Category: Ric Review

French Connection 2 The very tricky business of sequels is one that at times can make or break the most beloved franchises within the film industry. Sometimes a sequel can be SO bad that it can literally ruin the genre from whence the original film came (like with Smokey And The Bandit 2 and the […]

Frequency Defttly combining elements of sentimental family drama, sci-fi time travel fantasy, and taut serial killer thriller, director Gregory Hoblit comes up with his best effort to date thanks to the brilliant story and concept by writer Toby Emmerich. As the cop who manages to connect to his long-dead father 30 years earlier via HAM […]

Friday Considered by many to be the Up In Smoke of the 90s, this is a movie from 1995 that doesn’t quite live up to that standard (at least Cheech and Chong WENT places) but does make the most out of its limited locations and premise. Ice Cube stars as Craig, a guy who had […]

Friday The 13th (Original) (Uncut) Taking its cue from earlier masterpieces such as Psycho, Black Christmas, and Carpenter’s Halloween, Sean Cunningham’s 1980 horror classic inspired the phenomenon that still lasts to this day, and was widely credited as the first “slasher” to employ gruesome and realistic makeup FX to document its kills. The film’s only […]

Friday The 13th (Remake) Taken as another entry in the series, this reboot/rehash of Parts 1-3 stands as about a middle in the road entry in the legendary horror series. It’s interesting that unlike many others of its kind, one would need a certain working knowledge of the older films to understand much of Jason’s […]

Friday The 13th Part 2 The second entry in the classic series, which can almost be called Jason’s “virgin outing”, is also sadly the weakest in the series, coming off at times as a “laying of the groundwork” when it comes to the actual Friday formula rather than a fresh exciting entry in and of […]

Friday The 13th Part 3: 3-D The third entry in the series, finally released in its proper form of 3-D on DVD, uses the gimmick well, but in many ways doesn’t hide the fact that there really isn’t much of a story here, but instead a continuation of Jason’s killing spree from Part 2. It’s […]

Friday The 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter For a series that was always like the champagne and caviar of its particular subgenre, this 4th (though truly not final) entry in the series elevated things pretty well, partly by bringing back Tom Savini as the FX designer and partly by having one of the best […]

Friday The 13th Part 5: A New Beginning At this point in the famed series, the producers actually started toying around with a daring concept: What if Jason Voorhees was indeed dead, and the mantle of the new villain was passed on to the kid that had killed him, Tommy Jarvis? Here, played by John […]

Friday The 13th Part 6: Jason Lives After toying with the idea of having Tommy Jarvis pick up the mantle as the new Friday The 13th villain, the producers decided to give in to the fans and bring back the main man himself. As the film opens with Jarvis (now played by Thom Mathews) driving […]