Author: Jeff Mitchell

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’: The tributes are memorable but the movie is not

Jeff Mitchell

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (2022) – The King is dead. Chadwick Boseman tragically died from colon cancer on Aug. 28, 2020, and the world continues to mourn.  The man played Jackie Robinson, James Brown, and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall on the big screen, but Chadwick’s most celebrated role is T’Challa, The Black Panther.  T’Challa was an Avenger, and he first burst onto the MCU scene in “Captain America: Civil War” (2016).  Boseman gladly reprised the charismatic character in his Oscar-nominated solo film “Black Panther” (2018) and the MCU’s colossal…

31 Scary Movies that are 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon: ‘Cronos’

Jeff Mitchell

“Cronos” (1993) – When you think of Dracula, what is the first image to appear in your head?  Bela Lugosi, perhaps? Bela sports a black cape and exposes his fangs in “Dracula” (1931), and not unlike that image, vampires have their own traditions: sunlight is deadly; mirrors don’t cast reflections; coffins are vestibules for sleep, and so on. Guillermo del Toro’s film comes with some of these traditions, but without question, it’s a most unique vampire movie. In present-day Mexico, Jesus (Federico Luppi), a gentle grandfather, runs an antique gift…

31 Scary Movies that are 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon: ‘We Are What We Are’

Jeff Mitchell

“We Are What We Are” (2013) –In a small Delaware County community, cloudy is the prevailing weather pattern, but inside the Parker house, creepy is the dominant mood. Widower Frank Parker (Bill Sage) mourns his late wife while trying to raise his three kids with a strict hand.  Supporting an Orson Wells-like beard, he gives threatening looks to the children, and they reluctantly fall in line. There’s a big secret which no one in the family shares with the movie audience right away, but once we find out, we wish…