The 101 Horror Movies brought me the wonderfully unnerving The Vanishing, not the Hollywood remake of course, but the original Netherlands/French film. Ably directed by George Sluizer, the film is a tale of love, obsession and murder, and isn’t afraid to be both comedic at times, and downright frightening. Rex Hofman (Gene Bervoets) and his girlfriend…
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Natasha Eloi Part 3
Welcome to the 3rd and final part of our chat with Natasha Eloi! We had such a good time with Natasha, and we can’t wait to have her come and visit us in the studio, and perhaps bring some of her cool collectables and toys! In this final installment we chat about our favorite…
A Personal History of Me and Mr. Bond, James Bond
As Bond 23, Skyfall, draws closer and closer, and James had his cinematic 50th birthday last week, and I celebrate my birthday today, I thought it would be a little fun to look back on my own history with the world’s most famous secret agent. I’d like to say that I got introduced to 007…
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
“You’re next! You’re NEXT!!” That immortal line screamed by Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) as he runs through traffic is still chilling 56 years on. The 101 Sci-Fi movies brought me to the utlimate tale of conformity versus indiviualism today with the 1956 classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Directed by Don Siegel, who…
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
So Disney shows up on the 101 Sci-Fi Movies list with this classic from 1954. Based on the classic tale by Jules Verne, Disney pulled out all the stops and brought a lavish, extravagant production to the big screen, with an all-star cast including James Mason, Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre. The film, set…
Hellraiser (1987)
I came to the worlds created by Clive Barker in late 89, early 90, when I was in University out east in Nova Scotia. Until that time, I’d spent a lot of time with Stephen King books, which I read voraciously, and there were creepy things in them, but never really freaked me out. Clive Barker’s…
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
I do like when the 101 Horror Movies list brings me a film that I had never heard of before, and this time around, they definitely did. From Hong Kong comes A Chinese Ghost Story, a film that jumps from horror to comedy to martial arts to romance, bundled all up into one slick little…
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966)
Clint Eastwood returns as the Man With No Name (though this time his name is Blondie) in Sergio Leone’s The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, a film which may be one of the greatest westerns of all time, not to mention a rip-roaring action-adventure. Building on the style, and pacing he created in the…
Meanwhile in the Smithee.TV Studios…
Hey Folks! To share in some of the excitment of everything that is going on with Sue and I right now, and the fact that it’s the 1 year anniversary of The Mind Reels today… We thought we’d share some pics from our episode shoots in the Smithee.TV studios, watch for our faces on the…
