NOSFERATU
I suppose this film’s tag line, “Succumb to the Darkness” is an apt sentiment in the age of global warming…
Re-boot
LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT — SHOCKTOBER!
B-Movie, BDSM, Capsules Blog, Crime Thriller, Cult Film, Grindhouse, Horror, Independent Cinema, Re-boot, Serial Killer, sex, Sexploitation, SHOCKTOBER!, Social Satire, Transgressive Cinema, War, ZERO STARS
Wes Craven’s debut film is everything wrong with exploitation cinema. Mean spirited to its core, this film’s overriding theme seems…
DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK — SHOCKTOBER!
“Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” is a nuanced horror movie modulated to incur just the right quality of nightmare.…
THE FLY — SHOCKTOBER!
Gory, gooey, and great, right through to the last frame, this is one horror movie you’ll never forget. Cole Smithey.
THE PREDATOR (REBOOT)
Oh how the mighty have fallen. Shane Black, the screenwriter for such instant classics as “Lethal Weapon” and “Kiss Kiss…
GHOSTBUSTERS [2016] — REBOOT
This predictably stagnate Hollywood reboot picks up entertaining momentum from its talented four female leads. The movie is worth watching…
SORCERER — CLASSIC FILM PICK
William Friedkin leveraged the influence he accrued with the enormous box office successes of “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist”…
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
Capsules Blog, Children's Cinema, Comic Book, Franchise, Re-boot, Superhero, THREE STARS, Women's Cinema
How quickly generations come and go. If you’re old enough to remember seeing Sam Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man, and thought Tobey…
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO — REBOOT
Capsules Blog, Drama, FOUR STARS, Franchise, Literary Adaptation, Re-boot, Video Essay, Women's Cinema
David Fincher can do a great re-make. Now, let’s hope he never does one again. By definition, remakes demand that…
THE THING — REMAKE
Debut director Matthijs van Heijningen’s update of the previously twice-made “Thing” horror movies is a completely respectable effort in spite…
STRAW DOGS — REBOOT
“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” James Marsdan’s clueless screenwriter character David Sumner uses the age-old adage to…
DINER — CLASSIC FILM PICK
Barry Levinson’s 1982 dramedy about five Baltimore buddies coming to grips with adulthood in the late ’50s owes its inspiration…
ARTHUR — RE-BOOT
Television director Jason Winer’s remake of the 1981 pseudo classic, which stared Dudley Moore, succeeds based on the casting of…
THE MECHANIC
Director Simon West has been off the big screen radar long enough to properly contemplate the slick little cinematic take-over…
TRUE GRIT
Leave it to Ethan and Joel Coen to reinvent the modern western. Cole Smithey.
LET ME IN
Proudly produced by a modern version of Hammer Films, “Let Me In” does exhibit a very interesting shade of red…
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE — RE-BOOT
Sticking fairly close to Meir Zarchi’s notorious 1978 tale of brutal gang rape and revenge, screenwriter Stuart Morse and director…
THE KARATE KID — REBOOT
Adhering closely to the original 1984 “Karate Kid” blueprint that made Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita household names, this Will…
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET — REBOOT
Subtle nods to films like “Psycho,” “The Exorcist,” and “The Shining” work to create a grotesque universe of the sleep…
DEATH AT A FUNERAL — RE-BOOT
Audiences unfamiliar with Frank Oz’s 2007 original film by the same title will find guilty laughs at Neil Labute’s less…
COLE SMITHEY’S CLASSIC CINEMA
