ALIEN AUTOPSY: FACT OR FICTION? ALIEN AUTOPSY: FACT OR FICTION? (a title that desperately needs an exclamation mark immediately after its question mark) was a jaunt down memory lane to the mid-‘90s — a time [...]

28 DAYS LATER I could go on and on about how 28 Days Later is a wonderful example of post 9/11 distress in cinema, but revisiting it last night I was reminded that the early [...]

WHITE GOD Few films managed to get to me as White Dog did. I love dogs, mankind's oldest friend, and am disgusted by the cruelty and abuse that is heaped on them on a daily [...]

MANDY After enduring the creatively bankrupt clump of compost that was THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS last week, I decided to swing for the fences and drive to North Van to watch MANDY this week.   It [...]

BLAIR WITCH “That was bullshit,” said the guy sitting next to us in the theater. It was two years ago and I didn't blame him. He ordered a pitcher of beer with his girlfriend and [...]

SPIELBERG'S BEST MOMENTS OF SUSPENSE There was an article on some website that asked the reader to choose three favorite scenes from Spielberg’s filmography. That is a tough nut to crack. I love every one [...]

51 GREATEST FICTIONAL BAD GUYS #1. DOCTOR HANNIBAL (THE CANNIBAL) LECTER. If there’s one person above all others that I consider the epitome of a great villain, it’s Lecter. He started off his cinematic career [...]

51 GREATEST FICTIONAL BAD GUYS #2. DON MICHAEL CORLEONE from THE GODFATHER SAGA. In probably the thesis statement that is THE GODFATHER (I, II and III), Michael asks his mother if by being strong for [...]

THE BIRDS Watched Hitchcock's THE BIRDS last night. I first saw it when I was a kid, so it was like watching it for the first time. There are a few things that I really [...]

BURT REYNOLDS Burt Reynolds passing away today signifies the end of an era to me. I grew up in the world of Schwarzenegger and Stallone, when action films were as steroid heavy on slickness and [...]