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Entertainment > Movie Remakes & Adaptations Movie remakes: Comparing the original Psycho with the 1998 remake: 1 of 12
Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 masterpiece "Psycho" became a horror film template for all time and scores of imitations, good and bad, have done nothing to diminish it's impact. There was some consternation when director Gus Van Sant announced he would remake the Hitchcock classic shot-for-shot, and it was little surprise when it wa... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990): 1 of 3
You've met Norman... now meet mother.In this 1990 made-for-cable prequel (hosted by Janet Leigh for it's Showtime premiere) four years have passed since Psycho III, and Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) has been granted parole. From the home he shares with his wife Connie (Donna Mitchell) who is a nurse from the institution, he ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Halloween (1978): 5 of 11
Along with 1968's "Night of the Living Dead", if there was ever a independent horror film that caught fire with the public and critics, this is it. To date it has spawned seven sequels, a critically panned remake, and countless imitations. And on such a simple plot: Six-year-old Michael Myers (Will Sandin) murders his older s... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Psycho (1960): 4 of 8
The granddaddy of the "slasher film", Hitchcock's masterpiece was nominated for 4 Academy Awards (winning none, Hitchcock lamented that what did he need with another doorstop?) and has been imitated, parodied, and studied for nearly half a century.Mild mannered secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) is in a position where she's... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Jason Lives, Friday the 13th Part VI: 1 of 2
After the dismal reception to "Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning" - not to mention the negative fan response of having a copycat step in for Jason Voorhees - Paramount Pictures decided to rise Jason from the dead for the next entry in the series. Tommy Jarvis (Thom Mathews) is still tormented by hallucinations of derang... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Halloween 5: 1 of 2
Michael Lives, And This Time They're Ready!After being gunned down by the police and collapsing into a mine shaft at the end of "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers", this sequel opens with Michael Myers crawling out of the mine shaft, being swept down a river, and then collapsing in an shack inhabited by an old hermit, ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: My Bloody Valentine (1981): 1 of 2
After a Valentine's Day mine explosion caused by negligent supervisors eager to leave early for the town dance, sole survivor Harry Warden (Peter Cowper) returned the following year for vengeance and left a bloody warning that the town of Valentine Bluffs better not hold a Valentine's day dance ever again...or else. Twenty ye... More..
Entertainment > TV Show Reviews TV show reviews: After M*A*S*H: 1 of 1
Though little remembered today and currently unavailable on DVD, the Emmy winning series M*A*S*H did have a spinoff. In it's tenth season, Harry Morgan, Jamie Farr, and William Christopher were the only cast members in favor of continuing the series. A compromise was reached for a shortened eleventh season with a feature-leng... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Cruising (1980): 1 of 1
With the September 18 DVD release of "Cruising", prefaced by theatrical runs in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, a new generation can see one of the most maligned, misunderstood, and protested films over the past few decades. Loosely based on a series of murders of gay men in New York City's S&M subculture, the film ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Jaws 2: 1 of 1
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...Universal Studios demanded a sequel early into the success of "Jaws". An original story proposal was a prequel involving the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (the story was told by Robert Shaw in the original film) where most survivors (316 men were rescued out of ... More..