In a special Holiday Edition of the Filmcore Web Series, critics Alex Kirschenbaum and Armani Barron commemorate the 10th anniversary of the seminal “The Gingerbread Man” (2005), a Gary Busey-starring “Child’s Play” retread that centers ...
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6 Reasons Why “A Christmas Horror Story” Is Your New Go-To Xmas Family Flick!
So it turns out that the creepy Canadian Christmas anthology, “A Christmas Horror Story,” released earlier this year, is a secret holiday gem. I’ll elaborate. 1. It’s about families growing together. Christmastime is all about family. ...
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Filmcore Pod: A Very Christmascore Listmascore
Alex Kirschenbaum, Tim Allen, Chris Wickman and Charles Perry give you their Top 5 Christmas Movie Listcores to get you into the holiday spirit. And, at times, the exact opposite of the holiday spirit. Mirthful ...
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Do They Know It’s Christmas (And Sin-Dee is Home from Prison)?
Review, “Tangerine” (Director: Sean Baker) Overall Rating: **** stars (out of ****) Released July 10, 2015 Directed by Sean S. Baker Written by Baker and Chris Bergoch Cinematography by Baker and Radium Cheung Starring Kitana ...
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Walking Hairbrushes: “The Ewok Adventures” Were The Original “Star Wars” Spin-Offs
So I know we’re all very excited for J.J. Abrams’ latest “Star Wars” entry, blanketing the cinemas of this great nation on Thursday evening, the 17th, at 7 p.m. Creatively titled “The Force Awakens” (I’m ...
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McKay Falls “Short”
Review, “The Big Short,” ** 1/2 stars (out of ****) Releases December 11, 2015 Directed by Adam McKay Written by McKay and Charles Randolph Cinematography by Barry Ackroyd Starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, ...
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Filmcore Video – Ep. 3, Listcore: Top 5 Best Surprise Deaths
Critics Alex Kirschenbaum and Charles Perry give you their Top 5 Cinematic Surprise Deaths. We don’t spoil any movie endings, BUT we do spoil some deaths. Only one movie from the last 5 years makes ...
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Filmcore Pod: Bondcast – Breaking Down The 007 Power Rankings
Alex Kirschenbaum, Ian Fleming and Chris Wickman discuss the Filmcore Bond Movie Power Rankings lists (here are parts I, II and III of those Power Rankings), and their hopes for the Bonds and Bond directors of ...
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Listcore: The Top 10 JCVD Fight Scenes
So you may or may not have gathered by now that I love Jean-Claude Van Varenburg, a.k.a. Jean-Claude Van Damme. He is my favorite of the ’80s/’90s action stars, mainly because, outside of Chuck Norris, ...
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Filmcore Video – Ep. 2, “Black Mass” Critical Exchangecore
In which critics Alex Kirschenbaum and Charles Perry agree to disagree on this fall’s prestige gangster movie. Key quote: “This is a movie about, evidently, a vampire gangster who’s not an actual vampire but looks ...