I love rock bios, especially the ones about the artists who never received their dues and devoted their lives to their art. I had been intrigued by the pop star and musician Lawrence since the release of the recent book Street-Level Superstar- My Year With Lawrence by Will Hodgkinson. I had sneered at Lawrence’s previous …
Things I liked about this film- Superman The flashback sequences The dark abduction storyline (this should have been explored a lot more) Things I disliked about this film- The one-liners that were either supposed to be sassy, funny or both but utterly failed The scenes that were supposed to be poignant but utterly failed The …
A gang of soldiers hear about a sanctuary from the living dead. It’s called Plum Island but unfortunately there’s a family feud dividing it. One family wants to exterminate the zombies, the other wants to peacefully live alongside them. What to do… This was George’s last film before his death. This is Romero attempting to …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 17- Survival of the Dead (2009)
George A Romero’s 2007 zombie flick and a concept that involves the found footage of a film student assembled into a movie by one of the film’s other characters. All of the movie is shot on camcorders and other similar devices available at the time commercially. This found footage chronicles a group of film studies …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 16- Diary of the Dead (2007)
Land of the Dead is George A Romero’s next instalment in the Dead series after 1985’s pedestrian and plodding Day of the Dead. This involves the human race who are still at the mercy of a world overrun by the undead and now being split into the ordinary folk who are forced to live in …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 15- Land of the Dead (2005)
Henry Creedlow has some very toxic people in his life- his wife is having an affair with his boss, his best friend is vile and stealing his investments …even his pet poodle hates him. Then he wakes up to find that his face has been replaced by a featureless white mask. He uses this newly …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 14- Bruiser (2000)
With Eternia under attack by Skeletor and his crew, The Sorceress sends a young Prince Adam and a VERY precious sword to present day Earth. The only thing is that Adam loses the sword during the journey and must find it. We next see him fifteen years later. As a member of Gen X who …
Successful novelist, Thad Beaumont, tries to get rid of his literary alter ego, George Stark. However, it would appear that Stark becomes real and wants to take over Thad’s life at any cost. The Dark Half was Stephen King’s 1989 novel that was written as a reaction to himself being outed as writing books under …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 13- The Dark Half (1993)
From IMDB- ‘A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.’ An anthology film incorporating the directorial talents of not just Romero but also the one and only Dario Argento (the Italian maestro, of course, produced …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 12- Two Evil Eyes (1990)
When an athlete (Allan) is hit by a truck and left a quadriplegic, a scientist friend recruits a monkey that has been trained to help assist disabled people to fully carry out their lives. Ella, the monkey, starts to bond well with Allan, but soon, this bond becomes a lot darker as he thinks that …
Continue reading George A Romero Reviewed- Day 11- Monkey Shines (1988)
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