About Kody

Kody Zimmermann grew up on a steady diet of comic books, genre novels, and sci-fi/horror films. He has established himself as a writer and director of short films. His film The Familiar screened worldwide in over 50 festivals and has won numerous awards including Best Short Film at the Sitges Film Festival, the oldest and most prestigious genre festival in the world. The Familiar was also been nominated by the Director’s Guild of Canada for Best Short Film and airs regularly on the Sundance Channel and Movie Central.

DON’T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME review

By |2018-03-20T14:31:51+00:00March 20th, 2018|Tales of Me|

DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME Jesus. DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME was the kind of "documentary" I hate. It's one of those non-narratives where the subject becomes the filmmakers just focussing on themselves and their [...]

BASIC INSTINCT

By |2018-03-20T14:29:43+00:00March 20th, 2018|Tales of Me|

BASIC INSTINCT I saw today was the 26th anniversary of BASIC INSTINCT's theatrical debut, and what the hell, right? Man, do I miss '90s Hollywood blockbusters. I miss genuine movie stars like Michael Douglas carrying [...]

BERNIE WRIGHTSON

By |2018-03-19T14:13:36+00:00March 19th, 2018|Tales of Me|

BERNIE WRIGHTSON Bernie Wrightson's artwork inspired my creative muse for decades. I still look through some of his collective illustrative books, find a picture and obsess over it till a short story spills out. What's [...]

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS review

By |2018-03-03T16:31:32+00:00March 3rd, 2018|Tales of Me|

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS review So, NOCTURNAL ANIMALS. It really transcends labels and genre. The closest I can come up with is if Truman Capote, David Lynch, and Wim Wenders collaborated on a project together. The last [...]

BILL PAXTON

By |2018-02-26T15:13:19+00:00February 26th, 2018|Tales of Me|

BILL PAXTON I want you to look at this list of titles: Aliens Near Dark The Terminator Titanic Nightcrawler True Lies Streets of Fire Weird Science Edge of Tomorrow Commando A Simple Plan Twister Apollo [...]

X-FILES Season 10 review

By |2018-02-25T15:10:03+00:00February 25th, 2018|Tales of Me|

X-FILES SEASON 10 review So we watched the last episode of Season 10 X-Files last night (because why watch the latest episodes when you can watch what came out two years ago!). As a whole, it [...]

#1 BEST AND WORST REMAKES

By |2018-02-22T16:30:32+00:00February 22nd, 2018|Tales of Me|

BEST AND WORST REMAKES: BEST #1 - THE FLY The Fly exemplifies everything done right. Not only for a remake but for a motion picture. To begin with, it’s better (way better) than the original, [...]

#1 BEST AND WORST REMAKES

By |2018-02-22T16:27:13+00:00February 22nd, 2018|Tales of Me|

BEST AND WORST REMAKES: WORST #1 - THE WICKER MAN Why in God’s name did anyone want to remake the Wicker Man? From an economic standpoint, there’s no bank to it. Halloween, A Nightmare on [...]

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