Ah, the good old days. The birth of hip hop music. Back when it was possible to judge a book by its cover – or, as the case may be, a person by his fat-laced Adidas sneakers, baggy sweatpants, and Kangol bucket hat. This is the time period in popular culture that is explored by […]
Cinema Fearité Pays Tribute To The Late Great Christopher Lee With ‘The Wicker Man’
Last week, the horror world was rocked by the death of one of its most prolific actors, the iconic Sir Christopher Lee. Throughout his long and storied career, Lee got to play key villains in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies, the Star Wars prequels, and the James Bond film […]
‘The Wolfpack’ Is A Coming-Of-Age Tale For The Film Geek In All Of Us
When filmmaker Crystal Moselle first met the Angulo brothers in 2010, they were six wide-eyed teenagers running loose on the streets of the East Village in New York City. It was literally one of the first times they had ever been outside of their family’s apartment. Sensing a bigger story, and appealing to the brothers’ […]
Mark Duplass Puts The Creep In ‘Creep’
Synopsis: When a videographer answers a Craigslist ad for a one-day job in a remote mountain town, he finds his client is not at all what he initially seems. Release Date: June 19, 2015 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Horror, Comedy Film Review Production Most people know Mark Duplass from the FX television show “The League,” […]
‘Dope’ Reads Like A Love-Letter To 90s Hip-Hop Movies
It’s easy to see why Dope made such a splash at the Sundance Film Festival this year; it’s a great independent film.