In this age of computer generated effects and latex rubber masks, it’s easy to forget the pioneers who gave actual blood, sweat and tears to make the unbelievable seem real. Lon Chaney was one of those ground-breaking individuals. In The Penalty, a 1920 silent film of revenge, Chaney played theContinue Reading
Aileen Wuornos was America’s first female serial killer according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Convicted of killing six men in Florida, she was put to death in October, 2002. Monster, a film from first-time director Patty Jenkins, details the story of how a roadside prostitute became a serialContinue Reading
Dr. Hannibal Lecter is one of cinema’s most appealing villains. Most remember his first on-screen appearance as being in 1991’s The Silence of the Lambs with Anthony Hopkins in the role. However, that’s not correct. The first person to play Hannibal Lecter was Brian Cox. The movie in which heContinue Reading
After six years, Quentin Tarantino has returned with a film so jam-packed with action, B-movie references and blood that it had to be split into two parts. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 tells the tale of The Bride (Uma Thurman), a former member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (DiVAS). Planning toContinue Reading
I remember this movie when it was released in 1987 and it was called Fatal Attraction. Apparently, the suits in Hollywood decided that Generation Y needed their own version and released Swimfan in 2002. Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford) is a star on the high school swim team. Having recently overcomeContinue Reading
Robert Rodriguez is one of the year’s most prolific filmmakers. Less than two months after releasing Spy Kids 3D, the third installment of the “El Mariachi” trilogy has entered theaters. The trilogy, which began in 1992’s El Mariachi and continued in 1995 with Desperado, stars Antonio Banderas as a guitar-playing gunslinger with a penchantContinue Reading
Colin Farrell appears to be the busiest man in show business, with 8 movies released or in the can since I first saw him in last year’s Hart’s War. In his latest film, Farrell portrays Stuart Shepard, a sleazy public relations man who slings gossip and scalps tickets in exchangeContinue Reading