Sunday Matinee

I’m going to deviate from my usual Sunday Matinee postings and cover an entire series of films today. I grew up with James Bond, both on television and in the theater. I believe the first one I ever saw in the Read More

Of all the adaptations of the King Arthur legend, Excalibur is perhaps the least historically accurate. And for all that, it’s probably one of the most visually stunning. Famed among aficionados for the scene where the disguised King Uther has Read More

Last week I said there were two movies that actually scared me when I was a kid. John Carpenter’s Halloween was the other one, and quite appropriate to today’s auspicious date! This is another movie that doesn’t try to include Read More

One, two, Freddy’s coming for you. Three, four, better lock your door. Five, six, grab your crucifix. Seven, eight, gonna stay up late. Nine, ten, never sleep again. One, two Freddy’s coming for you three, four better lock your door Read More

There are three elements that make up a film (or a novel, for that matter); story, characters, and setting. John Carpenter’s Escape from New York is a film where the story is just a convenient excuse to get the awesome Read More

Forbidden Planet is often described as a retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and has a reputation as being one of the first “serious” science fiction movies. When compared to fare such as Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, or Them!, that’s Read More