Let’s not fool ourselves: There’s only one truly great film with a killer shark at its center.
As goofy golf movies go, Caddyshack II isn’t even on par with Happy Gilmore.
The Frankensteinian rebellion of orcas against their corporate captors turns this doc into a sort of showbiz horror film.
Monstrosity, terror, and horror all correspond in some way to chaos in its old-fashioned sense and with chaos in its scientific sense.
Jaws is the definitive comedy posing as a monster movie, and this must-own Blu-ray allows it to look and sound as it never has before.
Some of cinema’s most awesome sights are those that envision our future.
It’s ironic that the talking-heads interviews in Alex Stapleton’s documentary feel so self-conscious.
Its sensational content aside, Jaws doesn’t have a whole lot in common with what we now think of as summer blockbusters.
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2011: Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Roger Corman has had as much influence over modern Hollywood as Spielberg or Scorsese, and for good reason.
Junk Palace is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship well worth the small expense of time it takes to see it.
This past summer should have belonged to Joe Dante.
I still recoil in pleasurable fear every time that shark rears up out of the water.
What makes a great movie monologue?
Summer’s here, and the time is right for a summary of all things cinematically summery.