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MARCH 21 |
THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A Looney Tunes Movie
There are two family friendly animated SciFi Horror movies at the theater right now. According to theater tracking, not many people have seen this one from WB. But those who Have seen it, Critics and Audiences alike, Love it!
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MAD MAX is 45
The first time I saw this movie was in an Arthouse theater while waiting for midnight and THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (and yes, more than a few of my stories start that way).
I was knocked on my ass! No Car movie was ever like this. Not even my then beloved VANISHING POINT (I have many beloved movies).
Since that time, creator George Miller, with sequel after sequel, has never let me down. But though they are all good to great, there is only one MAD MAX.
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DREAMCATCHER is 22
"You just don't understand Stephen King!" I was told by an SK fan when, after reading King's novel, I found it to be among his weakest work.
It happens. When you're as prolific as King they can't all be winners. We all have good days and bad days, but the fan made the point that I didn't understand King.
Which is nuts!
You don't get to be the best selling Horror writer on earth, and maintain that reputation for half a century, by writing prose that's difficult for people to grasp. King has always been an outstanding communicator, among the most easily accessible.
So when the movie came out I went out to see it like the SK fan I am, and... well, the book was better for what that's worth. The same SK fan who said I couldn't "get" SK praised the movie to the skies as well. Why, if it doesn't sweep the Oscars, something's wrong!
Then Stephen King came forward to impugn the movie and the self-certified "genius" fan could only sit down and shut up. As for me, I smugly smiled in schadenfreude at the shaded shit-head. Because of my view, I didn't want to review either the book or movie, but I had two reviewers who did and this is the movie review of DREAMCATCHER.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Writer Jason Brannon (PUZZLES OF FLESH, FIVE DAYS ON THE BANKS OF ARCHERON, WINDS OF CHANGE, THE CAGE, LAKE OCTOBER, QUARTET, RUSTY NAILS, THE ORDER OF THE BULL, THE MISUNDERSTOOD AND OTHER MISFIT HORRORS, THE MAZE) is 47 years old today.
Writer Scott A. Johnson (AN AMERICAN HAUNTING, THE MAYOR'S GUIDE TO THE STATELY GHOSTS OF AUGUSTA, DEADLANDS, GHOSTS OF SAN ANTONIO, CANE RIVER: A GHOST STORY, HAUNTED AUSTIN TEXAS, CITY OF DEMONS, VERMIN: BOOK ONE OF THE STANLEY COOPER CHRONICLES, PAGES: BOOK TWO OF THE STANLEY COOPER CHRONICLES, THE JOURNAL OF EDWIN GREY, DROPLETS, ECTOSTORM: BOOK THREE OF THE STANLEY COOPER CHRONICLES) is 54.
Director Producer Karyn Kusama (ÆON FLUX, JENNIFER'S BODY, THE INVITATION, XX, DESTROYER, YELLOW JACKETS [TV]) is 57.
Actor Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker's DRACULA [1992], TRUE ROMANCE, ROMEO IS BLEEDING, LEON, THE FIFTH ELEMENT, THE CONTENDER, HANNIBAL, SIN, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, BATMAN BEGINS, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, THE DARK KNIGHT, THE UNBORN, THE BOOK OF ELI, RED RIDING HOOD, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS Part 2, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, PARANOIA, ROBOCOP [2014], DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, CHILD 44, CRIMINAL, TAU, MARY, A PLACE AMONG THE DEAD, CRISIS, and more) is 67.
Actor Jill Schoelen (Wes Craven's CHILLER, STEPFATHER, THE BITE, CUTTING CLASS, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, POPCORN, STATE OF MIND, WHEN A STRANGER CALLS BACK) is 62.
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MARCH 20 |
An Animated Family Horror Comedy?
NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE
This cg animated family Horror Comedy is doing terrible at the box office, yet wowing both Critics and audiences (who are seeing it) alike. This apparently is a big screen movie that is most enjoyable on a, you know, big screen.
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THE OMEN 3: THE FINAL CONFLICT is 43
Filming wrapped on this, the second sequel to 20th Century Fox's wildly successful THE OMEN, in 1979. So why was it released in 1981?
Read how the suits at 20th Century Fox put all the pieces into place, only to puzzle over their own picture. Read my article on THE FINAL CONFLICT.
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HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
By E.C. McMullen Jr.
Musician Chester Bennington (Band: LINKIN PARK. Movie Soundtracks: THE EXPERIMENT, THE ONE, QUEEN OF THE DAMNED, UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION, TRANSFORMERS [2007], PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, TWILIGHT, TRON: LEGACY, TRANSFORMERS: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3, ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER) is 49.
Horror host Richard Dyszel aka Count Gor DeVol (NIGHT BEAST, THE GALAXY INVADER, STAKES, COUNTESS DRACULA'S ORGY OF BLOOD, CHAINSAW SALLY, CRAWLER, RAISING THE STAKES, THE DREADFUL HALLOWGREEN SPECIAL, REVENGE OF THE DEVIL BAT, FEEDERS 3: THE FINAL MEAL, and more) is 78.
Actor Lawrence Makoare (WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED [1999], THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, DIE ANOTHER DAY, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING, THE FERRYMAN, FUNDAMENTAL, THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, TATAU [TV], OCCUPATION: RAINFALL) is 56.
Writer, Director, Producer, Stephen Sommers (DEEP RISING, THE MUMMY, THE MUMMY RETURNS, THE SCORPION KING, VAN HELSING, THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR, THE SCORPION KING: RISE OF A WARRIOR, G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA, THE SCORPION KING 3: BATTLE FOR REDEMPTION, ODD THOMAS) is 62.
Actor David Thewlis (AFRAID OF THE DARK [1991], THE TRIAL, AMERICAN PERFEKT, DIVORCING JACK, THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU, DRAGONHEART, GANGSTER NO. 1, TIMELINE, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, BASIC INSTINCT 2, THE OMEN [2006], THE INNER LIFE OF MARTIN FROST, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE, HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 & 2, ANONYMOUS, THE FIFTH ESTATE, THE ZERO THEOREM, STONEHEART ASYLUM, MACBETH [2015], REGRESSION [2015], THE FEED [TV], I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, THE SANDMAN [TV]) is 61.
Look for David in the upcoming 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, now re-set for a 2025 release Thriller, AVATAR 3. Also in 2023, 2024, 2025 LITTLEMOUTH.
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