Posted by moviegeek916 on May 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Dark Shadows (2012) – I’ve always found daytime soaps to be rather ridiculous. I don’t know why that’s where I draw the line, while I do enjoy the “guilty pleasure” of weekly prime time soaps on networks like the CW, but I do. (Maybe production value.) However from 1966 to 1971, while other daytime soaps … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Frankenstein (1931) – So I have saved the best for not-quite-last (since some of the other movies I intend to watch are sequels to this one). Frankenstein is my favorite of the old Universal Monster movies. It’s also the most popular with five sequels and a crossover with Abbott and Costello. Boris Karloff and Jack … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This article was originall published on 12ftdwende.com on 19 August 2011 I think remakes get a bad rap. It’s true that the sheer volume of remakes out there indicate a lack of originality in the film industry (or, more aptly, a lack of will to finance originality), but they’re not all bad. Three movies were … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on February 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Woman in Black (2012) – I’m a horror geek. One of the great things about horror geekdom is that there are so many different corners of it that you can discover. Subgenres within subgenres. One of the corner of that is Brit horror (horror flicks from the U.K. for those who need self-explanatory things … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Alice in Wonderland (2010) — Above all else this is yummy yummy eye candy (and I’m not just talking about Mia Wasikowski [rim shot]). The look of this film is fucking gorgeous in that usual twisted Tim Burton way. The other big plus is the cast. Burton’s usual stock players Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, … Continue reading →
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