Considered purely as effects-driven filmed drama, 'The Day After Tomorrow' checks in somewhere in the middle of one of Hollywood's most absurd and least lamented dead genres, the disaster pic of the '70s. It's a little better than 'Earthquake' but… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
I remember the early 1980s, when I first got one of these fabulous film critic jobs. The downside was sitting through 'Splatteria III: The… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
Even my pathological love of Japan and its beauties, glories and eccentricities is sorely tested by 'The Grudge 2,' from Takashi Shimizu, a movie… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
“You lie well, and I appreciate the effort it takes. It’s not so easy, as any commissar knows.” — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
The horror movie will not go away. Look at the change in the Hollywood landscape as a signifier of its durability. At one point… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
“Some men are born to destroy, and nothing satisfies them but that. Whatever you’ve got, they want to tear it apart, from architecture and… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
I suppose I was formed by too many movies and too much television. At some point I absorbed the dramatic formula. — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
I'm not an expert or a trained ballistician. But it is a subject I've studied intently for 50 years, so I may know a… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
I've actually published two compilations, if only barely. Hire a private detective and possibly you'll be able to locate them. One was called 'Violent… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
“He was the sort of man who demanded results yesterday but then forgot to ask for them tomorrow.” — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
As long as 'Pearl Harbor' stays in the past, it's perfect; when it wretchedly changes gears in the late going, it becomes the wrong… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
“Some are born jerks” she said, “some have jerkhood thrust upon them, and some mature into rich and vibrant jerks. You are all three.” — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
“That’s the bravest thing, I think: not to be brave for yourself but for a buddy when it gets you nothing and costs you… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
