by Eric Ortiz | Sep 26, 2023 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) Five long years have passed since the release of Summer of 84 (2018) but now the trio of Canadian directors known as RKSS – Yoann-Karl Whissell, Anouk Whissell and François Simard – are back with not one but two new features! Both films...
by Eric Ortiz | Sep 24, 2023 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) The setting of the crime thriller The Last Stop in Yuma County (2023) is the last stop for 100 miles on a road. There’s a diner, a motel and a gas station on site. A knife salesman (Jim Cummings) stops to get gas, but the manager (Faizon...
by Eric Ortiz | Sep 15, 2023 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) The so-called Butcher of Mons is a serial killer who is attributed with the murder of five women, whose remains were found in 1997, inside several garbage bags in the south of Belgium. To this day, authorities haven’t been able to identify...
by Eric Ortiz | Aug 21, 2023 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) Stephen King’s novels have been translated to the screen practically since they began to be published. “It all started with Carrie (the 1976 film based on King’s first published novel), the book was not well known until Brian De...
by Eric Ortiz | Aug 18, 2023 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) Roger Corman, the living legend who turned 97 in April, is often recognized today for his work as a producer and mentor to several key members of the New Hollywood generation, including Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese and Joe Dante....
by Eric Ortiz | Aug 4, 2023 | Interviews
By Eric Ortiz (@EricOrtizG) Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975), based on Peter Benchley’s novel, is one of the most influential films of all time, for various reasons. In addition to creating the Hollywood blockbuster, Jaws marked a before and after not just in movies...