Title: The Faculty (1998) Runtime: 104 minutes Director: Robert Rodriguez — Kevin Williamson has got to be the greatest horror scriptwriter of the 1990s, with hits like the Scream series, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and The Faculty to his name. His scripts share a common theme: they’re smart, funny, and current to…
Movie Review – The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Title: The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) Runtime: 104 minutes Director: Scott Derrickson — I guess I should’ve waited a few months before watching this remake of the 1950s classic. Maybe I would’ve forgotten how incredible the original was (unlikely), and then this may not have seemed so pedestrian (even less likely). Unfortunately, I…
Movie Review – The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Title: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Runtime: 92 minutes Director: Robert Wise — Robert Wise’s science fiction masterpiece, The Day the Earth Stood Still, may just be the greatest sci-fi flick I’ve ever seen. This a damn near flawless film, and perfectly reflects the scared, ignorant era of which it represents. Branden ChowenBranden…
Cinefessions Series Review – Branden Chowen on the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Series
This is a set of reviews that were written during the Cinefessions Summer Screams Challenge. Each film of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre film series is reviewed. There is no synopsis given, but the general story of each film is a group of teenagers stumbling upon a backwoods Texas house that happens to be Leatherface’s family….
Movie Review – The American Scream (2012)
Title: The American Scream (2012) Running Time: 91 minutes Director: Michael Stephenson — One might argue that I’m pretty easy on reviewing documentaries, but I don’t feel that’s entirely true. When it comes to documentary filmmaking, I either love the movie or I hate it. It’s rare that I feel indifferent about one. To be fair,…
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