DVDs

Tommy Jarvis is still being haunted by the hockey mask killer Jason Vorhees in “Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives,” yet another installment in the long-running movie horror franchise. This time, the older Tommy is played by Thom Mathews, not cute Corey Feldman as he was two movies ago. The second Tommy, John Shepherd (who was in “Part V”), became a Fundamentalist Christian in the interim and decided not to reprise his role in the violent series. Read More »

Corey Feldman was supposed to reprise his role as Tommy Jarvis in “Friday the 13th, Part V: A New Beginning,” the fifth installment in the Jason horror franchise, but he had a conflict with a little movie called “The Goonies” that took him away from doing it. Yes, he is in a cameo that bridges the “Part VI” story to this one, but for the most part, he is only there in his character. Read More »

They should have known better than to ever put a “Final” anything to a franchise like Jason and the Camp Crystal Lake murders. Come on! Anyway, this “middle chapter” of the horror franchise has some really worthwhile campy moments. It, and Parts V and VI that follow are not the best of the “Friday the 13th” franchise, but they continue the stories of Jason the murderer and they try to piece together the history and legacy of the Jason Vorhees murders. Read More »

“Fatal Attraction” flat-out scared a lot of people away from casual dating – and certainly from having affairs. Read More »

Remember a few months ago when, in the midst of promoting “Two Lovers,” Joaquin Phoenix made a bizarre appearance on “The Late Show with David Letterman”? The shaggy-bearded actor stared off into the distance, gave monosyllabic answers, and acted like a full-on whack job. In all the fuss, Phoenix’s movie was forgotten. What a shame because “Two Lovers” is one of the best things he’s done. Read More »