Godzilla: The Art of Destruction Cover Art
We’ve just been sent the official cover art and an exciting press release for the upcoming Godzilla: The Art of Destruction book, a hardcover which details the various artwork used to create the new Godzilla. Check out the official cover art and press…
Horror Rises
“Patrick: Evil Awakens” One of the more effective B-movies of the late 70’s was “Patrick”. The 1978 horror film concerned a comatose patient who created all kinds of havoc through his telekinetic powers. (Yes, the influence of 1976’s “Carrie” probably…
Ty Hardin, Western Star
I received a note early this week from regular column reader Ron Terranova letting me know that he enjoyed the article about Jeff Lebow and the Harvest Club of Orange County. He also told me that since retiring he’s been…
Project Moonbase
Project Moon Base was made in 1953. Science Fiction movies had come a long way in the 3 years since Destination Moon and Rocketship X-M. Here we are given a glimpse of the future, projected to 1970, and it is…
Psycho: A Work Of Genius
Since announcing his retirement from film-making last year, Steven Soderbergh has been remarkably busy. He has developed a TV drama called The Knick, is planning a Broadway musical on the life of Cleopatra and flogs booze and T-shirts on his…
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
Long before the advent of Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, there was “Tom Corbett Space Cadet.” And the camaraderie’s of fiction characters that we came to know and adsorb so well in “Star Trek” in 1966, was successfully captured here…
God Told Me To (1976)
On a sunny afternoon in New York City, pedestrians begin dropping like flies, a hellfire of bullets striking them down from above. Before taking a suicidal plunge off his water-tower perch, the sniper calmly informs NYC detective Peter Nicholas (Tony…
The Rodriquez Network
The Texas-born director – known for films such as Sin City and Machete – has unveiled El Rey, a 24-hour TV network, which is billed as a channel for young men “and what we call kick-a** females”. Its first scripted…
Back To Bond 24
James Bond screenwriter John Logan has revealed that the draft script for the next film is “almost done”.The scribe, who wrote Skyfall, said Bond 24 will follow on from the last movie, which starred Daniel Craig as 007. Sam Mendes…
House Of Wax
I HAVE to admit that House of Wax gave me a degree of difficulty in the “suspension of disbelief” department. I know this horror film is loosely based on the Fifties Vincent Price original, but half way in, the spectacle…
SYFY: Back To Roots
When Syfy changed the network’s name and rebranded its image, it largely abandoned much of what made the network so popular as it moved to produce ridiculous B-movies and TV shows aimed at a wider audience. Now it seems NBCUniversal…
Hateful Eight Lawsuit
War over words … Quentin Tarantino and Gawker Media are locked in battle over the leaked screenplay to The Hateful Eight. Photograph: Marc Piasecki/Getty Images A California judge has been asked to block Quentin Tarantino’s attempts to sue over the…
The Road Movies
Road to … refers to a series of seven comedy films starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. They are also often referred to as the “Road” pictures or the “Road” series. The movies were a combination of adventure,…
Under The Skin
Jonathan Glazer’s very welcome return to movie-making seems to have all the schlocky hallmarks of a sci-fi b-movie – beautiful, seductive female alien comes to earth and lures men to their death – but with Under The Skin he has…
The Puppet Masters
Like Stephen King, Robert Heinlein is an author whose work is frequently adapted into Hollywood screenplays. Also like Stpehen King, the results of adapting Heinlein’s work into the format of film rarely live up to the potential set by the…
Harlan Ellison
HARLAN ELLISON has been called “one of the great living American short story writers” by the Washington Post; and the Los Angeles Times said, “It’s long past time for Harlan Ellison to be awarded the title: 20th Century Lewis Carroll.”…
L.Q.Jones
Tall, sandy haired, mustachioed actor from Texas born Justus McQueen, who adopted the name of the character he portrayed in his first film, Battle Cry (1955). Jones, with his craggy, gaunt looks, first appeared in minor character roles in plenty…
Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Bio-doc Corman’s World examines the maverick legacy of Roger Corman, who made his reputation, such as it is, beginning in the 1950s as the director of dashed-off gangster movies, horror-comedies, Edgar Allan Poe adaptations and motorcycle pics for American International…
The Charming Kurt Russell
A wise man — or, more precisely, a wise-ass trucker named Jack Burton — once opined that “it’s all in the reflexes.” Few actors have had better reflexes than Kurt Russell, who makes a welcome return to theaters this weekend…
Hammer Films
Hammer Films is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic “Hammer Horror” films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Hammer also produced science fiction,…