Archive for the ‘John Carpenter’ Category

Screening in NYC: ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976).

Posted: April 6, 2012 in Action., Awesomeness, Crime, Cult Classics, Guns, Horror, John Carpenter, Los Angeles, Megaviolence, Movies (A), Zombies
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Assault On Precinct 13 is screening this weekend as the IFC Center’s midnight movie.  It’s a stone-cold must-see if you’ve never had the pleasure, and a terrific choice to watch in the middle of the night, its most natural habitat. With respect to fans of Dark Star, Carpenter’s first major credit as director, Assault On Precinct [...]

My Top 50 Movies Of All Time (At This Exact Point In Time.)

Posted: March 21, 2012 in Skeletons., Werewolves, Pretty Girls, Ninjas, Aliens, Clint, Westerns, Bill Murray, Awesomeness, Michael Mann, Lee Marvin, Movies (A), Movies (C), Movies (E), Movies (F), Movies (G), Movies (H), Movies (I), Movies (K), Movies (M), Movies (N), Movies (O), Movies (P), Movies (Q), Movies (R), Movies (T), Movies (U), Movies (W), Monsters, Sharks, Claudia Cardinale, Apes, Badass Old Guys, Violence, John Belushi, John Landis, Alligators, Pooping, Wolves, John Carpenter, Winter, Robert Forster, Raquel Welch, Pam Grier, Answer Tracks
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I probably should be doing about 50 other things at this very moment, but I saw this great top-50 list today and was inspired it to immediately answer it.  I made my list very, very quickly, so in plenty of ways it’s the most honest form a list like this could ever arrive in.  While the numbering is fairly [...]

Cult Classics: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986).

Posted: January 16, 2012 in Action., Awesomeness, Badass Old Guys, Cavemen, Cult Classics, Demons, Explosions, Ghosts, Guns, Heroes, Horror, John Carpenter, Kung-Fu, Martial Arts, Monsters, Movies (B)
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Today we celebrate a great American.  Oh totally, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but also: John Carpenter, one of my very favorite filmmakers of all time.  Here’s something I wrote on February 11th, 2009:  I recently received in the mail the limited edition 2-disc score album for John Carpenter’s Big Trouble In Little China.  It’s a [...]