The Hungover Games
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has secured all media rights to the comedy, The Hungover Games, acquired from producers Ash R. Shah and Ben Feingold. The Hungover Games is a parody of contemporary films including The Hangover and The Hunger…
American Scream
Down to the Morgan Library I bat-flew one afternoon to pay homage to Edgar Allan Poe, the martyred saint of literary hacks, tattered soul of Baltimore, and interior decorator of the funeral parlor of American Goth, rich in velvet drapings…
Big Ass Spider
When you walk into a film titled Big Ass Spider, you should simultaneously know what to expect – yet have no idea what kind of insanity awaits. B-Movies are often hit and miss because replicating unintentional comedy proves to be…
Cherry 2000
“Cherry 2000” is a sort of post-apocalyptic science fiction Western, a cross between “Mad Max” and “The Stepford Wives”. The year is 2017, thirty years in the future when the film was made in 1987. Following some unspecified apocalypse America…
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone reprise their roles as Alan Quatermain and Jesse Huston in “KING SOLOMON’S MINES”. This time around, the quest is on to seek out a ‘Utopian’ society that has only been talked about, but never seen,…
Johnny Yuma
This is one of the three spaghetti westerns directed by Romolo Guerrieri, whose real family name was Girolami: he was Enzo G. Castellari (G = Girolami). As a director, he is best known for his final spaghetti western, 10,000 Dollars…
The Thing (1982)
Looking back on John Carpenter’s The Thing – today a highly treasured cult favourite – one has to wonder why it was dismissed by both the audience and critics when it first came out in 1982. Steven Spielberg’s extra terrestrial…
Admiral Theatre Presents Film Strip: A Picture Show A-Go-Go
The Admiral Theatre presents Film Strip: A Picture Show A-Go-Go. A Burlesque and Fetish Celebration in B-Movie Madness! FEATURING: Masuimi Max She’s back, the undisputed queen of kink! It has been two long years since Miss Max has graced the…
Cat People
More often than not, it’s much better to show nothing than anything at all. Hitchcock knew this, and that’s how he essentially became known as The Master of Suspense. Had he shown Norman’s “mother” from “Psycho” killing the girl in…
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Allied Artists stunning INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS is arguably the finest Sci-Fi movie ever made. Produced in 1956 by Walter Wanger it was perfectly written for the screen by Daniel Mainwaring (who also wrote “Out Of The Past”) which…
‘Fast & Furious’ star Paul Walker killed in car crash
Actor Paul Walker, who shot to fame as star of the high-octane street racing franchise “Fast & Furious,” died Saturday in a car crash in Southern California. He was 40.Walker’s publicist Ame van Iden confirmed his death, but said she…
We Need More 1984, Introducing the 8th Annual B Movie Celebration
1984 was not all Big Brother, Big Hair, Big Pants ,Madonna and Prince, it was also a great year for movies. This year The B Movie Celebration, that once a year cinematic circus now in it’s 8th year, wants the…
Quentin Rides Again
In his latest interview with Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show”, director Quentin Tarantino teased details of his next film project. “I haven’t told anybody this publicly, but I will say the genre: It’s a Western. It’s another Western,” he…
Gothic Lolita Battle Bear
“Gothic lolita fashion enthusiast Yumeko Ayukawa, nicknamed Dameko, possesses the ability to merge with her talking pink teddy bear Buusuke to form Nuigulumar, a sexy leather-clad superheroine. Using her furry nunchucks, she must battle evil villain Takeshi, his psychic subordinate…
Go with God, Gringo
Director Mulargia and screenwriter Musolino had both worked on Perché uccidi ancora?, but this was their first real collaborate effort. Musolino also appears in the movie as the main villain. It was also the first spaghetti western of Dutch actor…
Assault On Precinct 13
With his filmmaking career beginning in the midst of the new Hollywood and its touchstones in American film history, it’s perhaps easy to see why the work of John Carpenter has been somewhat overshadowed by more celebrated filmmakers such as…
A Claus Call
I’m a sucker for Christmas. Even in the dead heat of a summer afternoon, I can often be caught humming a few bars of a carol while I whack away at weeds and mosquitoes. It is, quite frankly, bothersome, although…
Calgary Comic Expo announces first star: Cult king Bruce Campbell
It’s still five months away, but the good folks at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo have already begun building excitement with the announcement this week of their first guest. Actor, writer, producer Bruce Campbell, perhaps best known for Sam…
Jurassic World
Colin Trevorrow, the director of 2015’s ‘Jurassic Park’ sequel, has reassured fans that ‘Jurassic World’ won’t be a reboot. The American film-maker took to Twitter to answer a concerned dino-fan’s question about the forthcoming film, assuring him that the fourth…
Homefront Miss
Homefront Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder. Directed by Gary Fleder. Rated R. Now playing. With scowling, British buzzsaw Jason Statham as the hero, and madcap James Franco and trashy Winona Ryder as the villains, plus a screenplay by none…