Month: July 2020

Movie of the Week: ‘Shadow of the Vampire’

Jeff Mitchell

AHFW takes a trippy trip to 2000 and a look back at E. Elias Merhige’s highly memorable “Shadow of the Vampire” starring Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich.  Merhige’s flick is part-drama, part-comedy and part-horror, as it retells director F.W. Murnau’s (Malkovich) making of “Nosferatu” (1922).  The wrinkle is that Murnau personally hires actor Max Schreck (Dafoe) to play Count Orlok, but this unknown thespian displays bizarre behavior and – for some reason – never removes his makeup. Mmm, it makes you think that maybe….. Well, don’t speculate, we recommend that…

‘Radioactive’ is a bit hazardous, because it packs too much story

Jeff Mitchell

“Radioactive” – “I want to tell you about Radium, a most peculiar and remarkable element, because it does not behave as it should.” – Marie Curie (Rosamund Pike) Marie Curie – born as Maria Salomea Sklodowska in 1867 Warsaw – did not behave as she should as well.  A physicist and chemist, Marie earned physics and mathematics degrees, and picked up her doctorate at the Sorbonne, where she became the university’s first female professor.  To say that Ms. Curie was ahead of her time is the understatement of the century,…

AHFW’s Top 5 Robin Williams Performances

Jeff Mitchell

Robin Williams sadly passed away in 2014, but he was born on July 21, and he would’ve been 69 years old.  In memory of the man, let’s look back at some of his best performances.   Here are AHFW’s Top 5: 5. Daniel Hillard/Mrs. Doubtfire, “Mrs. Doubtfire” (1993) 4. Dr. Malcolm Sayer, “Awakenings” (1990) 3. Adrian Cronauer, “Good Morning, Vietnam” (1987) 2. Dr. Sean Maguire, “Good Will Hunting” (1997) 1. John Keating, “Dead Poets Society” (1989)