Video Review: Rooster Illusion Finally Gets Around to Reviewing ‘Argo’
Yeah, that took a while. Sorry.
Octoberween: ‘Halloween’ Gets Scarier the More You Think About It
Happy Halloween, ya turkeys! Halloween (1978): The Plot: Fifteen years after killing his teenage, not-a-virgin sister when he was six, Michael Myers (Austin Powers, The Love Guru) escapes from a mental institution and returns to his hometown so he can hunt down some baby sitters, because, uh…well, one girl totally keeps having sex with her…
Strange Bacon Saturday Week 2; The Shrine
It’s been said before that a good horror movie is contingent upon having a group of idiots making idiotic decisions repeatedly, ultimately resulting in their demise. If we consider The Shrine, a 2010 film centered around an over-ambitious journalist, it should be noted that in some cases, only one of the characters needs to be…
Octoberween: ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ Tries So Hard, You Guys
HOLY CRAP IT IS ALMOST HALLOWEEN I HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR COSTUMES READY. What am I going as, you ask? Not sure. It’s a toss-up between Skinny Indiana Jones (Skindiana Jones?) and Video Store Clerk Who Didn’t Make a Costume. But enough of my wicked awesome Halloween plans. Let’s get on to the important stuff,…
Strange Bacon: Week 1. -The Corridor- A pleasantly eerie, tense independent horror film done right.
Hey, this is Colin French. I’m a pessimist, satirist, and an underachiever as well as a former Canadian Studies major. I’ll be doing mostly Canadian films, and if at some point one slips in here that isn’t entirely made-in-Canada, well, then that just means you’re paying attention. Its a win-win situation. Each movie is somebody’s baby,…
Single-Malt Movies: A Clockwork Orange and Moloko Plus
Welcome to my column Single-Malt Movies! Here, I’ll be pairing movies with famous drinks from the movies or my own cocktail creations inspired by the movies. So, before you start reading this review or watching the movie (take your pick), I present to you Moloko Plus, from A Clockwork Orange (1971). Moloko Plus 1 oz. Absinthe 1…
Second Breakfast Strikes Again… and again and again
How about that time pun in the title, folks? Looper (2012) Verdict: Better than Predator 2
