Posts By Barry Wurst

Before the season was half over, the phrase was everywhere. “True Detective” and the term “hate watching” became connected in the same gleefully nasty way “Nuke the Fridge” and “Jump …
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This isn’t an April Fool’s Day gag but a genuine recommendation, especially if you’re “not into scary movies.”

Die-hard horror fans, on the other hand, know that Fred Walton’s 1986 …
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His friend Max (Martin Landau) has financed Zev’s journey, including his hotel accommodations and travel expenses. What we gradually learn is that Max is sending Zev on a mission that …
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Even its studio, MGM, famously had low expectations. It should have considered that the combo of slick special effects, gore, ample nudity and a cluster of respectable actors would draw a …
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John Henry Clayton reconnects with his father, a disapproving reverend played by Kiefer’s real-life father, the great Donald Sutherland. The young Clayton is trying to turn his back on his …
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Don Coscarelli’s “Phantasm” exploits the imagery of a mortuary (and the process of embalming) to unsettling effect. Roger Corman’s “Premature Burial” (1962) and George Sluzier’s still-terrific “The Vanishing” (1988) also …
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When I woke up, my thoughts regarding the imaginary film were so thorough, I immediately typed the constructive criticism I had developed during the dream. Looking at those notes, I …
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“Dude, Where’s My Car” may have been shamelessly dumb, but it had consistently successful, even witty, gags.

The same can’t be said for the equally juvenile “Lazer Team.”

Four knuckle …
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The big screen adaption of the ’80s animated hit had one of the worst openings of all time. The few who saw it weren’t impressed. “Jem” director Jon Chu claims he …
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Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay star as Kate and Geoff Mercer, a late-middle-aged couple preparing for their 45th wedding anniversary. We learn this will be a milestone celebration, bringing many …
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