MOVIE - “21 Jump Street” DIRECTOR – Phil Lord, Chris Miller WRITER – Michael Bacall (screenplay and story), Jonah Hill (story) SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW -Everyone knows Nick Offerman as the awesome Ron Swanson from “Parks and Recreation.” If you don’t, you need to look up Ron Swanson on YouTube and thank me later. [...]
The 1989 action movie classic “Road House” is one of the face-punchingest movies in movie history. Just how face punching? Well, it contains about 45 seconds total of people being punched in the face. Not fight scenes, not stomach punches, just fist into face action. Consider the fact that it takes less than a second [...]
There’s always one or two big moments in a romantic comedy. One character makes a confession of love to the other, and the other (usually) responds in kind and they seal their affections with a kiss. Even if they don’t kiss, or the love affair falls flat, someone has to put himself out, make a [...]
First-time director Panos Cosmatos seems to share my own love for late-70′s/early-80′s science fiction atmosphere. With his inaugural film, “Beyond the Black Rainbow“, Cosmatos looks to have fully immersed himself in the sleek, stylistic natures of a different kind of grindhouse genre, one that favors static white plastics over grimy streets, omni-tailored jumpsuits and finely [...]
Andrew sits 30 feet away from Michael Biehn at a screening of… “The Victim”!
MOVIE - “Shaft” DIRECTOR – Gordon Parks WRITER – Ernest Tidyman, John F.D. Black SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW ‑Director Gordon Parks brings an intense visual style to “Shaft.” That’s easy to do when you’re a professional photographer for Life Magazine. Parks is also the co-founder of Essence Magazine; Parks’s Hitchcock cameo is as the [...]
MOVIE – “The Woman In Black” DIRECTOR – James Watkins WRITER – Jane Goldman (script), Susan Hill (novel) SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW –Everyone knows Daniel Radcliffe played Harry Potter in the massively successful movie franchise. In the movies, Harry/Daniel’s father was played by a gentleman named Adrian Rawlings. In the 1989 version of [...]
MOVIE – “Chronicle” DIRECTOR – Josh Trank WRITER – Max Landis SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW –If the name Max Landis sounds familiar to you, then that’s because you’re a fan of Masters of Horror. He wrote the episode Deer Woman, which was directed by his father. His father? Why, he’s none other than [...]
MOVIE - “Crank” DIRECTOR – Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (as Neveldine/Taylor) WRITER – Neveldine/Taylor SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW -Co-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor are as up-close and personal as you can get. During Crank, Neveldine and Taylor were the directors, writers, and even operated the cameras. The two got their start in [...]