Excalibur The legendary story of King Arthur and his Round Table Knights Of Camelot has always made for various kinds of fodder when it comes to the different versions and interpretations of the story, ranging from a Broadway musical / movie (Camelot), an hilarious all time Undisputed Comedy Classic (Monty Python And The Holy Grail), […]
Exorcist (Director’s Cut) What defines scary in a horror movie? While many would maintain that such factors as gore, cool monsters, and cheap shock tactics fill the bill, perhaps the most important feature would be in how far said film goes to be outright DISTURBING, leaving the viewer with a feeling of dread that can […]
Exorcist 2: The Heretic In the ongoing discussion of horror sequels, it often seems that the best strategy is to take the story and (any recurring) characters in a new direction while still retaining the SPIRIT of the original, but what if the decision was made at the creative level not just to use a […]
Exorcist 3 The original Exorcist, released in 1973 and directed by William Friedkin while being written by William Peter Blatty from his own original source novel, was a true game changer in the horror genre as well as in cinema history itself, successfully using the tenets of religious faith to play upon the worst fears […]
Expendables There once was a time back in the day (the 80s) where an action movie would guarantee good gruesome violence and carnage, a wonderfully cathartic release for young people because it made them feel better that there were such legit badasses in the world helping to keep the world safe so that we could […]
Expendables 2 Sylvester Stallone’s original Expendables was a welcome return to the high octane, no pussing out style of 80s action films. Featuring amazing gunfights and explosions, good villains, and plenty of well written, high testosterone camaraderie and character development, the film succeeded on almost every level which it set out to achieve, leaving fans […]
Expendables 3 The original Expendables was like a breath of fresh air to the long since stagnant action genre, an all star shoot em up tribute to the days long past where the action films of the 1980s were true cinematic masterpieces featuring some actual stars from that era proving that they could still kick […]
Eyes Wide Shut: Unrated Stanley Kubrick’s final film is at once both confounding and astonishing, telling a story that never makes itself all too clear all for the final moral being pretty simplistic: If you’re married to someone who loves you, you NEVER take it for granted. Cruise is the star of the movie no […]
Face / Off Sometimes in the world of cinema, a nearly absurd, unbelievable premise can be overcome through the sheer force of actual, literal execution, making a great movie out of something that shouldn’t be and becoming an unlikely classic of its genre in the process. Even then, the multitudes of people who dismiss and […]
Faceless European filmmakers tend to do things a little bit differently than we do around here, especially when it comes to horror, injecting their films with enough blood, sex and grime to keep the fans coming back for more. Perhaps the Citizen Kane of the Euro Horror genre is this 1988 release, renowned for its […]