Staff
Welcome! Meet the Movie Geeks…
| Michelle McCue – Managing Editor/News Director |
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| Favorite Films: JAWS, Terminator, T2, Alien, Aliens, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Matrix, Planet of the Apes, The Right Stuff, 12 Monkeys, 2001, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Pulp Fiction, Gladiator, 28 Days Later, Superman (1978), Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Goodfellas, Lawrence of Arabia, Bridge on the River Kwai, The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village, Lady in the Water, The Happening, Point Break. |
| Favorite Directors: Ridley Scott, M. Night Shyamalan, Kathryn Bigelow, Jane Campion, James Cameron, Michael Bay, J.J. Abrams, David Lean, Stanley Donen, Blake Edwards, Peter Jackson, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese. |
| Huge passion for film scores – I have a plethora of soundtracks. Live for the Academy Awards – my High Holy Day! Love movie trailers. I hail from Connecticut and still root for East Coast sports teams… Huge UCONN hoops, Red Sox and New England Patriots fan… In another life, I was a Newscast Director for a CBS affiliate before moving to St. Louis 13 years ago. Proud member of The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ) |
| Tom Stockman – Editor/Creative Director |
 My favorite decade for the movies is the 1970’s and I’m fixated on some films that I saw at the drive-in back then especially THE FARMER and THE RATS ARE COMING THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE! My favorite actor is Charles Bronson and my favorite actress is Pam Grier. I collect original movie posters from 1950’s horror films that combine monster imagery with a strong glamor element and my favorite from my collection is the one-sheet for THE ASTOUNDING SHE MONSTER.My favorite movies are ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, TAXI DRIVER and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. I collect vintage monster toys from the 1960’s and my favorite monster is the Creature from the Black Lagoon. My favorite directors are Sergio Leone, Mario Bava and Russ Meyer. I live in St. Louis County with my wife and two daughters. I don’t have a favorite daughter. I am a Movie Geek. |
| Jim Batts – Contributing Writer |
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| I’ve been mesmerized by the movie ever since my Mom took me to see GOODBYE CHARLIE (look it up, I’m that old). Soon I was walking on my own to the Capitol Theatre for their Saturday matinee. I’d run home from grade school to catch the afternoon movie on TV. The older the movie the better. I got movie toys every Christmas, from the Give-A-Show projector to a Super 8 sound camera and projector. I collected 8 MM films and subscribed to the Home Movie Library (a different book every month from Classics of the Silent Screen to Tarzan of the Movies). In high school I began making amateur films with a group of friends. In one I played a vampire with plastic fangs and a cape sewn by Grandma. In another I was a jungle hero raised by animals. Yes, it was a comedy. During college I studied animation and later worked by several film production houses. In 2009 I was finally able to put my movie knowledge to the test by appearing on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’s Million Dollar Movie Week. |
| My favorite filmmakers, stars, and films are Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, the Marx Brothers, Boris Karloff, Errol Flynn, THE WIZARD OF OZ, Looney Tunes,CASABLANCA, Hammer Studios, Sean Connery as 007, SINGING IN THE RAIN, Ray Harryhausen, the original STAR WARS, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, PINOCCHIO, Alfred Hitchcock, THE IRON GIANT, ANIMAL HOUSE, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN,SPIDER-MAN 2, and the Pixar Studio. |
Melissa Howland – L.A. Editor |
| Born in a small town in Illinois, I started hanging out with the guys and watching obscure and horrific movies… maybe that’s why I didn’t date much in high school… lol. With the nickname of Wrath and a bachelors in Art Therapy from Millikin University, I spend the majority of my time wearing out my DVD player, watching both awesome and awesomely bad movies! Cheese and bad acting are some of my favorite qualities in a flick. I also love special effects! I can easily remember practicing movie make-up on myself… The more grotesque the better! Oh, and I’m a Pisces that enjoys long walks on the beach and yard gnomes! Facebook HERE |
| Favorite Movies: A Nightmare on Elm Street series, Reform School Girls, Labyrinth, The Crow, Beetlejuice, Feast, Fright Night, anything Tim Burton, Dead Poets Society, Amelie, etc… I’m a sucker for a cheesy storyline, but I love a good slashing! |
| Travis Keune – Contributing Writer |
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| Raised on a diet of sugary breakfast cereals and weekends filled with Joe Bob Briggs’ MonsterVision and Rhonda Shear’s USA Up All Night. Having been a sheltered child, he made countless trips to his favorite local video store (RIP, Video Haven) and absorbed as many action, horror, science-fiction and cult films as his underage arms could carry. He grew up, went to film school and now he writes about movies. Some call it an obsession, he calls it a passion. |
| Daniel Schindel – Contributing Writer |
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| I was born and bred in rural Maryland, and now I’m trying to make it in LA. I work odd jobs in between seeing all the movies I can, and trying to write about them. I have a blog about documentaries: |
