The Vanishing
(1988) **** This was a problematic movie for me, because of exactly the “remake” issues that have been discussed elsewhere on Horrorthon. There are two versions of The Vanishing: the acclaimed 1988...
View ArticleThe Boys From Brazil
(1978) * This is really just shooting fish in a barrel, since this movie is such complete garbage, but I have to do it anyway because I’m puzzled and troubled by a surrounding set of phenomena that...
View ArticleInterlude: the Marathon Man score
Michael Small’s music for the 1976 John Schlessinger classic Marathon Man, one of my favorite movies of all time, has never been put out on a record. (Judging by Google searches I’ve run, I’m not the...
View ArticleInterlude 2: Aeon Flux “Tide”
Before MTV commissioned the full-length Aeon Flux series (in which the characters speak out loud) there were six dialogue-free “Aeon Flux” short films which appeared on MTV’s excellent Liquid...
View ArticleThe Jacket
(2005) ** Let’s get one thing absolutely straight from the outset: I watched this movie for one reason and one reason only (and the more alert amongst Horrorthon readers have probably already figured...
View ArticleInterlude 3 (SUPER-GEEK edition)
Jordan loves digital modelsOf course everybody remembers that glorious moment when I, Jordan, posted frames from Alien selected for the purpose of showcasing the superb production design of that movie,...
View ArticleGenius I tell you!
Octopunk and I were talking about this on the phone last night. There’s a growing bilious reaction to James Cameron’s upcoming Avatar. My favorite new stuff is on Gawker, here: The Mounting Evidence...
View ArticleThe Ring
(2002) ***** “Ninety percent of science fiction is crap,” legendary sci-fi author Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985) once admitted, “but then, ninety percent of everything is crap.” The observation (now...
View ArticleJordan’s Best of Horrorthon 2009
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View ArticlePatton Oswalt: “At Midnight I Will Kill George Lucas With A Shovel”
After seeing the excellent Ratatouille last month, I realized I recognized the name of the dude who did the voice of the main character (you know, the rat who can cook), and after sitting there...
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