Friday , May 10 2024

Gordon S. Miller

Gordon S. Miller is the artist formerly known as El Bicho, the nom de plume he used when he first began reviewing movies online for The Masked Movie Snobs in 2003. Before the year was out, he became that site's publisher. Over the years, he has also contributed to a number of other sites as a writer and editor, such as FilmRadar, Film School Rejects, High Def Digest, and Blogcritics. He is the Founder and Publisher of Cinema Sentries. Some of his random thoughts can be found at twitter.com/GordonMiller_CS

DVD Review: Jerry Garcia Band – Live At Shoreline

Guest Reviewer Fumo Verde On September 1, 1990, the Grateful Dead were scheduled to perform at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, but couldn’t due to the recent death of keyboardist Brent Mydland less than two months earlier. Instead of canceling the show, Jerry decided the best solution was …

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DVD Review: The Blues Brothers (25th Anniversary)

Directed by John Landis Written by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis The Blues Brothers is quite possibly the best action musical comedy ever made. Never in the history of cinema has there been so many laughs, so many great musical performances and so many car crashes combined all in one …

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Review: The Essential Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

In 1940, 25-year old Frank Sinatra was allowed out of his contract with the Harry James Orchestra and joined the more successful Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in January 1940 where he rose to prominence. In January 1942 Sinatra began working on his solo career by recording four songs with Dorsey trumpeter …

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Review – Star Trek: Nemesis (a.k.a. The Wrath of Bad Moviemaking)

Directed by Stuart Baird Screenplay by John Logan Story by John Logan & Rick Berman & Brent Spiner Yet again, the makers of Star Trek have pretended to offer us a movie when instead we’ve been presented with another two-hour episode. They have obviously given up on trying to appeal …

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Movie Review: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Guest reviewer: Caballero Oscura Korean director Chan-Wook Park gained some acclaim in the US earlier this year with the theatrical release of his revenge masterpiece, Oldboy, which represented the middle act of his revenge trilogy. Now US audiences are finally being treated to the opening act of the trilogy, Sympathy …

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Movie Review: Coast Guard (2002)

Guest reviewer: Caballero Oscura Prolific Korean writer/director Kim Ki-Duk has been on a roll lately with having his movies released in the US, such as 3-Iron, Samaritan Girl, and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…And Spring. Now Tartan Video has dug into his back catalog and unearthed this gem from a few …

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