Brian Vs. Movies

There are few movies that I am less inclined to see than the "tearjerker."  I have nothing against tears or jerking, it's ju...

Have you ever heard of Alan Smithee?  For a little over thirty years, it was the credit given to directors that wanted to disavow their work...

It is unusual for me to watch a film and imagine what it would be like in another medium.  Sure, sometimes I wonder what the book that a mov...

I didn't watch scary movies as a kid.  I think the first horror movie I ever watched was Scream ; I was seventeen or so at the time, wat...

Hollywood and the American public have a short memory.  That's a good thing, since Hollywood loves to remake films.  Sometimes it works,...

It's difficult to write about a thriller or mystery movie because nobody wants to be That Guy who reveals that Darth Vader is Luke Skywa...

You might not remember this, but when Russell Crowe originally signed on to this project, it was to play the Sheriff of Nottingham.  As a he...

Three Days of the Condor is a Robert Redford thriller based on the novel, Six Days of the Condor , by James Grady.  I'm assuming that t...