Movie

This is the month when leaves fall, the sun sets earlier, and national interests turn to horror films. Genre junkies who love movies like this year-round feel more comfortable singing the praises of their favorites while...

On the night of September 3, 1944, Recy Taylor, a black woman, was walking in Alabama when seven white men rode up in a car, accused her of violence against a man she hadn’t committed, and...

Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project” takes place over the course of one summer, and is presented through the eyes of young kids living in colorful motels not far from the Magic Kingdom of Disney World. Brookynn...

Rob Savage’s “Dawn of the Deaf” is kind of maddening in that to describe the film is to give away its central premise, which is revealed at the very end. It’s a film that is all set-up....

When people woke up yesterday morning to the awful news in Las Vegas involving the combination of popular music and sudden death, many of them may have then turned to Tom Petty’s music as a way of comforting...

Confession: I’m trying to sell a book I wrote on Tobe Hooper right now. Publishers don’t seem interested. That’s fair I guess, the word on Hooper for so long has ranged from disdain to disinterest, so...

With the upcoming release of “Blade Runner 2049,” (read Brian Tallerico’s review here), we wanted to compile our previous coverage of the Ridley Scott classic, including Roger’s reviews of three different versions.  On June 2, 1982, Roger gave...

Four prestigious, longtime members of the film industry will receive the coveted Governors Award from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in a ceremony set for this November. The honorary Oscar statuettes honoring lifetime...

Deep in the bowels of a university’s medical school, a group of students intentionally kill themselves for minutes at a time to experience what lies beyond. This is a fabulous idea for a movie, but unfortunately...

Hugh Hefner, a cultural icon and legend, ushered in the sexual revolution with the founding of his Playboy Magazine. He was born in 1926, and died at age 91 at his home in Los Angeles, California.  His...