Reviews

Roger Corman was a different kind of filmmaker on many levels. His ingenuity always seemed to be on display as both a director and producer. A perfect example of his ability to think different was when he went to South Dakota in the middle of winter to produce Beast From

It’s a trap!

I can still recall the first time I heard the B-52s. I was getting a ride to high school from Bruce Gress in his silver Buick Skyhawk. He listened to WKNC, NC State’s college radio station. Without any warning, the stereo played the B-52s’ “Strobe Light.” After a lifetime of

Heavenly Bodies often gets scoffed as a Flashdance wannabe film. It doesn’t help that one distributor released it as “Scratch Dance.” While both films feature women in legwarmers, the stories have nothing in common. Flashdance is a fantasy film. We’re supposed to believe that Jennifer Beals is a welder at

When Paradise came out back in Spring of 1982, my local newspaper’s movie critic slammed it as a clone of Blue Lagoon with Brooke Shields. He didn’t say too much more so I had no desire to see the film at the time. I regret trusting that hack. Paradise doesn’t