When I heard Peter Jackson was making the Lord of the Rings films, I knew it would impressive. I had already seen all of his early films and, despite their much smaller budgets, he made sure he stretched every penny. He never skimped on putting as much on the screen as he could. Imagine what [...]
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Halloween Pick # 4 | “Gremlins 2: The New Batch”
You really have to be a movie geek to appreciate and enjoy Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Rarely has a film paid homage to so many movies that few have ever seen, including a centrepiece musical number from the 1934 musical Dames. After Gremlins was a success in 1984 Warner Brothers hounded director Joe Dante [...]
Halloween Pick # 10 | “Starship Troopers”
I love space adventures. Hollywood never makes enough of them, and I don’t know why. I know I’m not alone. Television is full of popular series in this genre and, with CGI as effective as it is today, it should be easy to produce gobs of them. For now I have to relish the few [...]
Halloween Pick # 12 | “Tremors” & “Tremors 2: Aftershocks”
When I lived in the town of Whitby many years ago, I had a summer job where I rode around in a beat-up truck, emptying garbage cans and doing maintenance work. My companion was a grizzled middle-aged guy who always insisted on driving. He was the boss, and he was grumpy, but we had fun. [...]