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Not in seven years have I seen something so beautiful that is ultimately so boring (I met my wife 7 years ago). But that is the best way to describe Baz Luhrmann’s new spectacle, The Great Gatsby that finally gets its release after being pushed from the December schedule last year. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton, The Great Gatsby is ad adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous novel and it comes to the big screen with all the glitz and glamour of a ...

When I was offered the opportunity to review Jack Attack, I met the opportunity with the enthusiasm as I would a trip to the dentist. I had been neglecting my responsibility to screen and potentially review titles that have been sent to me with the zeal and zest of filmmakers around the world. And now my pile of disregard had stacked to behind the level of my knees as they lay upon the basement floor. So it was more of obligation than it was exhilaration that gave Jack Attack my attention. ...

When making a near no-budget independent film, there are a few items on the producer’s checklist that need to be addressed. The first is ensuring you have a working script. Something different would be nice, but as most independent films are basically ‘film projects’ or labors of love, a structured plot is a prerequisite.

Acquiring acting talent would be checklist item number two. Even the worst of small films can be saved by a competent and talented call sheet. A director who ...

In Theaters March 22, 2013 (USA)

I sorta had an idea of what I was getting myself into as I purchased my ticket for Spring Breakers. Its director, Harmony Korine, wrote Kids back in 1995 and was the director for the independent films Gummo (1997) and Trash Humpers (2009).

His films are usually constructed through scenes with pieces of events involving characters told in a non-linear plotline. They usually ...

We are going to be making an announcement today. The Dark Hours is officially joining the KR Team as a Staff Writer. I, for one, could not be happier.

The Dark Hours has been around the site for over 4 years. He is a friend both on and off the message boards. I had the honor of meeting The Dark Hours a few years ago when I offered my home as a haven to the Michiganite when he came to Toronto for the FanExpo. But even before I had met him, The Dark Hours was well known in horror ...