Directed by Tim Burton (2012) “Place your lips upon my posterior and kiss it repeatedly.” – Best line EVER! The original 1960s show Dark Shadows was off the air before I was a thought in my parent’s heads, but I had the pleasure of having a grandma whom liked her soaps. For instance did you …
The Road – (Limited) A 12 year old cold case is reopened when three teens are missing in an old abandoned road where a gruesome murder is left undiscovered for three decades. And then there’s this little film…
Dark Shadows Johnny Depp Pictures – A gothic-horror tale centering on the life of vampire Barnabas Collins and his run-ins with various monsters, witches, werewolves and ghosts. Based on the cult TV series. Seth Grahame-Smith (screenplay), Tim Burton, Michelle Pfeiffer
Ok, so I’m about two days too late on this, but whatever – I wrote an article on the new HVAC systems, can you say the same? Didn’t think so. Anyway, while I was doing that, The New York Times wrote an article about the new film, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and with that came …
It’s Tim Burton’s turn…Addams Family in Animated 3D Alice in Wonderland, and many, many films starring Johnny Depp director Tim Burton is reportedly going to bring the creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky Addams Family to the screen in stop motion animated 3D form. Even though I used this lovely picture from the TV show, …
Directed by Fede Alvarez (2013) No Ash? Wait, they are remaking Evil Dead, without Bruce Campbell? What? That’s crazy talk. That will never work. The Ash character is now a girl? Remember when the internet world went all flavors of nutters when that information came out about this remake. Guess what? They were WRONG! I …
After a much needed break, I have returned from my walkabout. Walkabout, that spontaneous journey through the wilderness of one’s choosing in an effort to satisfy one’s itchy feet, a need to be elsewhere, the craving for the open road, that space over the horizon… You guessed it I walked about the shoes stores across …
Directed by Andrés Muschietti 2013 I’ll just say this right off, I’m a big fan of Guillermo del Toro, so I came into Mama with bias. Technically this film was not directed by Guillermo, but by Andrés Muschietti, who actually co-wrote and directed a Spanish short by the same name in 2008. However, when you …
We laughed, we cringed, we booed and we laughed some more, because it’s us. That’s we do. I always procrastinate with this list because I see dozens upon dozens of films each year and I’m always somewhat unmoved lately that is. I long for the days of Jason and Freddie. There are just no good …
Juan de los Muertos (original title) Directed by Alejandro Brugués 2012 How can a film go wrong when you include Sid Vicious crooning Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ on its soundtrack I ask you? Answer is you cannot. This film actually had my approval with its title, ‘Juan of the Dead’. Remember that cool little British film, …