

Frenzy On Column By Noah ForrestForrest@moviecitynews.com
Review: Halloween
Let’s just get it out of the way: Rob Zombie should not have remade Halloween. That being said, however, I don’t think it was a terrible idea for Rob Zombie to make this movie … let me explain. I think most remakes are usually bad ideas, but I also think that if you’re going to remake a movie…
Read the full article »Who Will Be… The Next Scorsese?
About seven and a half years ago, Esquire Magazine asked five film critics to nominate a young director to answer the question, “Who is the next Scorsese?” The man himself even offered up his own nomination. What does it mean to be the next Martin Scorsese? I’m going to say that it means a filmmaker of unique…
Read the full article »10 Movies To Keep An Eye On This Fall
Like most lovers of quality films, I love turning the calendar page from August to September. I love to say goodbye to the big-budget behemoths that had crowded the multiplexes for the past four months and say hello to the movies that have something to say. As the weather gets cooler and cooler, the films…
Read the full article »The Horrific State Of The Horror Film
Like most cinephiles, I have a fondness in my heart for horror movies. I would not go so far as to say that it is my favorite genre, but I find horror films to be the most visceral experience one can have in a movie theater. When we see something on screen that scares us,…
Read the full article »No Reservations? No Leading Lady
Catherine Zeta-Jones is an extraordinarily beautiful woman and a pretty good actress. It is quite unfortunate for her that she was not born fifty years earlier because would have been one of the premier movie stars of the forties and fifties. That beautiful face of hers, the slightly exaggerated mannerisms in her roles, that husky…
Read the full article »Steven Spielberg: A Defense
Steven Spielberg has been the center of much talk lately, little of it having to do with his filmmaking. There is the controversy about his being the artistic director of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, something that Mia Farrow has blasted him for, even calling him the “Leni Riefenstahl of the Beijing games.” There is also much…
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