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

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 [...]

The Top 10 Winter Movies Of All Time.

Cold, cold, cold.  That’s all I hear about, the second the thermometer drops below 40.  But at the moment, all the complaints are pretty valid.  It actually is very cold in New York, 16 degrees worth, as evidenced by the fact that my scrotum is tucking itself up in my grundle.  That’s gross, so it’s a [...]

31 FLAVORS OF HORROR #27: NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984).

After Night Of The Creeps, Night Of The Comet is the best “Night Of The” movie of the 1980s.  (There were many.)  These are the kind of movies you hope for, every time you venture off the mainstream path looking for something out of the ordinary.  These are the kind of movie there just plain [...]

31 FLAVORS OF HORROR #23: NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986).

Speaking of Attack The Block, here’s one of its spiritual ancestors.  Night Of The Creeps is one of those everything movies.  It’s a monster drink, a mix of everything kids and grown-ups alike love so much about genre movies.  This is a movie  that seems to answer that question: “If you got your chance to [...]

From The Archives: THE NEW WORLD (2005).

I did not rush out to see this movie on the largest possible screens when it was released nearly six years ago, and more the fool I for that.  It’s kind of incredible. In their list of the top fifty films of the past decade, the Onion’s A.V. Club, one of my favorite daily web destinations, rated [...]

Screening In NYC: NIGHT CATCHES US (2010).

    Let’s take a moment to credit some of the lesser-heralded arts of movie-making, such as production design, set dressing, and costumes.  Night Catches Us is set in Philadelphia in 1976, and looks it.  The movie feels contemporary and believable, but also convincingly forty years ago.  Let’s also compliment its cinematography – Night Catches [...]

The Library.

Full disclosure time.  I think a person’s movie collection says plenty about their interests as a moviegoer.  Here’s what is on my shelf at home so far…                                                                   Feel free to judge! Find me on Twitter: @jonnyabomb

Cult Classics: NAVAJO JOE (1966).

Anthology Film Archives is hosting a fantastic film series this week, curated by Bill Lustig, a legend of the kind of movies I so often return to writing about on this site.  (Read my piece on his Robert Forster/Fred Williamson action flick Vigilante!) Bill Lustig isn’t just a genre director, he’s also a filmmaker of excellent [...]

Werewolves, Part One.

The Wolfman was just on TCM.  What a fantastic way to lead off a Saturday morning!  Anyway it reminded me of this piece I wrote, all the way back in 2008, which remains one of the better things I’ve uploaded to the internet thus far.  But it hasn’t appeared on my own website, until now…   A [...]

From The Archives: NINJA ASSASSIN (2009).

 Something I wrote way back when.  I’m prouder of this than I probably ought to admit.   Ninja Assassin crept inconspicuously onto DVD shelves today.  No, it’s not all that good, but how much good do you expect?  If you keep your expectations at a rational level, you’ll have a good time.  It should be noted that [...]