I guess a "kind of" sequel would make sense, given that a straight sequel starring Cage would be somewhat difficult to do when his character was killed by being bathed in a deep-fryer. Hopefully, he can tap into that reservoir of mega-acting goodness once more.

He didn't do a bad job of narrating Side by Side (the doc about the rise of digital photography in filmmaking), but that was still largely focused on the interviews themselves, as this seems to be as well.

Through no fault of the film itself, I don't think anyone holds up The Hurt Locker as the encapsulation of a particular moment in history. Hell, the "boy, the Iraq War sure was hell" character piece got a genuine blockbuster performer in the form of American Sniper, which was just barely two years ago.

There was a lot of early buzz prior to the screenings at NYFF, but most of it could be summed up as "holy crap, it's a new Ang Lee movie and he's pushing technology to places where it's never been before on film." He's been such a critical darling for such a long time that he really doesn't need a whole lot more to…

I don't think I understood a single line of dialogue from any of the characters. Seagal sounds like he's stuffing his cheeks full of seeds as he prepares for hibernation this winter.

Incidentally, the girl that falls into the barb wire and the girl that gets her throat slashed are, in fact, the same girl.

There is never a bad time to recommend the hell out of Memories of Murder. It's very much in the same mold as Zodiac, but Bong Joon-ho puts a lot of emphasis on how out of their depth that the lead investigators on this case are, which manifests itself in some really pleasingly idiosyncratic ways. It's on Hulu these…

Again, I don't have a problem with the film being unrealistic, as I fully expect virtually every fictional serial killer film to push the boundaries of belief. What I was getting at was how far this pushed past that boundary, and subsequently dampened the impact of its savagery and of its bigger thematic moments for…

Does anyone want Eli Roth to continue to make movies?

Funny enough, I asked my sister (who lives in South Korea with her husband and family) if there was a serial killer problem in the country, and then telling her that I saw this film after asking that question. She works in the film industry part time, so I don't think she even realized how crazy the plot sounded until…

I think there's a big difference between a killer being eventually set off by a simple external factor and a killer having the luck to run into two different pairs of killers working in tandem, in the same week no less, and somehow becoming friendly with the one that are eating people.
I'm not one to mind stretching…

Is it crazy that I find it harder to buy IStD than I do any supernaturally-tinged slasher? While I certainly applaud the level of filmmaking craft that went into it, there comes a point when you have to realize that it's a film with approximately four serial killers too many. It's so silly and ridiculous that I can't…

I think Holland earns that title with his body of work in the genre. I will say that the only remaining member of the quartet that would be in contention for that title is Manfredini, as it's virtually impossible to think of slasher movies without muttering CHU CHU CHU, HA HA HA at some point.

I guess there wasn't enough cocaine in the boardroom that day.

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I think JCVD is one of the producers on this remake, so I think the simple explanation is he helps to get checks written.

Michael Biehn landed that response flawlessly. Maybe his best work in the entirety of Grindhouse, which is no small feat considering how fiercely committed he was throughout Planet Terror.

Skeet Ulrich has always struck me as being incapable of playing anything other than scuzzy douchebags. I wasn't surprised to see him fall off so quickly after Scream, since looking like Johnny Depp wasn't really all that helpful when that was an era where no one even wanted to Johnny Depp in films. Why settle for the…

Funny enough, Tom Hanks' role is a pretty early example of a slasher film that's aware of what it is. His character talks about why people go to horror movies and tries to address the common complaints from critics. It's a side note that's just as interesting as the fact that it's being delivered by a future A-lister,…

It's hard to feel guilty about not liking her when she's batting a thousand on being the worst thing about many of the things she's involved with. She's the real-life manifestation of every nerd complaint about Melissa McCarthy. Her burst of popularity is truly inexplicable.