Cocaine Bear was never on my list of movies to see this year. However, for reasons that are truly beyond me (or to which I care not to examine),… Read more “Cocaine Bear, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Category: Horror
The Last Voyage of the Demeter, by Albert W. Vogt III
For a Catholic film reviewer like me, when there is basically nothing else playing in the cinema and you have seen as much advertising for something as… Read more “The Last Voyage of the Demeter, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Haunted Mansion, by Albert W. Vogt III
When my nieces were a few years younger than they are now, we took them to the Magic Kingdom for the first time. By “we,” I mean I… Read more “Haunted Mansion, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Teen Wolf (1985), by Albert W. Vogt III
It may be cliché to say, but there is nothing like an original. Before continuing, I should admit that some of what is to follow is hypocritical. I have… Read more “Teen Wolf (1985), by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Silence of the Lambs, by Albert W. Vogt III
As I near the end of seeing all the movies on the American Film Institute’s (AFI) 100 Greatest American Films of All Time list, I am beginning… Read more “The Silence of the Lambs, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Sixth Sense, by Albert W. Vogt III
M. Knight Shyalaman’s The Sixth Sense (1999), number eighty-nine on the American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest American Films of All Time list, is a good movie. The problem is that… Read more “The Sixth Sense, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, by Albert W. Vogt III
Most people know today’s film, number thirty-nine on the American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest American Films of All Time, as simply Dr. Strangelove (1964). Its full title is Dr. Strangelove or:… Read more “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Renfield, by Albert W. Vogt III
At this point in Nicolas Cage’s career, I think he is just playing characters that give him the freedom to ham it up as much as possible. For… Read more “Renfield, by Albert W. Vogt III”
King Kong (1933), by Albert W. Vogt III
How many of you believe that the recent Godzilla and King Kong are original concepts? Probably not many of you, since the most recent iteration of them on screen is the ridiculous Godzilla… Read more “King Kong (1933), by Albert W. Vogt III”
2001: A Space Odyssey, by Albert W. Vogt III
Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 classic 2001: A Space Odyssey is the longest two-and-a-half-hour movie ever. I do not count myself as a member of that strain of our population in constant… Read more “2001: A Space Odyssey, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Legionnaire 