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Spoiler Alert! Some Thoughts On Twist Endings
By Ezra Stead Since M. Night Shyamalan’s much-ballyhooed 1999 feature The Sixth Sense, twist endings have gotten something of a bad rap, and usually with good reason. After all, in many cases they are...
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Absolute Corruption – Three Films About Power
By Ezra Stead Citizen Kane, USA, 1941 Directed by Orson Welles Scarface, USA, 1932 Directed by Howard Hawks Beauty and the Beast, France, 1946 Written and Directed by Jean Cocteau Never before or since...
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Movie Haiku
By Ezra Stead Let’s stray from the beaten path for awhile, shall we? Instead of a review in the usual format, today I’d like to offer up thoughts on over 25 films, mostly some of my favorites, but with...
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5 Remakes That Are (Arguably) Better Than The Original
By Ezra Stead Remakes of classic films have an even worse track record than sequels when it comes to relative quality. Whether they change everything and ruin the whole idea (Frank Oz’s 2004 Stepford...
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I, Frankenstein – We, Bored
By Ezra Stead I, Frankenstein, Australia / USA, 2014 Directed by Stuart Beattie The longer you watch I, Frankenstein, the harder it is to believe that it is an actual theatrical feature and not just a...
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Dukin’ It Out With The Babadook
By Mike Shaeffer The Babadook, Australia / Canada, 2014 Written and Directed by Jennifer Kent “Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.” ― Emilie Buchwald When marketing an independent...
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Spooktober 2017: The Return
By Ezra Stead As always, I am not finished almost exclusively watching horror movies for the year, nor will I be once Halloween night has come and gone; this will likely continue throughout November....
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