In the 4th installment in The Alien Masterclass, Kyle and Trevor tackle Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s 1997 oddity, Alien Resurrection (1997)! Written by Joss Whedon, and starring a menagerie of stellar character actors, the film is a tonal mess that is best described as the black sheep of the franchise. Sporting sumptuous visuals and satisfying action and…
Tag: Monster
The Alien Masterclass – Part 1: Alien (1979)
In celebration of Catching Up On Cinema’s 1st year anniversary of programming, Kyle and Trevor take it upon themselves to revisit the show format that kicked off the entire series: The Masterclass! Seeing as the Predator franchise served as the inaugural Masterclass episode, it only seems fitting that we follow things up with a deep…
Episode 25 – The Hallow (2015)
Kyle introduces Trevor to the world of Irish horror cinema by having him watch Corin Hardy’s, The Hallow (2015)! A fairly quaint little indie creature feature, the movie was a welcome treat for the 2 to experience. Environmentalist messages in a monster flick! Wood imps/fae/hallow beasts! Eye trauma! Trevor rambling about monster movies and really…
Episode 13 – Krampus (2015)
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Catching Up On Cinema! In this episode, Kyle introduces Trevor to Michael Dougherty’s deconstructionist modern holiday classic in the making, Krampus! Multiple child deaths in a family horror film! David Koechner fighting rabid gingerbread men! Mute, obese children chugging Mountain Dew at the dinner table! Toni Collette and Adam…
Triple Threat Review – The Thing (1982) vs. The Thing (2011)
Kyle and Trevor are once again joined in the studio by Trevor’s brother Matt, as the trio discuss John Carpenter’s 1982 horror classic, The Thing!The 2011 prequel of the same name is also mentioned… grudgingly.
Episode 4 – Deep Rising (1998)
In light of Kyle and Trevor’s mutual appreciation of Stephen Sommers’ The Mummy from 1999, Trevor decides to have Kyle Catch Up On an earlier film from the director’s filmography, Deep Rising! Treat Williams as the chillest dad in the universe! Famke Janssen being fine as hell! The bad guy from Lethal Weapon 2 as…