We begin in fine fashion with a cool opening scene. An elegantly carved carriage, acting as a hearse, delivers a beautiful casket to Vincent Price’s mansion. Price opens the coffin up and we see the body of a gorgeous woman inside. Then, she opens her eyes and wakes up screaming ( Read more... )

Kim Raver stars as identical twins with children the same age. When one of their kids gets hit by a car, his spirit continues to communicate with his cousin. He tells her to hit her classmates and gives her the power to predict accidents. When Sarah’s mother becomes pregnant, she begins to fear she is pregnant with the reincarnation of her dead ( Read more... )

Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) is a pool hustler who wants to take down the legendary Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason). When he loses his stake in a 24 hour plus session with Fats, he wallows in drink and self-pity. He takes up with another lush named Sarah (Piper Laurie) and the two form a bond. However, problems brew when a gambler named ( Read more... )

I hadn’t seen the original Hotel Transylvania before taking my daughter to see this one, so I went in with no expectations and enjoyed it thoroughly. People give Adam Sandler a lot of shit, but on the strength of the underrated Pixels and this, I think it’s safe to say he’s getting back on the right track. I’m not saying I’m going to run out and ( Read more... )

Aerobicizing was all the rage in the ‘80s, and nowhere was the heart and soul of the craze more front and center than in Heavenly Bodies. The film is filled with nothing but wall to wall scenes of girls in skintight leotards and neon-colored leg warmers dancing and jiggling. If you’re wondering, that’s enough for me to sustain a 90 minute feature ( Read more... )

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Hannah Takes the Stairs was filmed in that Mumblecore/Dogme 95 style where everything was shot on a crummy video camera without a script and mostly filmed in people's apartments. Since all the dialogue was improvised, there are some really slow stretches and the laughs are few and far between. Still, as a vehicle for Greta Gerwig, it remains ( Read more... )

Simon Pegg is a snarky British writer who gets hired by a flashy magazine editor (Jeff Bridges). He spends most of the time making fun of the airhead starlets and poseur directors he’s supposed to be glorifying. Consequently, he doesn’t get any articles published and is perceived to be a total asshole by his peers (which he kind of is). One co- ( Read more... )

A mentally unstable housewife (Beverly Oliver) goes to see her shrink and tells him all about her unhappy marriage. He tries to put her in the nuthouse, but she escapes and steals a shotgun from a guy in a junkyard. Her lout of a husband arrives on the scene and tries to talk some sense into her. The cops show up and she winds up dying during a ( Read more... )

HEAT (1986) ** ½

Heat gets things started with a terrific opening scene. Burt Reynolds plays a down and out bodyguard-for-hire named Nick “Mex” Escalante who is spending his evening getting shitfaced in a bar. He sees a blonde in a booth and begins hitting on her. When her boyfriend objects, Burt steals the guy’s toupee and taunts him with ( Read more... )