Category Archives: Mystery and Suspense

War Movie Mondays: ‘War Games’

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1983 Cold War classic War Games directed by John Badham and starring Matthew Broderick (David Lightman), Dabney Coleman (Dr. John McKittrick), John Wood (Dr. Stephen Falken), Ally Sheedy (Jennifer Mack), and Barry Corbin (General Beringer). … Continue reading →

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Film Score Friday: ‘Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark’ by Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

A couple years ago I named Christopher Young’s Drag Me To Hell as my favorite score of the year. It had all of the big, bold, bombastic sounds you think of with true gothic horror. What raised that score above … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Eagle Has Landed’

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is director John Sturges’s classic World War II thriller The Eagle Has Landed. The film stars some of Hollywood’s best talent: Michael Caine (Col. Kurt Steiner), Donald Sutherland (Liam Devlin), Donald Pleasence (Heinrich Himmler), Robert Duvall (Col. Max … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Ninth Configuration’

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1980 release of William Peter Blatty’s The Ninth Configuration which is a Gothic, thriller, comedic, war picture.  The film stars Stacy Keach (Col. Hudson Kane), Scott Wilson (Capt. Billy Cutshaw), Jason Miller (Lt. Frankie Reno), … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesdays: From Sundance to Cannes

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Eric Medina

While there were plenty of large Summer blockbusters to preview this week, they all seemed to fall short on originality and just show us the same overdone action styles that have become popular over the past few years (Conan the … Continue reading →

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Three Big Names ‘Loosely Attached’ To Mysterious M. Night Shyamalan Film

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Matt Raub

M. Night Shyamalan gets a bad rep sometimes. He’s an excellent storyteller who’s been known to go off of the deep end when it comes to getting his films made, most notably with Lady in the Water, which was basically … Continue reading →

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First Trailer For ‘The Last Exorcism’ Hits The Web

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Matt Raub

We’re all pretty big fans of the horror genre here in The Flickcast. We’ve had many a heated debate about the popularity of Paranormal Activity and lack of popularity of Cloverfield. Basically, the new concept of “first-person horrors” has us … Continue reading →

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Fans of ‘LOST’ Will Get Their Answers….On The DVD

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Matt Raub

For those of you who watched last night’s 2 and a half hour Lost finale, you know that these things happened (spoiler free): We get some kind of finality for some of the characters, but we still have plenty of … Continue reading →

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