A Fancy Piece of Homicide (2017)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A.C. Nicholas, who has a sketchy background and hails from parts unknown in Western Pennsylvania, was once a drive-in theater projectionist and disk jockey, Currently, in addition to being a writer, editor, podcaster, and voice-over artist, he contributes to Drive-In Asylum. His first article, “Grindhouse Memories Across the U.S.A.,” was published in […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 18: Waterworld (1995)
The most expensive film ever made at the time, Waterworld lives in the same rarified air as Ishtar and Heaven’s Gate, except that it was one of the highest grossing films of 1995. The thing is, while it cost $175 million, it made back $264.2 million worldwide, as well as having a profitable video and cable release. It’s still making […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 18: Fantastic Four (2015)
For all the power of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, no one has been able to translate the first Marvel superhero film properly to the screen. First there was the 1994 Roger Corman-produced film, one made simply to secure a copyright and never intended to be seen. Then, there were two films made in 2005 and […]
X (2022)
Consider the law of diminishing returns: X is the best slasher that I’ve seen all year, last year, the year before and probably for the rest of this year. It may also be the law of the desert island in that it may be the only slasher in years that approaches the blood-soaked heaven of 1978-1981, yet were […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 18: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Hieronymus Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen, or Baron Munchausen, began his life as a series of urban legends and tall tales that were collected by author Rudolf Erich Raspe in 1785 as The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (or Baron Munchausen’s Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia). Since then, these stories were further […]
April Movie Thon Day 18: Last Man Standing (1996)
Sure, it made great fodder for Kevin Smith’s books and podcasts, but I never cared about Bruce Willis’s “rep” on sets: Willis always delivered the goods — and that’s all that matters to my wallet. Plus, Bruce gave us his version of Pittsburgh with Striking Distance, so bonus points! And I should be writing a […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 18: Jupiter Ascending (2015)
When you look at a movie that bombs, you need to separate whether it’s a bad movie versus just a movie that lost money. But let’s face it, Jupiter Ascending is in no way a good movie. It kind of makes movies like Valerian look like they make sense. And after years of proof, we can just […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 18: The Lone Ranger (2013)
So who is this movie for? Anyone that cares about the Lone Ranger is either ancient or so deeply invested in a character that hasn’t appeared in popular media since 1981’s The Legend of the Lone Ranger. Sure, there were comic books from Topps and Dynamite Comics, as well as a collection of short stories and […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 18
For the eighteenth day of the B&S About Movies April Movie Thon, you should duck and cover. April 18: Drop A Bomb — Please share your favorite critical and financial flop with us! All April long, we’ll have thirty themes as writing prompts. If you’d like to be part of it, you can just send us […]
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