Fans of Italian director Lucio Fulci’s work will be thrilled with the new Anchor Bay release of his “The New York Ripper.” Delivered in letterbox and restored with every unsettling image intact, “The New York Ripper” More a film for the Fangoria crowd rather than someone looking for a coherent and believable crime thriller, “The New York Ripper” is the gruesome tale of a serial killer stalking New York’s vulnerable women and the detective trying to bring him down. Read the rest of this entry »

Pedestrian horror-thriller takes it’s cue from “Halloween,” “Friday the 13th,” “The Bad Seed,” “Don’t Look Now” and “Psycho.” Actually, “Milo” doesn’t have an original bone in its body. Read the rest of this entry »

Oh boy! Another wicked teen comedy. Gag me with a spoon! How about gagging someone with a jawbreaker? That’s right, one of those hard, round, suck them until you’re blue in the face candies that leave your mouth raw. Have you ever put one of those things in your mouth and almost swallowed the damned thing? Read the rest of this entry »

Irony is never lost on writer-director Andrew Niccol (Simone, The Truman Show), whose latest black comedy Lord of War takes aim at arms dealers. Niccol’s morality tale about one man’s vested interest in the pain and suffering of others walks a very fine line between entertainment and social relevance, asking us to root for an anti-hero devoid of a conscience. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s rare when cinema and current events collide. The last memorable parallel occurred in 1979, when “The China Syndrome” opened within days of the Three Mile Island accident. Now comes “Kandahar,” a timely film that was shot before the September 11 attack on America, but is just now making its way to theaters. Read the rest of this entry »

Halfway through Tim Burton’s “Sleepy Hollow,” a character is impaled and then dragged to his doom by the headless horseman. Towards the end of “Sleepy Hollow,” the films hero, Ichabod Crane, finds himself being dragged by a carriage during a fight with the horseman. Read the rest of this entry »

As a 42 year-old male, I find myself knowing more about author Jacqueline Susann than I have a right to. Perhaps it’s because my mother used to read all of her novels, or maybe I saw an A&E Biography. I don’t know, but I do know enough that Susann would have both loved and hated the film “Isn’t She Great.” Read the rest of this entry »

She has hair that would make Paul Mitchell cry and a wardrobe so tacky even Madonna would cringe. She has two ex-husbands, three kids, $17,000 in debt and $73 in the bank. She drives a piece of junk on four wheels, and is out of work. She was once a beauty queen, but the only court she could reside over right now has trailers parked in it. Read the rest of this entry »

After spending another summer watching and reviewing movies starring and aimed at teenagers, what a pleasure it is to spend quality time with some old friends. Read the rest of this entry »

The French countryside provides a haunting backdrop for this chilling thriller about two women trying to outwit a psychopath who has followed them home from school. What starts off as a quiet weekend in the country for Marie (De France) and Alex (Maiwenn) quickly escalates into a horrific game of cat and mouse, pitting the two young college friends against an unknown, vicious and unrelenting assailant. Read the rest of this entry »