meaning it’s time once again for my year-end horror movie wrap up
NATURAL BORN KILLERS at 15
Oliver Stone’s NATURAL BORN KILLERS was the most controversial film of the 1990s
R.I.P. Video Archives
What do the Ku Klux Klan, Quentin Tarantino, surfers and the McMartin preschool have in common? Answer: my hometown of Manhattan Beach
THE REAPING and GRINDHOUSE: A Tale of Two Flops
Two horror-themed would-be blockbusters have recently opened, THE REAPING and GRINDHOUSE, and in the month since their respective April 6 releases both have flopped majorly
Annoying Trends in Modern Horror Movies
2003 could almost be termed the year of the horror movie, as there were so many of them. Unfortunately, the reality is that not too many of last year’s horror films were worthwhile
IRON MAN–THE CINEMA OF SHINYA TSUKAMOTO
Japan’s Shinya Tsukamoto is one of the world’s most vital living filmmakers, and this exhaustive study of his life and films is an essential reference, ideal both for Tsukamoto fanatics like myself and those new to the filmmaker’s work
IMPOSSIBLY FUNKY: A CASHIERS DU CINEMART COLLECTION
For true film nerds this collection is a must, as it is for just about anyone with an interest in Quentin Tarantino, Crispin Glover, DEATH GAME, GREMLINS, the novels of David Goodis and Charles Willeford and the LONE WOLF AND CUB films