The Small Town Critic
Blog URL http://www.smalltowncritic.com/
Located Clarksdale, Mississippi USA
Tags movies, film, reviews, critic, horror, news, newspapers, delta, Mississippi
COOP COOPER is a film critic with a split personality. His "Southern Side" prints mainstream reviews that appear in various print publications across the mid-south. His "Dark Side" befouls the site with reviews of horror flicks...
Latest Blog Posts
- THE FOURTH KIND (2009) ***1/2 movie review by COOP on Nov 10, 2009 in horror sci-fi thriller
High on the heels of the runaway box office hit “Paranormal Activity,” another “found footage” scare flick has entered the scene just shy of the Halloween season. Touting itself as a dramatization of supposedly real taped hypnosis sessions th...
- How to Avoid the Fright of Your Life While Watching a Scary Movie… by DARK SIDE on Oct 28, 2009 in Dark Side horror psychology arachnophobia blair witch project david cronenberg david lynch eight legged freaks exorcist friday the 13th hellraiser robert blake slasher films texas chain saw massacre the fly 1986 the thing 1982 urban legend
(NOTE: Due to... 1. the Halloween Holiday 2. a trip out of state and 3. a lack of a working laptop, The Small Town Critic website will go on vacation until Nov. 4 when I will be bringing you a review of "Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day" - Coop)...
- HAIR METAL MOVIE MADNESS presents “Ode to Slashers!” Music from Jason, Freddy and Michael! by DARK SIDE on Oct 23, 2009 in Dark Side Hair Metal Movie Madness horror villains a nightmare on elm street alice cooper are you ready for fready dream warriors fat boys freddy krueger friday the 13th horshack jason lives jason voorhees john carpenter man behind the mask mc lyte michael myers music put your hands on me Rob Zombie the dream master
Does anyone remember that bizarre pop song that Alice Cooper did for the Friday the 13th movie franchise? Yeah, I didn't either until a friend reminded me that it existed. FT13 Part 6 was poised to resurrect (literally) the flailing franchise who a...
- LAW ABIDING CITIZEN (2009) ***1/2 movie review by COOP on Oct 21, 2009 in action thriller f. gary gray Gerard Butler jamie fox kurt wimmer law abiding citizen revenge taken taken 2
The film gets off to a quick start as Clyde (Gerard Butler) watches as two thugs break into his house, render him immobile and kill his wife and little girl within the first 2 minutes of the movie. Months later, hotshot prosecutor Nick (Jamie Foxx)...
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- Belated ZOMBIELAND (2009) ***** movie review by DARK SIDE on Oct 16, 2009 in Dark Side action best reviewed comedy horror abigale breslin bill murray chevy chase emma stone ghostbusters jessie eisenberg woody harrelson zombieland
“Zombieland” is an R-rated “Ghostbusters” for the new millennium. This crowd-pleasing film has won over jaded audiences and critics from coast to coast, taking most of its inspiration from a source I did not anticipate… blockbuster comedi...
- COOP gets an email from cult B-director Albert Pyun! First footage from TALES OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE! on Oct 15, 2009 in action fantasy albert pyun christopher lambert cyborg dollman infection invasion 2005 kevin sorbo nemesis olivier gruner ralf mueller richard lynch richard moll tales of an ancient empire the sword and the scorcerer val kilmer
If you don't know the guy then you probably didn't frequent the same video stores I did in the 80's and 90's. Pyun's direct-to-video releases were infamous for their high-entertainment value despite being made on the extreme fast and cheap. His mos...
