Little Shop of Horrors
A nerdy florist (Rick Moranis) discovers an all-singing, all-dancing, all-consuming alien plant (the Four Tops’ Levi Stubbs) in this 1986 horror musical. Just as John Waters’ Hairspray went from indie […]
Dune: Part One
In the latest adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune, Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac) takes command of the planet Arrakis with his Bene Gesserit concubine (Rebecca Ferguson), weapons master Gurney Halleck (Josh […]
The Return of the Living Dead
The Return of the Return of the Living Dead might be a more appropriate title since I have already reviewed this 1985 zombie comedy, but as tends to happen when […]
Halloween Kills
Never outdone, Halloween has joined the slasher space race and followed in Jason X‘s footsteps by sending its killer (or at least the man whose face he wears) into space. […]
Senior Moment
What a year for William Shatner: the oldest person in space (currently delayed by wind – unsurprising at his age), a new album (“elliptical philosophical explorations about the very nature […]
The Big Sleep
Our Double Bogie continues with The Big Sleep, adapted from the Raymond Chandler novel in which private detective Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) gets mixed up in the affairs of the […]
The Maltese Falcon
Private investigator Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) is chain-smoking his way through the afternoon when in walks a beautiful woman (Mary Astor) seeking his help to follow a man she claims […]
The Island
A pair of clones (Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson) discover they are clones living in a clone compound, and the promise of an idyllic Island little more than an organ […]
The Brood
David Cronenberg’s angry divorce movie follows Frank (Art Hindle) as he tries to save his ex-wife (Samantha Eggar, brilliant) and daughter (Cindy Hinds, creepy) from an unorthodox psychotherapist (Oliver Reed, […]
Respect
Jennifer Hudson steps into the soul of Aretha Franklin and socks it to the critics in this biopic about the legendary diva’s early years. Respect is at its best when […]
