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28 Weeks Later - The Zombie Horror Returns to London

by Daniel Greenfield

When 28 Days Later first came out it was striking because it tweaked the evil zombie genre enough to raise some moral and ethical questions while raising the horror bar by giving us zombies that did not slowly... published 11 months ago

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Starship Troopers - A SciFi Anti-War Parable on DVD

by Daniel Greenfield

Some movies fail because the filmmakers made fundamental mistakes in storytelling, in pacing and characterization. Some movies fail because of timing. Starship Troopers is probably one of the best examples of... published 14 months ago

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The Ten Greatest Fantasy Films of All Time

by Daniel Greenfield

Nailing down the top Fantasy movies is much trickier than nailing down the top 10 Science Fiction movies, in part because there are much fewer Fantasy movies that are made than Science Fiction movies and... published 10 months ago

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Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines and the End of the World

by Daniel Greenfield

There are few action directors who can measure up to James Cameron. Whether filming terrorists in modern day America, robots from the future come to destroy the earth or alien nightmares in outer space, James... published 12 months ago

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One Hour Photo on DVD - Horror in Development

by Daniel Greenfield

From the moment Sy Parrish (Robin Williams) emerges on screen an aura of the kindly shopkeeper emerges on the screen, the friendly uncle all the children love and the warm persona that has taken Robin Williams... published 14 months ago

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They Live - The Alien Invasion Wears a Three Piece Suit

by Daniel Greenfield

They Live might in theory be described as a horror movie but it is a horror movie where the horror does not come from the monsters, from jagged fangs or grotesque features or hideous creatures leaping out at... published 11 months ago

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The Blob vs Body Snatchers – Jelly or pods?

by Daniel Greenfield

They Live in Fear! Horror is rooted in the fear of the unknown. With the transition of the United States along the road of a technological society through the 20th century, the locus of the unknown shifted... published 16 months ago

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The Last Legion - Rome's Final Emperor Faces His Last Battle

by Daniel Greenfield

A fallen empire. A hidden sword. A final battle. The fall of the Roman Empire has always fascinated us in part as all disasters do, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, floods, tidal waves, collapsing buildings,... published 11 months ago

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Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon - Birth of a Serial Slasher

by Daniel Greenfield

Back in 1996 Wes Craven kickstarted the teen slasher genre all over again with a Kevin Williamson script that analyzed the conventions of slasher movies like Halloween and built a movie around two killers who... published 11 months ago

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Rushmore on DVD review: Making your Life into a Play

by Daniel Greenfield

If "The Royal Tennenbaums", Wes Anderson's second major release film was formatted as a novel with chapters and narration and his third major release film, "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou " mimicked the... published 15 months ago

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