Skidoo Considered to be mostly a lost and buried relic of the 60s (though its profile has been raised somewhat by a couple of showings on TCM in the past year), Otto Preminger’s tripped-out masterpiece and ode to the counterculture is aided by an incredible cast and some truly stupefying visuals, anchored by a rock-solid […]
Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow As a critic and overall fan of movies in general, I have NO problem with the idea of using an abundance of CGI to create worlds and images that normally wouldn’t be possible in cinema. However, that visual flair should always be coupled with little things like story, […]
Slap Shot The great sports movies, or in particular, the great sports comedies, don’t really seem to have a set pattern. Some can be the wild comings and goings of crazy characters in a sports setting (Caddyshack), some can be films focused on one or two characters on a given team (Bull Durham), and some […]
Slap Shot 3: The Junior League The original 1977 Slap Shot was one of the Grand Sports Movies Of All Time, a raunchy, vulgar, awesomely politically incorrect comedy classic featuring Paul Newman at his all time acerbic best backed up by a tremendous supporting cast of miscreants and misanthropes including the legendary Hansen Brothers. Part […]
Slaughter High On the surface, this 1986 release would appear to be one of the worst slasher flicks of the decade: The script and story are terrible, with awfully unfunny comic bits and dialogue that fails to capture the camaraderie among these supposed longtime friends; The acting is atrocious throughout, with most of the performers […]
Sleepaway Camp As the slasher movie sweepstakes heated up during the early 80s, several would be auteur filmmakers were desperately trying to find ways to stay ahead of the game and come up with something that would not only be successful, but also REMEMBERED by horror movie fans for years to come. This 1983 release […]
Sleepy Hollow The one thing that all the great Tim Burton films have had over the years is that so-called intangible IT factor, the thing that connects the audience to the odd and bizarre characters emotionally and thus makes the films a substantial viewing experience, and if you have a Burton film without that, what […]
Sling Blade: Director’s Cut Karl Childers, the role that made Billy Bob Thornton a cinematic superstar (and won him an Oscar for Best Screenplay) is in many ways an impressively gothic creation, and Thornton deserves credit for bringing incredible intensity to the part as well as staying in character from the first frame to the […]
Sliver After Basic Instinct had been released in 1992 and essentially defined the 90s erotic thriller, Hollywood moved rather quickly to place Sharon Stone as the star of another erotic thriller piece almost right after, this 1993 release complete with her sexually aroused face on the poster in order to lure audiences back into the […]