I was fortunate enough to have parents who were part of the “Greatest Generation” so I was exposed to all of the classics at a very early age. From Big Band music with Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman to black ...

I decided to revisit the lost Hollywood art form of the epic movie.

Mutant Swinger from Mars is a “found footage” masterpiece from the 1950s directed by Orton Z. Creswell. For anyone who enjoys sci-fi B-movies this spoof from the mind of independent filmmaker Michael Kallio is on point and highly entertaining. Borrowing ...

In the 90’s and the early 00’s, indie features were plentiful. Cinema was alive with original ideas and audiences craved non-cookie cutter films. Taboo subjects could be presented, and while some were disturbed by the controversial storylines, these productions were ...

In 1995 on New Year’s Eve, Josh Becker had an idea. Born out of a session pondering Alfred Hitchcock’s legendary, true crime classic, Rope, he decided that he was going to improve upon the master of suspense’s legendary concept of ...

When I first saw Vincent Ward’s What Dreams May Come (1998), I was living in California and my mother and I went to a matinee showing. Robin Williams was still alive and although he won the Academy Award for Good ...

There are certain actors that are the entertainment industry’s utility players. These are the talented individuals that can move from genre to genre and are consistently working. They may not have achieved the kind of stardom that Tom Hanks or ...

Sometimes out of chaos, works of art are created. It isn’t unheard of, especially in Hollywood. Throughout the decades there have been less than favorable partnerships that have resulted in absolutely brilliant films on screen.  John Ford was a taskmaster ...

I will admit to being highly interested in the paranormal. Ever since I was a child, I gravitated toward the weird and unusual. The idea of ghosts didn’t frighten me rather I was intrigued by the notion that there would ...