THE SHARK IS ROARING: THE STORY OF JAWS: THE REVENGE
One of the lesser BearManor movie making-of books, although the major problem is mostly with the mediocre movie it profiles
HORRIBLE AND FASCINATING–JOHN BOORMAN’S EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC
A gripping exploration of the making of “one of the most unintentionally silly films ever released by a major studio.”
On HOME ALONE
One of the more inexplicable cultural touchstones of our era is 1990’s HOME ALONE
TEEN WOLF
Lackluster eighties comedy stuff, patterned on I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF
Reconsidering Nineties Flops
There’s something about the movie flops of the 1990s
Four Films Called ELDORADO
Edgar Allan Poe, diptheria, improvisation, an unlikely road trip, slumming stars and eldorado!
F/X 2
Not without interest, as indicated by the fact that future Hollywood heavyweight Bill Condon was the screenwriter, and the Australian thriller specialist Richard Franklin the director
THE CANNON FILM GUIDE Volume II (1985-1987)
Anyone who’s read my review of volume one of THE CANNON FILM GUIDE will know I’m quite partial to it. Now volume two is here, and I say it’s even better
LEARN TO LOSE YOUR MIND
A parody of the self-help manuals that asserts “It’s smart to be psychotic”
ALIEN (1989)
No, not that ALIEN, but, rather, a Pakistani joyride from 1989 that has the distinction of being that country’s first special effects blockbuster