Prizzi’s Honor A film whose premise was curiously redone in recent years with the atrocious Mr. And Mrs. Smith (two contract killers fall in love, get married, then learn that they’ve been assigned to kill each other), this 1985 release, one of the last from legendary director John Huston and showered with Oscar love at […]
Pro Wrestlers Vs Zombies Any movie that carries the title “Pro Wrestlers Vs Zombies” is one which you would expect to be a FUN horror flick, a good natured romp where we as viewers can scarf down some popcorn and just enjoy the cheesy nature of the whole enterprise. It’s NOT supposed to be something […]
Producers (Original) There can be no doubt that at the end of the day, Mel Brooks will be remembered as being somebody who changed the face of film comedy forever. Aside from his (brilliantly funny) spoofs / pastiches with their anything goes for a laugh approach, Brooks could also be counted on to write original […]
Prom Night One of a series of early-80s horror flicks designed to capitalize on Jamie Lee Curtis’ newfound fame after Halloween, this low-budget Canadian tax shelter effort certainly has its share of visible boom mikes (and crew members), not to mention glaring continuity errors. Here Jamie Lee is cast as the most popular girl in […]
Prophecy This 1995 release certainly tackles an interesting subject for us theologians: What if the angels in Heaven waged war on God due to jealousy over being passed over in favor of humans for the lion’s share of His love? Certainly writer / director Gregory Widen (of Highlander fame) takes off on this religious fiction […]
Psycho You could probably count on one hand the number of movies in the history of cinema that have had a truly groundbreaking, seismic effect in the history of the industry. Such is Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 Grand Masterpiece, which among other things, changed the face of horror, set new standards in graphic violence and sexuality […]
Psycho 2 Alfred Hitchcock (perhaps unintentionally) is widely credited with inventing the “slasher” horror movie with his 1960 masterpiece Psycho, a film which not only shocked and outraged audiences at the time of its release, but also is roundly considered to be the single best piece of work that Hitchcock himself ever produced, ironic enough […]
Public Enemies A couple things that can be said right now about Michael Mann’s 2009 disaster: The art direction and production design, right down to the costumes, are immaculate and look great, and the film features both an evocative opening scene showing John Dillinger escaping from prison complemented by an appearance from character acting legend […]