ABOUT THE SITE
All reviews and writings are from the mind of Las Vegas writer Chad Clinton Freeman, CCF for short. Some reviews may contain minor spoilers as most do. I would suggest you use the approach I do. If you’ve never heard of a film or think you might posslibly want to see it, but just aren’t sure yet, read the review to try and find out more about it. If it is a movie you are dying to see, but haven’t gotten around to it, skip the review until after you've seen it. Don’t worry, I would never do something as idiotic as giveaway a secret twist, especially if we are talking about anything on the level of a M. Night Shyamalan or Paul Haggis ending.
There will be no method to the madness of what I review. Whatever I watch, I will review. Last, but not least, keep in mind, I am no movie expert and these are only my opinions. But what you will get is my honesty. I’m not scared to admit I like something when I do. I still claim the music of Michael Jackson, Britney Spears and Madonna and I walk around in a Houston Texans NFL jacket. I’m not too scared to voice me dislike in something either. No matter how many people tell me how good “Forrest Gump,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “Schindler’s List” or “The Godfather” are, I will argue with them otherwise. I do not like these movies and I have my reasons.
RATING SCALE
The rating scale works like this - four stars equals a perfect or almost perfect film, three is a great film, two is a good film and one is a bad film. No movie ever deserves zero stars, not even complete garbage. Are all movies with the same rating equal? No, not at all and from time to time I will place movies with the same number of stars against each other for a film fight.
CCF BIO
A film aficionado, a writer and promoter, Chad Clinton Freeman is the creator and owner of PollyStaffle.com. Chad, who has covered events such as the CineVegas Film Festival, the Screenwriting Expo of Los Angeles, the AVN Expo and Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, has worked in the field of journalism for 15 years. He is also a screenplay writer and is actively involved with a number of independent film projects.
Despite his love for genre cinema now, it was actually Oliver Stone who originally fired up his interest in film. You could say “Scarface” (1983), written by Stone, was the spark, and “Platoon” (1986), penned and directed by Stone, was the accelerant. Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino, Larry Clark and Robert Rodriguez soon added more fuel to the fire.
Then in 1994, the television show “Reel Wild Cinema” opened his eyes to genre films, specifically the creative, experimental, weird and wacky world of B-movies, exploitation and grindhouse works of yesteryear. The Godfather of Gore Herschell Gordon Lewis emerged as a new hero and inspiration. Chad has never been the same since.
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MISSION STATEMENT
In search of cinematic polished apples, PollyStaffle.com looks for the good among the unknown and tries to bring darkness to the light in order to expose the rotten for what it is. But most of all, this site is a celebration of individuality, diversity, creativity and empowerment.
- CCF, January 2006
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