Tag Archives: J.J. Abrams

Candy Cane… you there, Candy Cane? John Dahl’s Joy Ride turns 20 this month; that’s right! It has been two decades since we got introduced to good old Rusty Nail, the psychotic trucker who doesn’t deal well with being pranked, on October 5, 2001. I loved this movie growing up. For …

The 4K restoration of the original Phantasm, spearheaded by J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot Productions, premiered at SXSW last week to tremendous accolades. It’s ironic, since critics weren’t nearly as kind when Don Coscarelli’s surrealist nightmare premiered on March 28th, 1979 (almost exactly 37 years ago). Trevor Johnston of Time …