When it comes to the movies, sex and horror go together like peanut butter and jelly. In the case of most horror movies, having sex is like painting a target on your forehead for some axe-wielding maniac to come and kill you, but in the Canadian film Shivers the very act itself can lead to…
Category: Reviews
The Story of O (1975) – Review
The 70s were an interesting time for sex in the cinema as films that would be considered outright pornos by today’s standards were getting legitimate theatrical releases, being reviewed by notable papers and critics, and earning tons of money. Now, when one looks back at such films as Behind the Green Door (1972) Deep Throat…
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968) – Review
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy was the last of the Sy Weintraub Tarzan movies and after this installment Weintraub moved the Lord of the Jungle off the big screen and onto television with Ron Ely starring as Tarzan. In this final chapter Tarzan returns to Africa but in reality its filming locations were all in…
Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (2013) – Review
There is no shortage of films about the movie industry, from Bill Wilder’s film noir Sunset Blvd to Robert Altman’s satirical The Player to silly films like Hal Needham’s Hooper, we as viewers are fascinated by that celluloid world. Now, in Shion Sono’s Why Don’t You Play in Hell? we get the bloodiest look at…
The Shadow Rising: Robert Jordan – Book Review
The journey to Tarmon Gai’don begins here.