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![In order to “get” Dressed to Kill, you must bear a soft spot in your heart for slasher films. And you have to view its director, Brian De Palma, as […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ef652394fe54eecd031e92adac151de6-115x115.jpg "Dressed to Kill")
Dressed to Kill
Posted on April 25, 2014 | No CommentsIn order to “get” Dressed to Kill, you must bear a soft spot in your heart for slasher films. And you have to view its director, Brian De Palma, as […] -
![In 1991, the year of its release, I became obsessed with The Silence of the Lambs. It is now 2014. The movie is 23 years old, the book 26. You’ve seen the movie. So, […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/silencelambs-115x115.jpg "The Best Horror Movies of the 90s: The Silence of the Lambs")
The Best Horror Movies of the 90s: The Silence of the Lambs
Posted on March 21, 2014 | No CommentsIn 1991, the year of its release, I became obsessed with The Silence of the Lambs. It is now 2014. The movie is 23 years old, the book 26. You’ve seen the movie. So, […] -
![It is easy to mistake Woody for the unappealing director he plays in Stardust Memories, his overt variation / ripoff of Fellini’s 8.5. Never mind that Stardust Memories is not that funny, or that its […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/stardustmemories-115x115.jpeg "Stardust Memories")
Stardust Memories
Posted on March 11, 2014 | No CommentsIt is easy to mistake Woody for the unappealing director he plays in Stardust Memories, his overt variation / ripoff of Fellini’s 8.5. Never mind that Stardust Memories is not that funny, or that its […] -
![It is strange that a story that came from a single source, Joss Whedon’s screenplay, can feel as tonally disjointed as the previous Alien outing which was some devil’s spawn […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/alien_resurrection_ver3-115x115.jpg "Alien: Resurrection")
Alien: Resurrection
Posted on March 10, 2014 | No CommentsIt is strange that a story that came from a single source, Joss Whedon’s screenplay, can feel as tonally disjointed as the previous Alien outing which was some devil’s spawn […] -
![“My favorite scene is the one when the bald guy gets killed.” – Dave Smith What a miserable, boring slog this film is. What a senseless, inert and strange experience. […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/alien3-115x115.jpg "Alien 3")
Alien 3
Posted on February 14, 2014 | No Comments“My favorite scene is the one when the bald guy gets killed.” – Dave Smith What a miserable, boring slog this film is. What a senseless, inert and strange experience. […] -
![Movies used to be better. That does not mean old movies are uniformly perfect. It does not mean movies can be made the same way they used to be. You […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aliens-115x115.jpg "Aliens")
Aliens
Posted on February 6, 2014 | No CommentsMovies used to be better. That does not mean old movies are uniformly perfect. It does not mean movies can be made the same way they used to be. You […] -
![Stoker is an extended, misguided homage to one of Hitchcock’s, or anyone’s, finest films, Shadow of a Doubt. Both films are about how the approach of a distant Uncle Charlie […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Stoker-poster-115x115.jpg "Stoker")
Stoker
Posted on January 30, 2014 | No CommentsStoker is an extended, misguided homage to one of Hitchcock’s, or anyone’s, finest films, Shadow of a Doubt. Both films are about how the approach of a distant Uncle Charlie […] -
![Carrie is a funny and frightening film. Brian De Palma, the director, turns Stephen King’s novel, itself a female-dominated Rage (King, 1974), into a semi-satiric teen opera without any of […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/carrie2-115x115.jpg "Carrie")
Carrie
Posted on January 25, 2014 | No CommentsCarrie is a funny and frightening film. Brian De Palma, the director, turns Stephen King’s novel, itself a female-dominated Rage (King, 1974), into a semi-satiric teen opera without any of […] -
![Notable characters Tom Welles (P.I., nominal hero): is an edgy average man; usually speaks in a somnambulant monotone when not overly and self-righteously indignant; smokes behind his wife’s back; went […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/8mm-115x115.jpg "8mm")
8mm
Posted on January 24, 2014 | No CommentsNotable characters Tom Welles (P.I., nominal hero): is an edgy average man; usually speaks in a somnambulant monotone when not overly and self-righteously indignant; smokes behind his wife’s back; went […] -
![Red Line 7000 (1965) runs out of gas before it starts. The story is soap—love and death among the beautiful racecar drivers. The cast, mostly comprising then-unknowns, is stiff. The interactions between […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/redline7000-115x115.jpg "Red Line 7000")
Red Line 7000
Posted on January 21, 2014 | No CommentsRed Line 7000 (1965) runs out of gas before it starts. The story is soap—love and death among the beautiful racecar drivers. The cast, mostly comprising then-unknowns, is stiff. The interactions between […]