The Vicious Brothers – writers-directors Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz – had a sense of humor when making the “found footage” horror film “Grave Encounters”
Less than a year before Disney bought and plundered “Star Wars,” it took a crack at a sci-fi/fantasy hit with “John Carter” (2012), a grand
“Grave Encounters” (2011) is a great concept reasonably well executed. Canadian writer-directors Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz (a.k.a. the Vicious Brothers) imagine “What if one
Satire that makes fun of government, corporatism and an increasingly mind-numbed citizenry becomes harder to do as real-world developments come close to obliterating the line
Here are my picks for 10 major motion pictures to keep on your radar in the summer of 2024. All are theatrical releases, but you
Every quarter century we get a sci-fi epic about how God can perhaps be found at the endpoint of scientific advancement – “2001” (1968), “Contact”
After a franchise’s initial shine of success wears off, that’s often followed by several truncated follow-ups. “The Omen” franchise is a prime example, as the
The novelty of a TV series that bobs and weaves among the established lore of a pricey film series isn’t what it used to be.
The two stories collected in “Kolchak Tales: Monsters Among Us!” (2009) further rectify a logistical problem with the “Kolchak, the Night Stalker” TV series. Here
Among writers who have only penned one well-known movie, Peter Howitt has one of the most impressive turns at the plate. Also serving as director,