Articles by Scott A. Gray

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Wes Craven

PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2012

Furthering the evolution of the slasher film from its roots in Halloween and Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street fully embraced the...

Falling Skies [Blu-Ray]

PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2012

A premise that combines elements of The Walking Dead with War of the Worlds is an appealing proposition to fans of post-apocalyptic survivo...

King Curling

Ole Endresen

PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2012

In lieu of evidence that King Curling is a period piece, it looks like North American nineties pop culture arrived late in Sweden, or at le...

Moving Up

Loghman Khaledia

PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2012

Is it crazy to have ambitions? If one lacks the mental clarity required for objective self-evaluation, then the answer is most probably yes...

Live and Let Die

Guy Hamilton

PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2012

Where would James Bond be without music? Certainly not the immortal cultural icon Ian Fleming's misogynistic superspy has become. Through...

Stateless Things

Kim Kyung-mook

PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2012

If one's in a charitable mood, indulgence can be read as artfulness. Stateless Things is the type of film some viewers will pretend to thin...

Excision [Blu-Ray]

Richard Bates Jr.

PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2012

For his first feature film, director/writer Richard Bates Jr. has brought a fresh and distinct voice to the horror genre. Combining family...

Red Lights

Rodrigo Cortes

PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2012

With his follow up to surprisingly effective single location thriller Buried, Rodrigo Cortés has proven to be a director of consider...