Messing with Memories: ‘Fright Night’

  Film: Fright Night Original release date: August 2, 1985 Starring: William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Amanda Bearse, Roddy McDowell, Stephen Geoffreys Written and Directed by: Tom Holland Remake release date: 2011 A vampire movie? In this day and age? It’ll never work. What is Hollywood thinking? Well, it turns out they don’t have to think [...]

Messing with Memories: ‘Police Academy’

“When Marge joined the police academy, I thought it was going to be fun and exciting. Like that movie ‘Spaceballs.’ Instead, it was just sad and depressing, like that movie ‘Police Academy.‘ –Homer Simpson Hightower, Tacklebery and That Voice Guy are on assignment yet again. For the first time. Actually, it is doubtful that Bubba [...]

‘Cocoon’ with screenwriter Tom Benedek

Film: Cocoon (1985) Rated: PG Written by: Tom Benedek (screenplay) David Saperstein (story) Directed by: Ron Howard Starring: Don Ameche – Art Wilford Brimley – Ben Hume Cronyn – Joe Jack Gilford – Bernie Steve Gutenberg – Jack Maureen Stapleton – Mary Jessica Tandy – Alma Brian Dennehy – Walter Tahnee Welch -Kitty By E Dagger [...]

Messing with Memories: ‘I Spit on Your Grave’

Film: I Spit on Your Grave (aka Day of the Woman) Year of original: 1978 Remake release: 2009, 2010 We usually ask why when it comes to remakes, but this one is perhaps more perplexing than the average do-over. Known only in infamy, the pseudo-revenge-fantasy film is resoundingly viewed as a shallow, misogynistic slice of [...]