Suspiria

I realize Suspiria is a highly regarded classic in the horror movie genre. The film has an amazing score, brilliant cinematography and a legendary director. But it is one of the most boring movies I've ever watched.

10 DVDs every collection should have

My ten:

The Godfather
The Ten Commandments
Rocky
Saving Private Ryan
The Color Purple
The Shawshank Redemption
Full Metal Jacket
Reservoir Dogs
Star Wars
Monty Python & The Holy Grail

Hollywood 2k

A lot of modern Hollywood films (from 2k on) seem to share several common factors: Gross over use of CGI, lack of compelling storytelling, little or no character development, massive plot holes (tied to bad storytelling). Hollywood is now creating film for the least common denominator among cinema fans. The people who aren't intellectually capable of following more intricately crafted storylines and who only go for big explosions and big effects.

My Favorite Child Actors

The following is a list of my personal favorite child actors. They may not be the best in your opinion, but they were always the kids I most enjoyed watching on the big screen. I've added the film I most remember them for beside their names.

1. Sean Astin (The Goonies)
2. Cory Haim (Lucas)
3. Cory Feldman (The Lost Boys)
4. Christinna Ricci (The Addams Family)
5. Elijah Wood (The Good Son)
6. Wil Wheaton (Stand By Me)
7. Winona Ryder (Heathers)
8. Meredith Salenger (The Advs of Natty Gann)
9. Rory Culkin (Signs)
10. River Phoenix (Stand By Me)

* honorable mention

Fairuza Balk (Return to Oz)

My Top 10 Comic Book Superhero Movies

Top 10 Superhero Movies

1. Batman: The Dark Knight
2. Hellboy
3. Blade
4. Batman Begins
5. Unbreakable
6. Iron Man
7. Spider-Man
8. Iron Man 2
9. Captain America
10. Thor

The Fog (2005) DVD

Firstly let me agree with everyone that John Carpenter's original "The Fog" was a horror masterpiece. I saw it as a kid when it was a new film and it scared the crap out of me. Let me also agree with the majority that The Fog really didn't need a "remake". The film stands the test of time well. It's just as scary today as ever. However, let me disagree that the remake was a complete disaster. No, it wasn't as good as the original. The CGI ghosts do look like rejects from Disney's Haunted Mansion. But the film does deliver a couple of good jumps, and it does manage to brew up a creepy atmosphere in certain spots. Also, the acting wasn't horrendous. Tom Welling, Maggie Grace and Selma Blair turn in "ok" performances. Oscar worthy, no. But this is a horror film. And a 2k horror film at that. The Fog remake gets a seriously bad rap in online forums and by film critics. But not by me. It's an enjoyable scare flick for a lazy evening. two and a half out of five stars. And the DVD only cost me $3 at Big Lots. All in all. Score for me.

8 Random Thoughts at 3:12 a.m.

* I miss when TV stations went off the air at 2 a.m. and would bid you goodnight and a good morning before playing the Star Spangled Banner.
* I could live the rest of my life perfectly happy if I had enough cash to live in a modest little home in some rural setting and spend my days gardening and tending to rabbits in a hutch or sitting on my porch and listening to the radio or reading my Bible. I'd only need to go into town for groceries.
* I really love to read, but reading puts me to sleep anymore. More than one or two chapters and I'm dozing like a baby full of mother's milk.
* I've always wanted one room of the apartment I live in to be a personal library or movie room. But I've never had enough money or an extra room to do that. Maybe one of these days.
* I wish I had the heavy old quilt my dad used to have when I was a kid. It had been in the family for so many years. But after he died, relatives swarmed his house like vultures and most of his things I never saw again.
* I miss my mom's homemade biscuits and skillet gravy for breakfast.
* I found out my grandpa passed away last year. Nobody bothered to tell me until recently. I hadn't seen him since 1985, when he and my mom had their falling out and he left California. I really miss him. He was a cool old guy. A spikey haired, blue eyed little Irishman who always had a song, a joke or an observation about life to share. And a quick temper you really didn't want to be on the other side of. I'm sorry I never managed to see you again, Pappy. I never knew where you went to until now. I passed near to Oklahoma so many times in the years between the late 80s and your passing, never knowing you were there.
* I also found out my Uncle Monroe died. Again, the family didn't see fit to tell me until so many years after it happened. Thanks for being kind to a little boy going through a hard time in his life and taking me hunting on the bayou. Although we werent blood kin, you were more family to me than the people I shared DNA with. Made me proud of my Creole half, by telling me all those great stories. Goodbye Unc.