Stir Of Echoes Sometimes the most important factor when it comes to the success of a movie is merely timing. 1999 saw the release of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense, a mindbending supernatural thriller with arguably the most talked about must see ending since Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (and just about as openly referenced today […]
Stone Cold The biker movie genre is one that is sparse with true undisputed classics, in many ways because Hollywood has rarely gotten it right when it comes to depicting real life motorcycle gangs with any discernible accuracy whatsoever. Certainly Brando’s The Wild One was an early benchmark, along with a slew of mostly low […]
Strange Brew If there was any true rival to the early manic comic genius days of Saturday Night Live, then it would have to be the legendary Canadian sketch comedy show SCTV which spawned many major stars in their own right such as John Candy, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy, and Catherine O’Hara. When the Canadian […]
Strange Invaders Sci fi alien invasion movies of The 1950s were elegant parables of such things as a possible nuclear holocaust and the dangers of Communism, often carried to ridiculous extents with the help of cheesy special effects and even cheesier acting, mildly entertaining most people of that time but with the exception of a […]
Straw Dogs There’s some movies that deal with fantasy and fantastical elements and then there are some movies that deal with truth, and Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 effort, one of the most controversial films of all time when it was released, is certainly reflective of that fact, that the truth, and reality can be a very […]
Streets Of Fire Has there ever been a more underrated director than Walter Hill? A guy who has made many slam bang action classics peppered with heavy doses of both macho intensity and almost comic book levels of violence and dialogue. Hill is one of those guys for whom style is everything and the script […]
Stripes Bill Murray of course first broke through in replacing Chevy Chase on Saturday Night Live and the switch was appropriate with both of them exuding the same wry, sardonic wit which would make them appear to be the coolest and funniest guy in the room (although Chase did it better). From there on Murray […]
Student Bodies A film that much of the time shows flashes of brilliance and borderline genius, this slasher spoof, billed as the “World’s First Horror Comedy” before the days of Scary Movie, is interesting because (with the exception of Richard Belzer, going under the alias “Richard Brando”) it features a cast of entirely no-name actors. […]
Stunt Man This film (shot in 1978 but released in 1980) marked the return to major roles for the legendary Peter O’Toole after a nervous breakdown, and was seen as somewhat of a triumph, garnering a Best Actor Oscar nom for O’Toole as well as nominations for the screenplay and director Richard Rush, but was […]
Suck I can still remember back in the 80s when indie filmmakers plied their trade for one purpose, and that was to ENTERTAIN in a way the mainstream never could, and out of that mindset sprung some works of true genius. In recent years, indie film has come to represent boring, pretentious, pet “personal” projects, […]