Articles Written by Brian Holcomb
A Scanner Darkly (2006) Movie Review
It’s odd when you realize that the novels and short stories of Philip K. Dick have been adapted to the screen almost as frequently as that of Stephen King or John Grisham. Odd because, unlike the pulpier writing of both King and Grisham, Dick’s stories are quite cerebral and, in the most traditional Hollywood [...]
July 20th, 2006 | Brian Holcomb | 0 Comments | Read MoreAbominable (2006) Movie Review
it used to be common knowledge that a first time filmmaker required a foolproof genre in order to make his first film, insuring investors on some kind of return on their gamble. The model used to be people like George Romero with “Night of the Living Dead”, Tobe Hooper with “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, John [...]
July 12th, 2006 | Brian Holcomb | 0 Comments | Read MoreBubble (2005) Movie Review
Steven Soderbergh has hopes to eventually cut the studios out altogether through the emancipatory powers of digital technology. In a decidedly post post-modern way, he has remixed the electronic cinema mantra of Francis Ford Coppola and his oft repeated “dream” of a fat girl in Ohio who will make her own [...]
June 20th, 2006 | Brian Holcomb | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Omen (2006) Movie Review
Without going into any lengthy tirade over the whole issue of remakes, I think it’s safe to say that there should at least be an honest reason for remaking an earlier film. One such reason would be that the original was a flawed or somehow failed work such as “The Amityville Horror” or “The Hills [...]
June 11th, 2006 | Brian Holcomb | 1 Comment | Read More
personally everyone has been waiting for this film in anticipation.
everyone has had opinions about it forever, my feeling was if ...
I was imagining Edward Cullen in the book to be very handsome, pale, broad-chest, very manly, (so many things in ...
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither ...
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