Movies
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Willem Dafoe embraces controversial role in 'Antichrist'Oct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Most people probably know Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin from the first blockbuster "Spider-Man" movie. But the two-time Oscar nominee is also a star of what will cert...
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Englund looks back on a killer of a roleOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Here's the question I've been dying to ask horror superstar Robert Englund for almost 20 years, ever since he created Freddy Krueger, the now-seminal razor-gloved arch-v...
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Movie lover scares up annual Flashback conventionOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - I know all about the sacrifices that Mike Kerz made to turn his dream of a horror convention into a reality. I met Mike when he was a manager at One Schaumburg Place Cin...
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'Vampire's Assistant' loses its bite in latest incarnationOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - When you come out of Paul Weitz's comic horror film "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant," you don't feel like you've watched a real movie. It's more like the pilot...
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Whiny blogger movies hopefully won't become a trendOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Reel Life review: 'Motherhood' Already this year, I've seen two movies about whiny, inferiority-complexed women who seek personal validation by writing blogs about their...
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Vampires, vampires, everywhere: Is it Hollywood overkill?
Oct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Vampires have been an eternal force in Hollywood horror since silent-movie days, yet they have risen to new heights as the "Twilight" franchise, TV's "Tru...
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Cheap fun: Singalong 'Sound of Music,' ECC's 60th, Fall FestOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - $10 and under Be prepared to sing along! Guests of all ages are invited to sing along with the classic tunes of the 1965 film "The Sound of Music" at the "Sound of Music...
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Adults lead 'Wild Things' $32.5 mil. box-office rumpus
Oct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- "Where the Wild Things Are" proved a bigger hit with adult audiences than family crowds as the adaptation of Maurice Sendak's beloved children's book debu...
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Father seeks crazed justice in smart 'Citizen'Oct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Take Charles Bronson's vigilante architect from Michael Winner's semi-classic "Death Wish" and mix him with Tobin Bell's insanely creative sociopath Jigsaw from the "Saw...
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'Wild Things' faithfully adapts classic children's storyOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - The problem with filmmakers taking an extremely short children's story and expanding it into a full-length feature film is that they're taking an extremely short childre...