Mom And Dad
Equal parts hilarious and disturbing, writer and director Brian Taylor’s Mom And Dad (2017) is a classic example of horror as social critique. Like Jennifer’s Body (2009) or Dawn Of… Read more »
The Divine Miracle
Daina Krumins’ film The Divine Miracle (1972) dramatizes Christ’s crucifixion, his resurrection and his ascent into Heaven. The film is executed as if it were a children’s illustrated Bible come… Read more »
Resurrection
Director Russell Mulcahy re-teamed with his Highlander (1986) star Christopher Lambert for the Easter themed thriller Resurrection (1999). Resurrection was an obvious exploitation of the success of Seven (1995) and,… Read more »
Promised A Miracle
Promised A Miracle (1988) is a made for television adaptation of Larry Parker’s cautionary memoir We Let Our Son Die. The film was directed by veteran television provocateur Stephen Gyllenhaal… Read more »
…Et mourir de plaisir
Roger Vadim’s adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu’s novella Carmilla, …Et mourir de plaisir (1960), opened to poor reviews focused on Vadim’s choice to relocate the setting of Carmilla to a contemporary… Read more »
65
Written and directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods, 65 (2023) tells the story of two humanoid aliens that survive a space shuttle crash on earth 65 million years ago… Read more »
Super Mario Bros.
As an audience member one can either watch Super Mario Bros. (1993) with the expectation that it will be faithful to the Nintendo games or that it will embrace the… Read more »
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023) opens with the British government dispatching an elite team of agents (Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Bugzy Malone and Cary Elwes) to recover some top… Read more »
She’s Nobody’s Baby: American Women In The 20th Century
Today She’s Nobody’s Baby: American Women In The 20th Century (1981) is an all but forgotten two-part television special. Hosted by Marlo Thomas and Alan Alda, the film charts eighty… Read more »
The To Do List
Long anticipated and then maligned by critics and audiences when it was released, Maggie Carey’s lone feature film The To Do List (2013) was controversial only for its frank depiction… Read more »
