Horror stories can take place in a variety of places, from an isolated cabin in the woods to a Gothic manor full of dark hallways and mystery, but one of the scariest locations in cinema history is that of a 12-year-old girl’s bedroom. Based on William Peter Blatty’s novel of the same name, director William…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
The Big Bus (1976) – Review
The disaster movie is almost as old as Hollywood itself but it didn’t became a genre unto itself until the 1970s with such offerings as Irwin Allen’s The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno and countless others, so by the end of the decade its no surprise that this genre was ready for a parody. …
Fathom (1967) – Review
In the late 1960s 20th Century Fox were doing their best to cash in the spy craze created by the popular James Bond movies with such less than stellar entries as Modesty Blaise, and today we will be looking at another fun if unsuccessful attempt at capturing Bondmania, this one starring Raquel Welch as the…
Modesty Blaze (1966) – Review
In the 1960s United Artists was making truckloads of money with their James Bond films so every other studio worth its salt were looking for their own secret agent to milk the spy craze with, which led to such offerings as Dean Martin’s Matt Helm and James Coburn’s Derek Flint, but today we will be…
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) – Review
“A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty Hi-Yo Silver! The Lone Ranger!” and it was with these thrilling words that millions of children became riveted to their television sets each and every week to follow the adventures of The Lone Ranger and his faithful sidekick Tonto. Needless…