8 Million Ways to Die (1986, Hal Ashby)
About halfway through 8 Million Ways to Die, I realized–thanks to a boom mike–my twenty year-old laserdisc was open matte, not pan and scan. The widescreen zoomed suddenly made the shots tighter and...
View ArticleMy Blueberry Nights (2007, Wong Kar-wai)
I wonder what the reaction to My Blueberry Nights would have been if it were Wong Kar-wai’s first film instead of just his first English language film. Everything I’ve seen in way of critical reaction...
View ArticleCaptain America (1990, Albert Pyun), the director’s cut
Captain America actually has a few interesting ideas. First is how Carla Cassola’s scientist (she creates the villain, Scott Paulin’s Red Skull, and Captain America—played by Matt Salinger) almost...
View ArticleThe Funhouse (1981, Tobe Hooper)
The Funhouse is terrifying. Director Hooper opens the film with a dual homage to Halloween and Psycho and then proceeds to do something entirely different in the end of this film. Like those two films,...
View ArticleThe Funhouse (1981, Tobe Hooper)
The Funhouse is terrifying. Director Hooper opens the film with a dual homage to Halloween and Psycho and then proceeds to do something entirely different in the end of this film. Like those two films,...
View ArticleThe Funhouse (1981, Tobe Hooper)
The Funhouse is terrifying. Director Hooper opens the film with a dual homage to Halloween and Psycho and then proceeds to do something entirely different in the end of this film. Like those two films,...
View ArticleThe Funhouse (1981, Tobe Hooper)
The Funhouse is terrifying. Director Hooper opens the film with a dual homage to Halloween and Psycho and then proceeds to do something entirely different in the end of this film. Like those two films,...
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