It’s been a tough time for Hammer. The iconic production company has, of course, been behind some of the most famous horror films ever (The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy etc) but from the ’70s, they completely lost their stride. They emerged from hibernation in the previous decade but none of their releases (The Resident, Let Me In) managed to rake in the dough. Hence, one can say that they must be looking at The...

$50. That’s the amount I spent on getting this site revamped. Regular readers (yes, both of you) might remember that the first iteration of this site was Spartan in its austerity. Many people close to me (and some not close to me, brazenly enough) had pointed out that the site’s design desperately needed sprucing up and come July, I finally got around to it. I spent a lot of time mulling over the redesign and was quite pleased...

I’m not the right person to review The Myth of the American Sleepover. The thing is, I had already fallen in love with this movie the minute I heard the comparisons to Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, Greg Mottola’s Adventureland,  and George Lucas’ American Graffiti. Any film that can be spoken of in the same breath as these three beauties already has my appreciation and admiration. But regardless of...

I saw The Lion King 3D alone. When I say “alone”, I mean it literally. I was alone in the entire auditorium. So yeah, this will probably go down as one of my most memorable theatrical experiences… ever. I’ve never seen the film in theaters; heck, I hadn’t even seen it at home in years. The opportunity to see it on the big screen (with an added dimension, no less) made me salivate. The only hiccup at the...

There was quite the flutter this weekend when a red-band trailer for David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo leaked online. Not only was it our first look at the highly-anticipated movie, the very nature of its release soon became suspicious. The image quality was surprisingly good for something shot in a theater, the audio was pristine and in stereo, the trailer wasn’t taken down on Youtube despite getting over 1.5...

This is not a review of the new Marvel superhero film, Thor. This article is not about the charismatic performances Chris Hemsworth & Tom Hiddleton give in the movie. It’s not about how generic & predictable the film’s plot is. It’s not about the clunky allusions to the upcoming superhero teamup, The Avengers (or Marvel’s The Avengers – its official, even clunkier title). I am clarifying all this before...