By Melissa Antoinette Garza I had been anticipating this film since it came out. For the most part, I love James Wan’s work. The dark action film Death Sentence, followed by his horror movies Sinister, the first Insidious, and especially The Conjuring were fantastic. His directing skills in those films […]
Black Christmas (1974) – Xmas HORROR MOVIE REVIEW
By Geno McGahee This has to be one of the greatest horror films of all time…a slasher that actually frightens you. Bob Clark directs this masterpiece, and it should be noted that he also directed and co-wrote another classic from 1972: “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things.” In Black Christmas, […]
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) – XMAS HORROR MOVIE SLASHER REVIEW
By Geno McGahee “You see Santa Claus tonight you better run boy, you better run for ya life!” – Grampa (Will Hare) When I was a kid, there was a movie that had really gotten my attention. I was always attracted to the horror genre and when I saw the […]
“The Hidden Tools of Comedy” by Steve Kaplan – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day Jr. Imagine you are a stand up comedian and as you walk off stage from your set you hear an audience member yell “Someone call the cops because….YOU KILLED IT!”. Relax, do not run out the back door, no one has died, you are not in trouble. […]
Blues Guitarist Jeff Pitchell – Musician Speaks to Scared Stiff
Podcast by Forris Day JR It’s a musical show today on Coffee Shop Conversations as Blues Guitarist Jeff Pitchell sits down with Forris and discuses his quarter century as a professional in the music business. Jeff has played with a myriad of folks including Ed King, Dickey Betts, Rick Derringer, […]
From Stuntwoman to Star — Zoë Bell in Five Films at MoMI – MOVIE NEWS
Zoë Bell, the international action icon discovered by Quentin Tarantino, will appear at Museum of the Moving Image with a preview screening of her new film Raze, on Tuesday, January 7, 2014. In this exciting and relentlessly hyperviolent action film directed by Josh Waller, she stars as a woman forced […]
The Curse (1987) – Horror Film Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza One of my favorite cult films is The Stuff (1985). Two years later a movie that in many ways is very similar to that classic was released. The Curse follows a young boy named Zack (Wil Wheaton) who recently lost his father. His mother Frances […]
Man of Steel (2013) – SUPERMAN MOVIE & BLU RAY REVIEW
By Geno McGahee In 1978, SUPERMAN was released and it was the first time that we were able to really connect to the character. It was an event as much as it was a movie and Christopher Reeve was the character. He maintained the role until SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST […]
UBIQUITY STUDIOS REACHES AGREEMENT WITH ‘CRAWLSPACE’ SCRIBE GARY DAUBERMAN TO WRITE FEATURE FILM BASED ON THE HISTORIC QUEEN MARY SHIP – Movie News
Irvine-based Ubiquity Studios will launch its maiden voyage into feature films with a thriller to be set and filmed on the historic ocean liner The Queen Mary, it was announced today by Chris Carmichael, CEO, Ubiquity Studios. The first in a slate of films for the studio, Ubiquity will finance […]
LONE SURVIVOR – New Featurette Is Now Online! – MOVIE NEWS
“It’s about brotherhood. No matter how bad it gets, you keep fighting just to protect the guy next to you.” ~ Marcus Luttrell On behalf of Universal Pictures, we’re honored to share an incredible new featurette from LONE SURVIVOR. Learn more about the real heroes of Lone Survivor in this new video, featuring […]
Man of Tai Chi (2013) – Keanu Reeves ACTION FILM REVIEW
By Geno McGahee Keanu Reeves made his big splash into the film business with THE MATRIX series of films. He has had many hits since and now follows in the footsteps of other stars and has made his directorial debut in MAN OF TAI CHI and it was an impressive […]
Where’s the Zombie BOOK REVIEW – Where’s Waldo Meets NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
By Geno McGahee I have two children and one is into zombies (my 3-year-old daughter Jules) and one is into seek and find sort of books (my son Munch). So, when I got WHERE’S THE ZOMBIE to review, I elected to first go through it with my young daughter and […]