Australia and a Happy Thanksgiving!

My review of Australia -- a great big, rich, overstuffed Thanksgiving dinner of a movie -- is here.

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday!

2008 NYC Horror Festival Reviews...

I've finally had time to start posting reviews of the nine films that were in feature competition at the New York City Horror Film Festival, starting with three of my favorites: Frank Henenlotter's Bad Biology, the thoroughly surprising Bonnie & Clyde vs Dracula (surprise no.1: despite the campy title, it's good) and the Spanish time-travel thriller Time Crimes. You can read them here, and there are more to come.

It's Twilight Time...

The witching hour is approaching, and my review of Twilight is up.

Tell me what you think...

Chuck and Larry go Bollywood!

My review of Dostana, an Indian comedy about straight guys pretending to be gay so they can rent a swanky Miami apartment, is now live.

Please check it out -- I swear, Bollywood movies aren't what you think!

Last House on the Left redux!

Hot off the presses: There's a new version of Wes Craven's Last House on the Left in the works and I can't wait to see it.

I first caught Last House back in 1972 in Times Square, where it shocked purportedly unshockable audiences and passed directly from trash movie to pop-culture icon.

MGM Home Entertainment is putting out a new DVD at the end of February 2009 and frankly, I can't wait to see it: It's one of those movies that change the way you see movie and even expurgated versions have the power to shock.

More later, as I uncover details...