Musings on the past and present state of music, film, and pop culture. Get off my lawn.
For our latest podcast episode, we rank the 17 most iconic horror films of all time, including entries from John Carpenter, Alfred Hitchcock, Ti West and more. We’re halfway through October, and you know what that means: it’s spooky season, and horror movie lovers everywhere are making and watching all their favorite horror movies, either […]
‘Blade Runner 2049’s’ box office shortcomings are being blamed on a lack of younger viewers and bad marketing. I’m just glad it didn’t suck. If you paid attention to the box office reports last weekend, you would have thought Blade Runner 2049 was a fool’s errand. Sure it’s made over $90 million worldwide so far, […]
Blade Runner and The Thing Both Came Out 35 Years Ago Today–and flopped. Sometimes both critics and audiences can be stupid. A look back on two of the best science fiction films of all time. On June 25th, 1982, two of my all time favorite films were released. In one corner: Blade Runner–Ridley Scott’s visionary […]
SLIS’s Best and Worst Movies of 2015: the highs and lows (and in-betweens ) of 2015 cinema. It’s almost time to say goodbye to 2015, which means doing my year-end wrap up of the most memorable pop-culture moments of the year. I’ve already covered the best songs, albums and TV, and now it’s time to […]
Check out our Top 11 List of The Best, most informative and entertaining Movie Commentaries. For film geeks like myself, nothing beats a good DVD or Blu-ray movie commentary track. A great commentary gives insight into the creative process; how cast and crew solved conceptual problems, salvaged happy accidents, and willed their vision into being. […]
Prometheus Movie Review [rating=3] When Ridley Scott announced his return to the ‘Alien’ film series over a year ago, it was greeted with mass enthusiasm. ‘Alien’ remains one of the best sci-fi/horror mash-ups of all time. James Cameron’s sequel ( ‘Aliens’) was also excellent, although it lacked the visionary touches that Scott provided. […]
Before reading, I suggest checking out the latest “Prometheus” trailer, if you haven’t already, which you can do here. And FYI, I deem this blog spoiler free, but only if you’ve seen all the “Alien” films prior: This looks to be a big (and hopefully great) summer for movies. Two on my radar are […]
Okay, so we’re in the final stretch of the best film soundtracks of all time. Assuming, you’ve read the 1st 2 entries (which you recap here and here), then off we go. And remember any click on image will take you to Amazon if you’re looking to add one to your collection. These to […]
