When I found out that rocker turned director Rob Zombie had a new film coming out I was more than excited. Being a huge fan of his first feature House of a 1000 Corpses, I was eagerly anticipating his new...
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Room 237 Delivers the Theories Surrounding Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining
I am assuming that most people reading this have seen Stanley Kubrick's film version of the Stephen King novel The Shining. If you have not then stop reading this and go watch it. For those of you that have read...
A Mild Trance
Showtimes & Tickets: James McAvoy Simon Vincent Cassel Franck Rosario Dawson Elizabeth If you've seen even a few movies, there's a good chance you've seen a Danny Boyle film. Not one to be pinned down to any genre...
The Evil Dead Returns
I feel that many of these horror remakes these days are the product of movie studios running out of ideas for original content and an easy way to grab cash from all of the people that will go see it....
2013 Knickerbocker Film Festival
Tonight was the second showing of the Knickerbocker Film Festival at the Spectrum Theater. Featured were shorts from area filmmakers as well as some from further afield. The entrants were:"A Heart, A Home" by James Strayer from Portland, Oregon"We Will...
In Your Dreams
In Your Dreams (2013) Stevie Nicks, David A. StewartStevie Nicks and Dave Stewart team up to present this documentary of the creation of their musical collaboration, "In Your Dreams" an album released in 2011. After listening to the album when I...
The Quiet Man
The Quiet Man (1952) John Ford John Ford directed this classic Irish favorite. After purchasing the movie rights for a mere $10, he was turned down by studios until he went to Republic who would make the film only under...
Oz the Pretty Good and Beautiful
Oz the Great and Powerful may not be a phenomenal film, but that doesn't mean it's not worth seeing. If you're a fan of the original Wizard of Oz (and really, who isn't?) then it's worth seeing. It has...
A Late Quartet
A Late Quartet (2012) Yaron Silberman (now out on DVD)If you missed it at the Spectrum (like I did) you had to impatiently wait a few months for the DVD release of Yaron Silberman's "A Late Quartet", starring Christopher Walken,...
Dark Melodrama Dead Man Down Marks Danish Director’s American Debut
Showtimes & Tickets What do Nicolas Winding Refn(left) and Niels Arden Oplev have in common? They're both Danish film directors. They've both been sought out by the Hollywood machine. Both have created international critical and commercial hits. Refn created the...