Scary Movie 3

So, this is when they got rid of the Wayans brothers and hired the people who virtually created this genre, including David Zucker. Primarily, The Ring and Signs are spoofed,…

Million Dollar Baby: No Guts, No Glory

Clint Eastwood and Hilary Swank. Photo: Warner As an actor, Clint Eastwood is a genuine American icon. His career as a director on the other hand looked quite uneven in…

MASH: Indecency At Its Best

Gary Burghoff and Roger Bowen. Photo: 20th Century Fox Everyone knows and loves M*A*S*H, the wonderful TV show that made Alan Alda a star. Most people also know that the series…

Monsters, Inc.

Another well-made, visually impressive film from Pixar, this time about a community of monsters in a city whose power supply consists of screams from children who have encountered the monsters…

Shadow of the Vampire: A Symphony of Horrors

Willem Dafoe. Photo: Lionsgate Anyone who has ever seen Nosferatu, F.W. Murnau’s marvelous, silent vampire flick, is likely to never forget the appearance of Count Orlok, the bald, rat-like bloodsucker…

Unforgiven: A Case of Damaged Property

Clint Eastwood. Photo: Warner Let's go back to 1983 for a while. Who would have thought then that Clint Eastwood, the tough guy who had made a few pretty good…

The Birds: What If They Turned On Us?

Tippi Hedren. Photo: Universal There are billions of birds all over the world. What if they all suddenly turned on us? Why, we wouldn’t stand a chance, as one of…

Donnie Darko: Playing with Time

Jake Gyllenhaal and Daveigh Chase. Photo: Newmarket Films I have had dreams where I’m chased by Nazis in a forest. I have dreamt that I was a cast member of…