The Blu Spot

The Film: In the pantheon of films with shocking endings, you'd no doubt find many of the usual suspects, such as "The Sixth Sense," the original "Planet of the Apes," "Psycho," and, ironically, "The Usual Suspects." Another that you'd very likely see on that list is Richard Fleischer's 1973 classic dystopian thriller "Soylent Green" (Based on the novel "Make Room! Make Room!" by Harry Harrison), starring Oscar winner Charlton Heston and Honorary Oscar recipient Edward G. Rob

The Film: Throughout cinematic history, there have been few monumental epics that have achieved the standing of William Wyler's 1959 masterpiece "Ben-Hur." To this day, its sheer size & scope are still marveled at by all who see it, putting to shame films that now have to cheat with CGI to achieve the same scale. At the time of its making, if you wanted to see significant portions of Rome, it had to be built. If you needed to have a scene featuring thousands of people, you ha

The Film: Renowned master of horror John Carpenter has been known for a number of memorable works throughout his incredible career, including "Halloween," "The Thing," and "The Fog," but one of his later works that seemed to slip through the cracks was his 1994 supernatural thriller "In the Mouth of Madness." It was another one of those films that didn't exactly wow critics at the time, and hardly made a dent at the box office, but in the 30 years since its release, there hav