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Rated R for disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behavior, sexuality and language. 139 Minutes Directed By: David Fincher Written By: Jim Uhls Staring: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier, George Maguire, and Jared Leto This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time. -Narrator Review Every once in awhile a movie happens that changes your perspective on not just film but even your life.  Fight Club was one of those rare films.  It simultaneously made you laugh, ... Continue Reading

Rated PG-13 for violent and disturbing content and thematic material. 104 Minutes Directed By: Chris Carter Written By: Frank Spotnitz and Chris Carter Staring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Bill Connelly, Xzibit, Michael Pileggi, and Adam Godley This isn't my life anymore, Mulder. I'm done chasing monsters in the dark. -Dana Scully Review No more Stargate and no more X Files.  What was Vancouver doing without their beloved Science Fiction shows being shot?  Each continue to make films and carry on their legacies, but unfortunately for ... Continue Reading

Rated R for language throughout, and some violence. 116 Minutes Directed By: Clint Eastwood Written By: Nick Schenk Staring: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, Brian Haley, Geraldine Hughes, Dreama Walker, Brian Howe, John Carroll Lynch, and Abney Her I'll blow a hole in your face then go inside and sleep like a baby. -Walt Kowalski Review Why on earth wasn't this acknowledged at the Academy Awards?  I don't usually agree with the snobbery of good ole Oscar, but how shamelessly this film was ignored is dumbfounding.  ... Continue Reading

Rated PG-13 for nudity, sex-related dialogue and humor. 94 Minutes Directed By: Jay Roach Written By: Mike Myers Staring: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Mimi Rogers, Seth Green, Will Ferrell, Robert Wagner, Mindy Sterling, Fabiana Undenio, Carrie Fisher, Tom Arnold, Michael McDonald, and Clint Howard The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year ... Continue Reading

Since I'm not enjoying the direction the battle of the sequels has taken, I've decided to take on a new inspiration for Friday's or Saturdays.  Since I spend most of my weekends at the job that pays the bills I'm going to try a new idea.  So Fridays are now the official day of Monster Madness because my nightmare also begins on the weekend.  So here is my first "Movie Monster".  I'm starting by using the title "Monster" ambiguously and ... Continue Reading

Rated PG-13 for Violence and Adult Themes 119 Minutes Written By: Evan Hunter Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock Staring: Tippi Hendrin, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, Susanne Pleshette, and Veronica Cartright ” I thought you knew! I want to go through life jumping into fountains naked, good night!” -Melanie Daniels Review The Birds may not be Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest film, but it still easily makes it in the top five.  One common parallel I’ve noticed throughout the years is Hitchcock’s attraction to magnificent blond bombshells and then putting them ... Continue Reading

10.The Stand As far as books adapted to film The Stand is one of the best.  Though it was a monstrous multiple part made for TV movie, it is a story so undeniable and creative it is still massively entertaining even now.  Stephen King doesn't always translate perfectly into movies but this is a magnificent tale of survival after a man made Apocalypse, a fear displayed again and again in film and novella, King manages to make his own twist ... Continue Reading

86 Minutes Written and Directed By: Phil Messerer Staring: Devon Bailey, Eilis Cahill, Jo Jo Hristova, Michael Strelow, Myles Angus MacVane, Evan Lucas, Peter Morr, Anthony Morelli, Samantha Phillips, and Chase Gilbertson Mom, you have to stop treating me like a child. I just turned 16. Palestinian girls blow themselves up at my age. -Lara Baxter Review I was just reading a conversation on "The Film Reel" the other day about how modern commercial horror films pretty much fail and the only way to see ... Continue Reading

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