The Amityville Horror (1979, Stuart Rosenberg)
Despite not watching the horror franchises of the eighties while growing up in the eighties, I was familiar enough with them to know most franchises—so long as they started with an A list cast—had a...
View ArticleSuperman (1978, Richard Donner), the extended cut
The extended version of Superman runs three hours and eight minutes, approximately forty-five minutes longer than the theatrical version (Richard Donner’s director’s cut only runs eight minutes longer...
View ArticleBlack Christmas (1974, Bob Clark)
Black Christmas has a lot of significant problems, but the film’s strengths make up for (or just distract from) a lot of them. But then there’s director Clark. He can’t make the film scary. He can make...
View ArticleThe Hitchhiker (1983) s03e01 – Nightshift
The big problem with Nightshift, an episode of “The Hitchhiker,” is how William Darrid’s teleplay handles the protagonist. Margot Kidder plays a retirement home nurse who preys on her charges–little...
View ArticleThe Amityville Horror (1979, Stuart Rosenberg)
Despite not watching the horror franchises of the eighties while growing up in the eighties, I was familiar enough with them to know most franchises—so long as they started with an A list cast—had a...
View ArticleSuperman (1978, Richard Donner), the extended cut
The extended version of Superman runs three hours and eight minutes, approximately forty-five minutes longer than the theatrical version (Richard Donner’s director’s cut only runs eight minutes longer...
View ArticleBlack Christmas (1974, Bob Clark)
Black Christmas has a lot of significant problems, but the film’s strengths make up for (or just distract from) a lot of them. But then there’s director Clark. He can’t make the film scary. He can make...
View ArticleThe Hitchhiker (1983) s03e01 – Nightshift
The big problem with Nightshift, an episode of “The Hitchhiker,” is how William Darrid’s teleplay handles the protagonist. Margot Kidder plays a retirement home nurse who preys on her charges–little...
View ArticleSuperman II (1980, Richard Lester), the restored international cut
I read about the Superman II restored international cut (RIC)–a fan effort to compile all the extra Superman II footage from various television prints, mostly from foreign markets–in Entertainment...
View ArticleThe Amityville Horror (1979, Stuart Rosenberg)
Despite not watching the horror franchises of the eighties while growing up in the eighties, I was familiar enough with them to know most franchises—so long as they started with an A list cast—had a...
View ArticleSuperman (1978, Richard Donner), the extended cut
The extended version of Superman runs three hours and eight minutes, approximately forty-five minutes longer than the theatrical version (Richard Donner’s director’s cut only runs eight minutes longer...
View ArticleBlack Christmas (1974, Bob Clark)
Black Christmas has a lot of significant problems, but the film’s strengths make up for (or just distract from) a lot of them. But then there’s director Clark. He can’t make the film scary. He can make...
View ArticleThe Hitchhiker (1983) s03e01 – Nightshift
The big problem with Nightshift, an episode of “The Hitchhiker,” is how William Darrid’s teleplay handles the protagonist. Margot Kidder plays a retirement home nurse who preys on her charges–little...
View ArticleThe Amityville Horror (1979, Stuart Rosenberg)
Despite not watching the horror franchises of the eighties while growing up in the eighties, I was familiar enough with them to know most franchises—so long as they started with an A list cast—had a...
View ArticleSuperman II (1980, Richard Lester), the restored international cut
I read about the Superman II restored international cut (RIC)–a fan effort to compile all the extra Superman II footage from various television prints, mostly from foreign markets–in Entertainment...
View ArticleSuperman (1978, Richard Donner), the extended cut
The extended version of Superman runs three hours and eight minutes, approximately forty-five minutes longer than the theatrical version (Richard Donner’s director’s cut only runs eight minutes longer...
View ArticleBlack Christmas (1974, Bob Clark)
Black Christmas has a lot of significant problems, but the film’s strengths make up for (or just distract from) a lot of them. But then there’s director Clark. He can’t make the film scary. He can make...
View ArticleNightshift (1985, Phillip Noyce)
The big problem with Nightshift, an episode of “The Hitchhiker,” is how William Darrid’s teleplay handles the protagonist. Margot Kidder plays a retirement home nurse who preys on her charges–little...
View ArticleSuperman (1978, Richard Donner), the extended cut
The extended version of Superman runs three hours and eight minutes, approximately forty-five minutes longer than the theatrical version (Richard Donner’s director’s cut only runs eight minutes longer...
View ArticleBlack Christmas (1974, Bob Clark)
Black Christmas has a lot of significant problems, but the film’s strengths make up for (or just distract from) a lot of them. But then there’s director Clark. He can’t make the film scary. He can make...
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