I Spit On Your Grave Rape revenge movies are among the few genuinely controversial subgenres in cinema history. It’s good that the bad guys get what’s coming to them, but how oh how is the ACTUAL RAPE SCENE presented?? This nugget of mystery was solved for the first time ever (and only time necessary) with […]
I’m Gonna Git You Sucka Probably the most fun side effect to come from the success of the civil rights movement was the emergence of Black Action Cinema, otherwise known as blaxspoitation. With Hollywood finally embracing the notion that genre movies with mostly black casts (and with them always playing the heroes) can be profitable, […]
Ice Pirates Sometimes, a movie comes along that (rightfully) bombs with both critics and audiences but it also contains the kernels of some good ideas within its story and structure, ones that still strike a note of fresh originality to this day. That description certainly applies to this 1984 release, on the surface a pedestrian […]
In Bruges In many ways seeming like an offshoot of a Guy Ritchie film only it actually contains a heart and soul, this 2008 release from first time director Martin McDonagh is certainly original in many ways, not the least being its setting: Bruges, Belgium, showcased heavily throughout even though one of the main characters […]
In The Mouth Of Madness John Carpenter had an unprecedented, unblemished run as a director in the 1970s and 80s, coming up with one classic after another. In the 90s, he started to falter quite a bit, starting in 1991 with Memoirs Of An Invisible Man, an unfunny Chevy Chase vehicle which tried to reinvent […]
Inception It’s easy to say that our current reality is so awful on the surface that maybe the world of our dreams is the more preferable climate, while others might argue that to be self-aware and firmly grounded in the real world is the place to be. Thus is the argument raised by Christopher Nolan’s […]
Incredible Hulk Well, after Ang Lee’s disastrous attempt to make a comic book movie 5 years prior, we get this vastly improved “reboot” of the character that’s better in almost every way: The CGI technology used to bring the Hulk to life looks more lifelike and realistic, not like the giant green computer graphic we […]
Independence Day Back when the concept of the true blockbuster started in Hollywood Cinema, there was an ongoing pattern where whatever film was the highest grossing earner (regardless of quality) would always be awarded with a no brainer Oscar Nomination for Best Picture (but would usually not win). This tradition began with Jaws (widely acknowledged […]
