Rape-revenge thrillers aren't new to cinema, with such titles as Last House on the Left (the original, not the remake), I Spit On Your Grave (again, the origina...
Based on his resume, filmmaker Stephen Cone displays a penchant for juxtaposing Christianity with the fast progressing modern world - he wrote The Wise Kids, a ...
Something Steve Harvey said on a recent episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee really struck me: "Tragedy strikes. I got news for you—we have the jokes tha...
Despite being rated PG-13 in America, Jalmari Helander's Big Game should target audiences between 10-15 like Dan Smith's Young Adult novelization of the film. B...
In the 12 years since Joe Dante's last genuinely great release (Looney Tunes: Back in Action), Dante has only made two films. 2009's The Hole was a movie comple...
Due to their public domain status, literary classics are subject to potentially endless film adaptations. Why make an original work when you can drape a top-rat...
Throughout my high school and college career, I plowed through multiple novels by British horror author, Simon Clark. The supermarket paperbacks were hardly lit...
As all good sequels must learn, the key to success is delivering on the promise set forth by the original while also providing something fresh and improved. Jus...
Whether it’s a matter of strong narrative direction and attractive aesthetic dressings bringing a film to life or, quite possibly, attractive aesthetic dressing...
The blaring, nerve-jangling violin jamboree that accompanies the assaulting opening titles of Insidious: Chapter 3 tells you all you really need to know. Escala...
