Last night I had the privilege of being one of the lucky people to grab a seat at the world premiere of the indie comedy Kick-Ass at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. I have to admit that I went into the premiere with extremely low expectations. I had read a few [...]

In an era when the undead have become more popular than the living, vampire films have quickly become a fashionable trend with producers churning out new projects to cater to the frenzied cravings of the masses by the dozens. In 2010 alone there are over forty new vampire projects set to be released from the [...]

**A few spoilers are contained in the review below…but just a few. Wondrous, beautiful, terrifying, genre redefining, epic… These are only a few of the words that come to mind when I reflect back on the movie 9 by Shane Acker. Earlier this afternoon I was blessed with the rare opportunity to view this amazing [...]

Lionsgate is re-releasing on DVD one of my all-time favorite vampire movies, Near Dark! The DVD Preview blog Screaming Blue Reviews has an excellent overview writeup about the film (click here). While Near Dark is definitely a product of the 80′s with a gritty Mad feel to it, the film helped to carve the way [...]

When I first heard that J.J. Abrams was crafting a new STAR TREK movie, I was a bit skeptical. After all, how could anyone truly top the already monumentally culture-altering four decades of sci-fi legacy? For weeks I have tried desperately to turn a deaf ear to the tsunamis of gushing praise other critics have [...]