The PDI STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL – CHAPTER 5: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Laura Akers December 11, 2019 Shot for Shot Because while Star Wars had revolutionized movies and movie-making in many ways, Empire reminded us why that mattered, why films mattered.
Remembering Rutger Hauer (1944-2019) psychodr July 29, 2019 Schlock & Awe Here are the Psycho Drive-In All-Stars with some of their favorite film memories of the late, great Rutger Hauer.
Nichelle Nichols and Uhura: A Light Undiminished Laura Akers August 17, 2018 Shot for Shot Ms. Nichols' Uhura had left an indelible imprint on me too. She will always be the model for me of what we should be as women and as people.
Remembering Harry Dean Stanton (1926-2017) Adam Barraclough, Dan Lee, Laura Akers, Marsha Nicholson, Paul Brian McCoy, Shawn Hill September 21, 2017 Schlock & Awe This past weekend, we lost one of America’s most iconoclastic character actors, Harry Dean Stanton.
Women in Horror: Carrie – Horror Every Day Laura Akers February 28, 2017 Women in Horror As with so much of King’s work, Carrie isn’t about what it is most known for.
Women in Horror: Wes Craven’s Red Eye Laura Akers February 26, 2017 Women in Horror Lisa Reisert’s ability to handle herself isn’t something brought out by the trauma she suffers in the movie.
Women in Horror: Sigourney Weaver Laura Akers February 24, 2017 Women in Horror Without Weaver’s influence both on and off the screen, there would be no Sarah Connor. No Bride. No Lara Croft. No Alice. And no Furiosa.
Women in Horror: Karen Black and Trilogy of Terror Laura Akers February 9, 2017 Women in Horror But most viewers who caught Trilogy of Terror on TV probably have no memory of Julie, Millicent, and Therese. What they remember is “Amelia.”
ABCs of Horror 2016 Day 31: W is for Sigourney Weaver Laura Akers October 31, 2016 ABCs of Horror Neither decorative accessory nor Final Girl, Ripley was one of a kind. And a lot of that came from Weaver.
ABCs of Horror 2016 Day 2: B is for Karen Black Laura Akers October 2, 2016 ABCs of Horror But it is to Karen Black’s credit, if unhappily, that the film took such hold in our collective consciousness.
THE FINAL GIRL FULLY FORMED: Wes Craven’s Red Eye Laura Akers September 2, 2016 Schlock & Awe But the same things I loved about Nightmare emerged—more fully formed—in Red Eye.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM: The People Under the Stairs Laura Akers September 1, 2016 Schlock & Awe At the heart of Craven’s sometimes silly, often quite humorous, film is a critique of trickle-down Reaganomics: the rich are not rich because they work harder or make wiser decisions or because they excel in any other way ethically.
Supernatural 11.20 & 11.21 Laura Akers May 19, 2016 Reviews, TV Usually it’s more existential than this, but isn’t it just like Supernatural to make real such metaphysical issues: Can we depend on God?
Wondercon Interview: The Cast of Damien Gary Richardson, Laura Akers April 16, 2016 Interviews, TV At this year’s Wondercon, Psycho Drive-in's very own Laura Akers got to participate in several roundtables with the cast and the creator and executive producer of A&E’s Damien.
Supernatural 11.16 & 11.17 Laura Akers April 6, 2016 Reviews, TV If it’s unclear what the point of all this is, you’re a Supernatural fan.
Agent Carter 2.06 “Life of the Party” & 2.07 “Monsters” Laura Akers February 23, 2016 Reviews, TV Bring the popcorn, folks, because despite a slightly shaky start, this season’s conclusion of Agent Carter is looking even better than the last.
Supernatural 11.12 & 11.13 Laura Akers February 17, 2016 Reviews, TV While Supernatural is a male-centric show, what they lack in quantity of female characters, they make up for in quality of the women in returning roles.
Agent Carter 2.05 “The Atomic Job” Laura Akers February 16, 2016 Reviews, TV If last week’s Agent Carter was about character, then this week was about action, and nothing says action like trying to steal two atomic bombs.
Agent Carter 2.04 “Smoke and Mirrors” Laura Akers February 9, 2016 Reviews, TV We don’t expect more than a superficial critique of such social issues in properties like this, but that is what has made Agent Carter such a joy.
Supernatural 11.10 & 11.11 Laura Akers February 3, 2016 Reviews, TV It’s actually a bit of quiet genius that Supernatural, the contemporary Paradise Lost, leaves God out of the picture the way it does.
