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Author: Mike Brooks

Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.

Incarnations of Death: A Cinematic Journey

Posted on April 4, 2025February 28, 2025 by Mike Brooks

The incarnation of Death has been a compelling and enduring subject in cinematic history. This essay examines how filmmakers have personified Death, exploring the character’s various representations, from the ominous and fearsome to the sympathetic and misunderstood. Through these portrayals, the movies delve into humanity’s complex relationship with mortality, each iteration of Death reflecting different…

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Cemetery Man (1994) – Review

Posted on April 1, 2025March 30, 2025 by Mike Brooks

“Hell, at a certain point in life, you realize you know more dead people than living” and it is with this sentiment we get an insightful look into the protagonist of Michele Soavi’s “Dellamorte Dellamore” – or Cemetery Man as it is also known – a film that masterfully blends dark humour, existential musings and…

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The Bat Woman (1968) – Review

Posted on March 28, 2025March 27, 2025 by Mike Brooks

By 1968 the Adam West-led Batman television series was already coming to a close, with Batmania fading as fast as it had exploded, but down in Mexico director René Cardona decided to bring to life his own version of “The Caped Crusader” only this offering would have a bit of a twist and some nice…

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Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things (1972) – Review

Posted on March 25, 2025March 14, 2025 by Mike Brooks

The filmography of Bob Clark is a truly interesting thing, his work includes such titles as the horror classic Black Christmas, the classic sex comedy Porky’s and one of the all-time greatest holiday movies A Christmas Story, but today we will look at one of his earliest offerings, a grim little horror flick called Children…

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) – Review

Posted on March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 by Mike Brooks

When Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released back in 1937 it wasn’t just another movie, it was a groundbreaking moment in cinematic history. Disney’s first-ever full-length animated feature film marked the beginning of an empire that would go on to shape the childhoods of generations.

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