Orignally written for Film Radar. In this CGI World, BLACK SHEEP (see trailer here ) is refreshing look at the horror comedy. Out of New Zealand, the sheep gone wild tale incorporates old school filmmaking reminiscent of early the Sam Raimi classics. Director Jonathan King has interjected an element that has been missing in horror […]

In Houston last weekend, while nursing my first Shiner Bock and my fifth of an eventual 27 mosquito nipples, (a new weekend record), I read a great piece in the Houston Chronicle. Gov. Rick Perry, W’s handpicked heir, has signed a $22 million dollar bill to lure us non-heartland types to make movies in Texas. […]

I have often thrown around the phrase “God writes lousy theater.” CRAZY LOVE is a rare exception to this rule. Touching and more than just a little creepy, the Sundance fave is a well made doc that pretty much everyone can relate too.  With revenge fantasy shows like EX-WIVES CLUB showing up this summer,. CRAZY […]

Wes Craven directs a romantic comedy? A funny Mime? Barbet Schroeder sells Asian Hair Products to a kickboxing beautician? Only in PARIS, JE T’AIME.  First released at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, 17 World Class directors descended on Paris each to shoot a short about the different districts.  The result is a kaleidoscope of tales […]

Originally writter for FILM RADAR   Sometimes a movie just doesn’t need a plot. THE SALON, director Mark Brown’s (the BARBERSHOP movies) third voyage into the world of cosmetic artists puts together an extremely watchable ensemble cast of characters that could turn into a sleeper success.

In the second of a three part interview series, CRACKPOT PRESS sits down with Wes Craven to discuss his segment of the new anthology film PARIS J’TAIME. While Craven was assigned the district with the cemetery, he has put together a romantic and funny short on a couple’s pending nuptials.  Craven talks about Falling in […]

Wes Craven directs a romantic comedy? A funny Mime? Barbet Schroeder sells Asian Hair Products to a kickboxing beautician? Only in PARIS J’TAIME.  First released at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, 17 World Class directors descended on Paris each to shoot a short about the different districts.  The result is a kaleidoscope of tales that […]

As a mid-30’s male, I missed out on the JOAN OF ARCADIA/ SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS craze of the last few years. My first real exposure to Amber Tamblyn has been an intense and thought provoking indie film by Hilary Brougher, STEPHANIE DALEY. Amber gives a powerhouse performance as the pale-faced and insecure title […]

Originally, written for Film Radar.  Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer have toured over 100 Film Festivals with their new ecological documentary PLAGUES AND PLEASURES OF THE SALTON SEA. Narrated by John Waters, the doc duo explore the lives of those who call an ecological disaster home. A surprising funny yet  Recently, the two spoke to […]

Interview with Directors Jeff Springer and Chris Metzler here    When Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth’ came out, it was overwhelming. What could one person possibly do to reverse the trend? A new documentary, PLAGUES AND PLEASURES OF THE SALTON SEA, sheds light on a smaller problem. That is if you consider a sea a […]