Tripping Through Gateways
Entering the Alternate Worlds of the Movies
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Spikes (Splinter, 2008)
Polly and Seth are looking for a cheap motel after ruining their tent while camping, only to run across Dennis and Lacey, criminals on the run whose car has broken down. After they hit an animal on the road, they have to replace the…
Tripping Further
Welcome to March! I have been contemplating this feature for awhile. Since I see a lot of films on Blu-Ray, streaming and 4k Ultra HD Blu-Ray, I plan to review some releases covering not just the film itself, but the full release. I plan…
We Care A Lot (About Stan Lee)
So, Stan Lee has passed away. For a lot of us that was a bummer, and we all were tweeting and posting about Stan. Then Bill Maher had two step into it and blamed us for Trump.
How Can This Go Wrong?! (the Possession Experiment, 2016)
Beginning with a tragic attempt at Exorcism, the Possession Experiment leaps ahead about 20 years and introduces us to a theology student choosing to do a thesis on the inviting of a possession. Surely, this is a wise move. After discovering the tale of…
To Rule Them All (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001)
John Rogers, one of the writers of the abysmal Catwoman film once also wrote “There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its…
Just Because… (Warcraft, 2016)
So…apparently, a horde of angry and evil Orcs travel through a portal to take over the world of Azeroth. Some of the Orcs side with the humans, because “Not All Orcs” or some such. To be honest? I watched this movie based on the…
The Original Haunted Palace Rebuilt (House on Haunted Hill, 1999)
1999’s remake of William Castle’s House on Haunted Hill began a series of remakes of mid to late 1950’s horror films. This one keeps the core idea. An eccentric rich man and his estranged wife throw a party, offering a million dollars to whomever…
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