Ron Perlman
Trailer Trashin’: Giants Robots vs. Giant Monsters in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim
It’s been an embarrassment of riches, dear readers. In the past week-and-a-half, new trailers have been released for no less than six of next year’s big movies. Obviously, these trailer are coming out in conjunction with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which was a ton of fun, and I highly recommend you go see it. Because there were two trailers in particular that I wanted to examine...[Read More]
Movie Review: Drive
Over the past two years I’ve really immersed myself into the world of classic films from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. During that time, I’ve found that I whole-heartedly subscribe to the old adage “They don’t make ‘em like that anymore.” Give me a classic film noir like This Gun for Hire (1942), Dark Passage (1947), or Kiss Me Deadly (1955) over any big-budget blockbuster and I’m happy. So, it with...[Read More]
Movie Review: Conan the Barbarian
No matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, there are some people that are born to play a role; these actors become such a part of our cultural memory that they are the standards by which others are judged. Sean Connery as James Bond. Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade. Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau. And Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan. He may not have been the world-traveling, charismatic, ...[Read More]