Oliver’s Ghost
Spooky season is almost here! And every year the streets of this here net of knowledge are crowded with grown …
Category Archives: drama
Ladies of the House
Jackie Brown, Shaft, Carol Brady, and the Head of Lance Henriksen walk into a bar. And they say ouch. I …
A Ghost Story For Christmas: The Gift, 2000
Small town psychic Annie reads the cards in exchange for donations ever since her husband was killed last year in …
Comfort Movies: The Full Monty, 1997
Unemployed steel mill worker Gaz gets the brilliant idea to make some money by doing a Chippendale’s style strip show …
Comfort Movies: Donnie Darko, 2001
Donnie Darko almost defies explanation, and no matter how many times I see it, I have to work out what …
Comfort Movies: The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, 1994
This movie is hard to write about today for some reason (personal feelings and painful 90s nostalgia), but it’s in …
Comfort Movies: Stir of Echoes, 1999
Whep, I lasted one day before I brought up horror films again. I’m spooky, what can I say? I’m just …
After Life (1998)
It is extremely difficult for me to write about a good movie as opposed to schlock, but I am determined …
In Praise of Dennis Hopper as “Frank” in Blue Velvet
I first experienced Blue Velvet when I was 15, in the wake of having stumbled onto Twin Peaks on TV. …
Can we talk about Short Night of Glass Dolls?
I know I said I was only writing about movies I have on VHS this year but I found Short …
