Grab your beer, set your lineups and welcome the new football season! Yes, thats right! The 2017-2018 NFL season is here and to help kickoff this season I’ve decided to do a top five dedicated to films about the sport. I have always loved the sport since I was a …
Read More »What Happened? A Look At Several High Profile Films That Were Never Made!
(AOTN) Ever wonder what happened to several high profile projects that various well-known directors were said to be helming, but somehow have never seen the light of day? Many of these films were either “pet projects” for the directors or they ended up getting tied up in so many legal …
Read More »The Monsters Under Your Bed and Skin: A Saturday of 70mm Horrors
Much like the 3-D craze around the same time, 70mm “blow-up” prints became something of a “go-to” in the 1970s until the mid-1990s for major blockbusters and any number of prestigious event films that remain popular today. The trend is making something of a resurgence now thanks to filmmakers like Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)
Read More »Was ‘Wonder Woman’ Just What The DC Universe Needed? We Think So And Here’s Why!
(AOTN) It seems that lately all we hear about is the laundry list of reasons why the films in the DC Universe do not seem to hold a candle to the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as the first four films that they have released all received lackluster critical …
Read More »5 Common Movie Clichés
Part of the attraction to movies, especially ones that are on the lower end of the promotional scale, is taking delight in affectionately absorbing their cliche moments. Ones in which have become so commonplace that we often now half expect them!
Read More »5 Movie Villains You Agreed With
Many motion pictures contain the theme of the battle between darkness and light. That darkness can come in many different forms depending on the narrative. But the most common shape is in the embodiment of the villain. The bad guy. From Darth Vadar to Ronno in Bambi, many antagonists are invented and affectionately
Read More »Rob Zombie’s ‘Halloween.’ A 10 Year Retrospective
The Halloween movie series had arrived at a difficult place back in 2002 when Dimension released Halloween: Resurrection, starring rapper Busta Rhymes and incorporating the then new Big Brother style concept into it's narrative. It's conclusion was standard. We had all seen it before in previous installments and any fresh ideas were seriously lacking.
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