The Days God Slept – Short Film review
04 days ago
by Bill Howard
in Articles
I love short films. I love the challenge filmmakers have to convey a story, characters, a place and time with limited resources and running time. Unfortunately many short films never find a wide audience, many only screening online or at film festivals. I wish there were a studio that would put out a regular Blu-ray or DVD magazine of sorts containing a variety of short films. Once in a blue moon filmmakers will contact me about reviewing their short film to which I happily oblige, it is more of a favor to me than to them. (more…)
Comforting Skin review
05 days ago
by Bill Howard
in DVD Reviews
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Some of my favorite films are small, intimate, inventive films that most people have probably never heard of and will probably never see. Independent films tend to make up for their lack of budget with extraordinary creativity and this week’s new release Comforting Skin is no exception. (more…)
Frankie Go Boom review
05 days ago
by Bill Howard
in Blu-ray Reviews
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There are those moments of actor transformation that you will always remember. Tom Cruise as the balding Hollywood agent Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder. Christian Bale’s insane weight loss for Brad Anderson’s The Machinist. Gary Oldman’s unrecognizable makeup in Hannibal. Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Bruce Willis makeup in Looper. In this month’s new release Frankie Go Boom, Ron Perlman, a man known for roles with heavy makeup such as Guillermo Del Toro’s Hellboy, appears as you have never seen him before. (more…)
The Dead II: India First Trailer!
16 days ago
The Dead was one of the best zombie films of the past few years, great story of survival, great setting of Africa and awesome Walking Dead quality zombies. The Ford Brothers really knocked it out of the park. Now they return with another tale of the zombie apocalypse with The Dead II: India, check out the debut trailer and share your thoughts on it below. (more…)
Texas Chainsaw review
01 week ago
by Bill Howard
in Blu-ray Reviews
No film genre has as many online haters as horror. Even though horror’s popularity it at an all-time high, the horror buffs who all complained that horror was never taken seriously or that not enough horror films were being made are the same ones who are not bitching that everything is derivative, studios are ruining everything with their remakes, everything sucks. I for one am a huge fan of the new horror renaissance. And for the most part, I really dig remakes. (more…)