Film on the Disc: THE MUMMY (1999)
The Mummy, a kinda-sorta remake of the Boris Karloff original (1932), is an old-fashioned popcorn…
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Films on the Discs: CRITERION SALE
I interrupt your normally scheduled programming (a review of solid popcorn movie The Mummy) to…
Film on the Disc: TOURIST TRAP (1979)
The early parts of Tourist Trap are an exercise in throwing horror tropes at the…
Film on the Disc: ILS (THEM)
Ils is an exercise in sustained tension and improbability: it’s a movie that knows that…
Film on the Disc: HOBSON’S CHOICE
This is a surprising film–a matter-of-fact and dry comedy about a woman working to define…
Film on the Disc: Friday the 13th Parts 2 and 3
Because I’ve been listening to a podcast where the hosts are both critically astute about…
Taco Break: Marriage in the Movies
I recently rewatched Marie Antoinette and what caught my attention this time around is the architecture of…
Film on the Disc: DEATHTRAP
Few people constructed plots more tightly or more delightfully–in a macabre way–than Ira Levin. Stephen…
Film on the Disc: JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
You know, for a small website run on passion and gumption, we have a lot…
Film on the Disc: 1408
Halloween in July? By some Howard Hawksian rule of horror movies where all you need…