Akira
‘Akira’ is an astonishingly influential film, easily as much so as cinema’s touchstones Citizen...
Author Archives: Lorenzo Azzopardi
Intro To Anime
The real history of the medium is frequently chaotic and bizarre (as is the...
Barbarella
Jean-Claude Forest created the character of Barbarella for V-Magazine in 1962, at the request...
Ray Dennis Steckler: American Auteur
There was Ray Dennis Steckler. He said in an interview that the reason he...
A Tribute To Harryhausen
As part of their focus on special effects artist in general and Ray Harryhausen...
Dennis Hopper:Legend
When Dennis Hopper first arrived in California from Dodge City, Kan., at 17, he...
The World Needs More Talking Cat Movies
The film revives the B-movie genre by embracing the qualities of many 1990 straight-to-video...
Jack The Boring
One day Nicholas Hoult will be a household name, but “Jack the Giant Slayer”...
Lincoln Center Honors Pam Grier
At a mini-festival in her honor at New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center...
‘It Came!’
One comic book this summer is embracing groovy aliens, British culture and B-movie awesomeness....
Wacky Hollywood Marketing
As movie marketing has become increasingly convoluted, we’ve been subjected to trailers with commentary,...
Heart Felt Scenes: Revisiting My Bloody Valentine
In the late ‘70s and early ’80s, in the wake of Halloween’s record-setting success,...
Lucio Fulci: Italian Goremaster
Lucio Fulci (1927-1996) is an Italian horror film director whose cult and popularity have...
The Ten Best Dario Argento Films
I’m a big fan of Hitchcock, so naturally I’d be a big fan of...
Bitter Candy: Hansel and Gretel
Moviegoers craving something sweet and satisfying should pass on “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.”...
The Return Of Sonny Chiba
Hollywood Reporter has announced that Chiba’s first film for Assembly Line will be Bushido,...
Monte Hellman And Roger Corman
Born in 1932, the future Two-Lane Blacktop director had studied film at UCLA, worked...
Mr.Bad:Uwe Boll
UWE BOLL is often referred to as the worst filmmaker in the world. This...
The Promise Of B Bollywood Movie Posters
I’m not drawn to the movies as much as I am to their images....
Digital Projection Has Drive-In movie Theaters Reeling
As the night grew darker, a cold wind whipped across the asphalt expanse of...