http://www.smalltowncritic.com COOP COOPER is an independently syndicated film critic with a split personality. His "Southern Side" prints mainstream reviews that appear in various print publications across the mid-south. His "Dark Side" from Los Angeles befouls the site with reviews of horror and grindhouse flicks. Welcome to the site where COOP's two halves (and his contributors) review and debate the latest film/DVD releases... Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:01:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/10/23/hair-metal-movie-madness-presents-ode-to-slashers-music-from-jason-freddy-and-michael-by-dark-side/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/10/23/hair-metal-movie-madness-presents-ode-to-slashers-music-from-jason-freddy-and-michael-by-dark-side/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:20:11 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2584 Friday the 13th movie franchise? Yeah, I didn't either until a friend reminded me that it existed. FT13 Part 6 was poised to resurrect (literally) the flailing franchise who already saw the demise of it's main character, Jason, in IV and replaced him with a temporary impostor in V. Nobody liked that, so what was their solution for 6? Death to Arnold Horshack from Welcome Back, Kotter. Just kidding, but not really...]]> http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/10/23/hair-metal-movie-madness-presents-ode-to-slashers-music-from-jason-freddy-and-michael-by-dark-side/feed/ 0 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/10/04/hair-metal-movie-madness-11-leatherface-has-a-laaz-rockit-in-his-pocket-care-to-blast-off-by-dark-side/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/10/04/hair-metal-movie-madness-11-leatherface-has-a-laaz-rockit-in-his-pocket-care-to-blast-off-by-dark-side/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:47:22 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2544 Texas Chain Saw Massacre III: Leatherface (1990) was the biggest budget production of the original Chain Saw franchise before Michael Bay got his grubby little hands on them. It starred a young Viggo Mortensen as the handsome and deadly "Tex", reliable character actor Tom Everett as a babbling maniac and genre legend Ken Foree as a heroic survivalist nut. Oh yeah, and Leatherface sports a sweet mullet...]]> http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/10/04/hair-metal-movie-madness-11-leatherface-has-a-laaz-rockit-in-his-pocket-care-to-blast-off-by-dark-side/feed/ 0 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/08/22/hair-metal-movie-madness-9-wes-craven-orders-assistant-director-skinner-to-shock-peter-berg-by-dark-side/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/08/22/hair-metal-movie-madness-9-wes-craven-orders-assistant-director-skinner-to-shock-peter-berg-by-dark-side/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:59:59 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2427 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/08/22/hair-metal-movie-madness-9-wes-craven-orders-assistant-director-skinner-to-shock-peter-berg-by-dark-side/feed/ 2 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/08/15/hair-metal-movie-madness-8-the-2-coreys-vs-vampire-jack-bauer-by-dark-side/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/08/15/hair-metal-movie-madness-8-the-2-coreys-vs-vampire-jack-bauer-by-dark-side/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2400 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/08/15/hair-metal-movie-madness-8-the-2-coreys-vs-vampire-jack-bauer-by-dark-side/feed/ 2 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/08/08/hair-metal-movie-madness-8-gets-silly-with-yor-hunter-from-the-future-by-dark-side/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/08/08/hair-metal-movie-madness-8-gets-silly-with-yor-hunter-from-the-future-by-dark-side/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:00:06 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2362 Yor: Hunter from the Future made absolutely no sense and unapologetically oozed cheese from every celluloid frame it projected. Cashing in on the Sword and Sorcery/sci-fi hybrids of the early part of the decade (shared with films like Flash Gordon, Krull and Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn), Yor features American actor Reb (I played Captain American once) Brown running around in a loincloth, bad blond wig and a stone axe across a prehistoric landscape...]]> http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/08/08/hair-metal-movie-madness-8-gets-silly-with-yor-hunter-from-the-future-by-dark-side/feed/ 5 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/08/01/hair-metal-movie-madness-7-coop-commands-you-to-sweep-the-leg-you-have-a-problem-with-that/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/08/01/hair-metal-movie-madness-7-coop-commands-you-to-sweep-the-leg-you-have-a-problem-with-that/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:01:04 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2338 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/08/01/hair-metal-movie-madness-7-coop-commands-you-to-sweep-the-leg-you-have-a-problem-with-that/feed/ 0 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/07/25/hair-metal-movie-madness-6-need-inspiration-to-get-in-shape-vision-quest-has-it-by-coop/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/07/25/hair-metal-movie-madness-6-need-inspiration-to-get-in-shape-vision-quest-has-it-by-coop/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:00:24 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2293 Vision Quest (1985) is the best of these films. Matthew Modine plays Louden Swain, a smart and precocious beanpole who suddenly decides to give his high school career meaning by performing a near impossible feat...]]> http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/07/25/hair-metal-movie-madness-6-need-inspiration-to-get-in-shape-vision-quest-has-it-by-coop/feed/ 1 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/07/17/hair-metal-movie-madness-5-charlie-sheen-remakes-clint-eastwood-to-become-a-spectre-of-vengence-by-dark-side/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/07/17/hair-metal-movie-madness-5-charlie-sheen-remakes-clint-eastwood-to-become-a-spectre-of-vengence-by-dark-side/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:04:37 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2268 "It's a wraith, man! An evil spirit and it ain't cool!" -Clint Howard The Wraith (1986) Such a quote from Clint Howard back in the 80's might suggest a horror movie, but The Wraith is actually one of the most underrated sci-fi action movies of the decade. Why is it sci-fi instead of horror? Because the killer is a good guy and he looks like Robocop. That's why. Oddly enough, it's a remake of Clint Eastwood's 1973 faux-Spaghetti Western/ghost tale High Plains Drifter. Like Drifter, The Wraith tells the story of a guy...]]> http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/07/17/hair-metal-movie-madness-5-charlie-sheen-remakes-clint-eastwood-to-become-a-spectre-of-vengence-by-dark-side/feed/ 2 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/07/10/hair-metal-movie-madness-special-edition-4-pee-wee-and-dee-snider-burn-in-hell-by-dark-side/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/07/10/hair-metal-movie-madness-special-edition-4-pee-wee-and-dee-snider-burn-in-hell-by-dark-side/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:47:12 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2205 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/07/10/hair-metal-movie-madness-special-edition-4-pee-wee-and-dee-snider-burn-in-hell-by-dark-side/feed/ 0 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/07/04/hair-metal-movie-madness-saturday-3-listen-to-a-groovy-song-and-watch-the-blob-1986-for-free-by-dark-side/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/07/04/hair-metal-movie-madness-saturday-3-listen-to-a-groovy-song-and-watch-the-blob-1986-for-free-by-dark-side/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:24:50 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2169 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/07/04/hair-metal-movie-madness-saturday-3-listen-to-a-groovy-song-and-watch-the-blob-1986-for-free-by-dark-side/feed/ 1 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/06/27/hair-metal-movie-madness-2-every-saturday-coop-feels-the-need-for-speed/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/06/27/hair-metal-movie-madness-2-every-saturday-coop-feels-the-need-for-speed/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:00:58 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2123 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/06/27/hair-metal-movie-madness-2-every-saturday-coop-feels-the-need-for-speed/feed/ 0 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/06/20/hair-metal-movie-madness-1-every-saturday-by-dark-side/ http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/06/20/hair-metal-movie-madness-1-every-saturday-by-dark-side/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:05:16 +0000 admin http://www.smalltowncritic.com/?p=2092 http://www.smalltowncritic.com/2009/06/20/hair-metal-movie-madness-1-every-saturday-by-dark-side/feed/ 6