31 DAYS OF DREW 2 - DAY 1: GHOSTBUSTERS

Every horrorhound's favorite month is upon us, and to celebrate, I'll be dishing out film recommendations for every day in October. I hope you enjoy the month with some good movies, even if they aren't ones I recommend!

Today's Pick: Ghostbusters (1984)

Let's start the month off correctly.

THE DREW VENUE - EPISODE 2: TUSK, Kevin Smith, and A Whole Lotta Tangents

The grand experiment continues. In this second episode, we discuss the art-house drama, Tusk, and the career of its creator, Kevin Smith. There's also Batman, Disney Channel movies, and an overall lack of respect for anything resembling a format. We'll get there eventually. Hope you enjoy listening, and please leave questions, comments and criticisms either here, at our SoundCloud page (follow us on SoundCloud too!), or tweet at us. I'm @DrewDietsch and Nick is @darthbrazil

31 DAYS OF DREW (2013) INDEX

Something I feel truly awful about is not completing my "31 Days of Drew" Halloween recommendation articles last year. Horror is my favorite genre in all of fiction, and October is the month where it's okay for people who aren't as into horror to delve into it. Due to my personal and professional life getting super crazy near the end of last October, I just didn't take the time to finish the remaining few posts. This year, it's going to be different. Instead of trying to write throughout the month of October, I did the smart thing and wrote all thirty-one articles this past month. Now all I have to do is remember to post them each day, and if I can't do that, then I should just retire from my Internet ramblings completely. For those of you who would like to see my unfinished articles from last year (I got so close too!), I've compiled all the links here for your clicking pleasure. I hope you'll stick around for the upcoming month. I promise you, we'll make it to Halloween this time!

31 Days of Drew (2013)

Day 1: High Plains Drifter

Day 2: The Night of the Hunter

Day 3: Laid to Rest

Day 4: Resolution

Day 5: Tremors

Day 6: Phantom of the Paradise

Day 7: Society

Day 8: The Frighteners

Day 9: Tourist Trap

Day 10: Creepshow

Day 11: Nightbreed

Day 12: Hollow Man

Day 13: Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI

Day 14: House

Day 15: Ghostwatch

Day 16: Behind the Mask - The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Day 17: The Cabin in the Woods

Day 18: Carrie

Day 19: Theatre of Blood

Day 20: Waxwork

Day 21: Jeepers Creepers

Day 22: The Monster Squad

Day 23: Club Dread

Day 24: Intruder

Day 25: The Addams Family and Addams Family Values

Day 26: The Return of the Living Dead

Day 27: Beetlejuice

THE DREW VENUE - EPISODE 1: We Talk About THE WIRE

And so it begins. My best friend, Nick Murray, joins me for an ongoing podcast where we talk about the most important topics in the world: movies, television shows, video games, music, comic books etc. This first episode has us trying to tackle the most layered show in TV history, The Wire. Hope you enjoy listening, and please leave questions, comments and criticisms either here, at our SoundCloud page (follow us on SoundCloud too!), or tweet at us. I'm @DrewDietsch and Nick is @darthbrazil

31 DAYS OF DREW - DAY 26: THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD

Every horrorhound's favorite month is upon us, and to celebrate, I'll be dishing out a personal pick from the genre for every day in October. Some will be obvious and rather unoriginal (sorry that I like movies other people like), while some will be a little more oddball and off-the-wall. Some may even challenge your idea of what constitutes a "horror" movie. Regardless, I hope you enjoy the month with some good movies, even if they aren't ones I recommend!

Today's Pick: The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

As I've mentioned quite a few times during the 31 Days of Drew, the 1980's were a golden era of splatstick horror gems. But, if there was one horror movie that captured that aesthetic, tone and energy perfectly, there's no question it would be The Return of the Living Dead. Filled with great effects, a new take on zombies and one of the bleakest but funniest endings ever, this could very well be the high watermark of the entire decade.

MOVIE REVIEW: BOYHOOD Is the Definitive Coming-of-Age Film

By now, everyone is pretty aware of the radical experiment writer/director Richard Linklater has undergone with his new film, Boyhood. It's been a centerpiece of the film's marketing, and the audience I saw it with were murmuring about it before the lights went down. While I was certainly intrigued by such a risky choice, it was how Linklater would use the real-life aging of his actors in service to the story and themes that brought me to the theater, and I was not only impressed, I was in emotional awe. Boyhood is the true definition of a magnum opus. It is such an achievement that I find it challenging to try and encapsulate everything that makes it so special, but I will try.

MOVIE REVIEW: SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR Is... Yeesh

I loved Sin City when it came out in 2005. It was serendipitous that, at the same time, I was beginning to delve into the world of graphic novels, discovering the works of essential artists like Alan Moore and Frank Miller. When Sin City came out, it hit my sweet spots all across the board. It was violent, seductive, visually fresh and passionate to the point of zealotry when it came to being faithful to the source material. I rewatched Sin City recently in anticipation for the sequel, and found that, while I wasn't as enamored as I once was, I still enjoyed it. I walked into Sin City: A Dame to Kill For with measured expectations, but I guess I should have lowered them a whole lot more.