The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 1, 2016

The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Nine An American Werewolf in London (1981, John Landis) / An American Werewolf in Paris (1997, Anthony Waller) Originally posted: December 9, 2010 Subscribe via iTunes.   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 1, 2016

Black Christmas has a lot of significant problems, but the film’s strengths make up for (or just distract from) a lot of them. But then there’s director Clark. He can’t make the film scary. He can make it disturbing–and often does, even when it’s not successful otherwi   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 1, 2016

“Welcome to Eltingville.” You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. You must be cautious. I suppose the first thing to say about “Eltingville” is it has a very, very limited audience. It’s a spoof of fan culture from the inside. It’s knowingl   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 31, 2016

Somewhere near the end of the second act, The Beauty Inside internally collapses. The film’s well-directed, well-acted, often quite well-written, but it’s got one heck of a MacGuffin and no one can figure out how to address it. The Beauty Inside is about a man who changes into a differe   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 31, 2016

Somewhere near the end of the second act, The Beauty Inside internally collapses. The film’s well-directed, well-acted, often quite well-written, but it’s got one heck of a MacGuffin and no one can figure out how to address it. The Beauty Inside is about a man who changes into a differe   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 26, 2016

The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Seven The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974, Tobe Hooper) / Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994, Kim Henkel) Originally posted: November 10, 2010 Subscribe via iTunes.   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 26, 2016

The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Eight The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974, Tobe Hooper) / Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994, Kim Henkel) Originally posted: November 10, 2010 Subscribe via iTunes.   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 25, 2016

Given The Bedroom Window was part of my VHS EP collection, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen it. I do know I haven’t seen it in at least a decade and I also know this time is the first I’ve ever wondered about the source novel. The...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 25, 2016

Given The Bedroom Window was part of my VHS EP collection, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen it. I do know I haven’t seen it in at least a decade and I also know this time is the first I’ve ever wondered about the source novel. The...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 23, 2016

Penthouse is a lean mystery masquerading as a class melodrama. Most of that class melodrama stuff comes at the front–and is only really ever alluded to later–making the film front-heavy. Unfortunately, so much time goes towards the melodrama, the mystery suffers. Luckily, there’s   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 23, 2016

Penthouse is a lean mystery masquerading as a class melodrama. Most of that class melodrama stuff comes at the front–and is only really ever alluded to later–making the film front-heavy. Unfortunately, so much time goes towards the melodrama, the mystery suffers. Luckily, there’s   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 19, 2016

There’s something off with Meet John Doe. Director Capra can’t find a tone for the film, but he also can’t find a pace for it. He tries to find the tone, over and over, usually with excellently directed sequences, but he just throws up his hands as far as finding...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 19, 2016

There’s something off with Meet John Doe. Director Capra can’t find a tone for the film, but he also can’t find a pace for it. He tries to find the tone, over and over, usually with excellently directed sequences, but he just throws up his hands as far as finding...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 18, 2016

The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Seven Piranha (1978, Joe Dante) / Piranha (1995, Scott P. Levy) Originally posted: August 14, 2010 Subscribe via iTunes.   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 18, 2016

I didn’t hate watching Out of Justice. I didn’t even dislike watching it some of the time. It’s never good, but it’s really dumb and director Flynn knows how to direct a dumb action movie. It feels like it could be a cheap seventies exploitation film–cop hunting gangst   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 18, 2016

The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Seven Piranha (1978, Joe Dante) / Piranha (1995, Scott P. Levy) Originally posted: August 14, 2010 Subscribe via iTunes.   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 18, 2016

I didn’t hate watching Out of Justice. I didn’t even dislike watching it some of the time. It’s never good, but it’s really dumb and director Flynn knows how to direct a dumb action movie. It feels like it could be a cheap seventies exploitation film–cop hunting gangst   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 17, 2016

The beginning of Marked for Death is nearly all right. It’s a prologue, with lead Steven Seagal–as a DEA agent–in Mexico, doing an undercover drug buy. Things go wrong. Until things go wrong, it’s not bad. Director Little has a lot of motion (which is fine when people are mo   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 17, 2016

The beginning of Marked for Death is nearly all right. It’s a prologue, with lead Steven Seagal–as a DEA agent–in Mexico, doing an undercover drug buy. Things go wrong. Until things go wrong, it’s not bad. Director Little has a lot of motion (which is fine when people are mo   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 16, 2016

I don’t want to “geek out” when I talk about Ash vs. The DC Dead. It might be embarrassing someday. But it’s hard not to be impressed with director Rosenthal’s ability to find the perfect combination of source material to reference. While the short has David VonHippche   read more