When it comes to moral decisions, humans are actually quite fascinating. I say that not because of anything The Box relates in its unbearable two-hour delivery, but because when moral conundrums are taken as the jumping off point for a story, this sort of nonsense is the result. Based loosely on a short story by Richard Matheson, which was made into a very popular episode of The Twilight Zone, … [Read more...]
Richard Matheson is one of the strangest writers associated with Hollywood. I don't say that because of the myriad horror efforts, Twilight Zone episodes, or things like What Dreams May Come that have his name attached. I say it because so many things he's written just won't go away. Matheson has credits going back to things like 1957's The Incredible Shrinking Man, based on his novel The … [Read more...]
Because this happened to come up recently (and there is talk of a sequel), and because I'm still working a bit on changing over and don't have so much time to really get to work here - I'm going to revisit my Donnie Darko review. I hope you enjoy it. For something a bit more recent, you can check out my review of Leatherheads over at CinemaBlend. I enjoyed it more … [Read more...]
