Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles Sadly produced about ten years too late when the general moviegoing public could have cared less about the iconic 80s character, this third entry about the amicable crocodile hunter nonetheless retains the easy charm of the prior films, even if the writing and comedy bits are a lot more inconsistent. […]
Crow The instances where the star of a movie or TV show being killed on set are rare but notable (Vic Morrow, Jon-Erik Hexum, and Roy Kinnear come to mind), but the most notorious (and thus, legendary) event is no doubt the accidental death of Brandon Lee in 1993 (nearly twenty years ago) on the […]
Cry Baby There is little doubt among serious film buffs that, based on his body of work, John Waters is consistently among the worst filmmakers of all time, even by cult movie standards, and this 1990 effort, which in many ways is a cheap knockoff of Grease, is another fine example of that. The shame […]
Curse Of Chucky 1988’s Child’s Play was the auspicious start of a horror franchise where even the ads featured theatre patrons clamoring for more of its main villain Chucky, a.k.a. Charles Lee Ray, serial killer extraordinaire whom through a stroke of freak luck while being blown away by the cops transmogrified himself into a cheesy […]
Curse Of The Fly 1958’s The Fly was a stagy, dreadfully slow horror movie whose primary draw was the sight of its main character transformed into a man with an elaborate fly mask on his head. The next sequel featured his son getting the same treatment and also stumbling round the countryside with his fly […]
Cutter’s Way Sometimes an actor goes an entire career in establishing a screen persona that can almost be considered safe, reliable and dependable, essentially looking, talking and usually acting the same way (with some variation) in such a way that the persona not only comes to define the actor, but unfortunately also results in people […]
DC Cab Sometimes there’s something to be said for certain types of movies (namely comedies) where it’s quickly obvious that there was absolutely no script whatsoever and they then instead chose to derive their humor from that of their actors literally adlibbing their dialogue and comedy bits almost every step of the way with the […]
Daredevil: Director’s Cut It’s hard to believe it now, but Marvel Comics properties being made into big time movies were actually few and far between, that is until the release of the Sam Raimi / Tobey Maguire version of Spiderman in 2001, a film that was such a smash hit that it helped open the […]
Dark City: Director’s Cut A successful homage to German Expressionist work of the silent film era such as Metropolis while still incorporating a wholly original story, Alex Proyas’ sci-fi triumph has style to spare, with its magnificent cinematography and stunning set design combining to form a true work of art. Detailing a man who literally […]