Biehn In New Grindhouse
Actor Michael Biehn, best known for his starring roles in The Terminator and Aliens, and his Blanc Biehn Productions have joined forces with director Xavier Gens (Hitman) to produce a series of grindhouse films, the first of which will be…
Tentacles Claw Debuts
CORNER BROOK There is much mystery surrounding the local comic horror film “The Tentacle’s Claw,” but there is no mystique in the hype leading up to and including Friday’s premiere screening. The husband and wife duo of Michael Rigler, writer/director,…
New Apes On Track
Rise of the Planet of the Apes received great reviews and strong box office results, raking in over $480 million worldwide, in no small thanks to Andy Serkis, whose motion capture performance even got strong Oscar buzz. With the…
Don’t Remake Suspiria
As a long time horror film buff, I absolutely loved Suspiria. Released in 1977, Suspiria is director Dario Argento’s masterpiece. The movie is an incredible visual and aural nightmare, with amazing set pieces and a groundbreaking score from the Italian…
Astro Zombies In Vegas
Astro Zombies M4: Invaders From Cyber Space B-movie legend Ted V. Mikels made the original Astro-Zombies in 1968, and now he’s back with the brand-new fourth film in the series. Mikels is a Vegas institution, and he and the local…
A House On A Haunted Hill
As a former English major, I couldn’t resist going to see the new version of Jane Eyre, starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender. For those who can accept movies without a single bare breast or car crash, it’s a rare…
Bloodfist
A recent slide-show on Salon.com, entitled “The Best Remakes of All-Time,” chronicles movies that got better when their plots were re-imagined by later filmmakers. Like David Cronenberg’s chilling 1986 update of the old Vincent Price shocker, The Fly. Or the…
Warwick Davis
So—Harry Potter mania is upon us again. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, a pantheon of English actors take their final bows as characters in J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world. This seems a fitting time to salute one…
Iron Man 3 New Villian
Remember how the primary problem with Iron Man 2 was that there were too many villains clogging up the works, and how we’ve hoped over and over again that Iron Man 3 director Shane Black would learn from that mistake…
Whedon Torn
Before a movie opens, everyone involved is usually understandably wary about talking sequels– even when it’s something like The Avengers, which had the makings of a mega-hit well before it opened at $200 million North America alone. But The Los…
Anne Francis
One tall, cool drink of water, the beautiful, curvaceous, mole-lipped Anne Francis got into show business quite early in life. She was born Anne Lloyd Francis on September 16, 1930, in Ossining, New York (which is near Sing Sing prison),…
J.J. Abrams Revolution
J.J. Abrams, the same guy who twisted our minds with “Lost” and reinvented the spy genre with “Alias,” is set to plunge the world into darkness by robbing it of electricity. The filmmaker is one of three names listed as…
SyFy Films
Universal Pictures and SyFy Ventures have joined forces to create Syfy Films. The new film company will create theatrical films under the SyFy brand that will be distributed by Universal Pictures. Their plan is to release two movies per year…
Summer At SyFy
Featuring a record number of primetime original programming hours, Syfy’s hot Summer 2012 will be highlighted by the premiere of the new unscripted series School Sprits (from executive producer Mark Burnett), Insane or Inspired? and Paranormal Highway (Working Title) starring…
Commercial Horror
Rob Zombie is one of heavy metal’s true Renaissance men. He’s widely recognized as the dreadlocked, platform-booted former lead singer of White Zombie, and now the frontman of his solo band, currently in its 14th year. He’s also a visual…
The Devil’s Circus
Friday night “The Devil’s Carnival” came to the Colonial Theatre for a sold-out night of sin and debauchery. The Sacramento stop on the tour of the newest short feature from the creators of “Repo! The Genetic Opera,” proved to be…
Alien Prequel
The debate as to whether or not director Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” is a full-on prequel to his 1979 sci-fi horror masterpiece “Alien” has made its way through the cultural echo chamber on a scale not scene since “Did OJ do…
A Lucas Zinger
George Lucas’ rich neighbors don’t want him building a movie studio in their backyard. His response is the best thing he’s done in years. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, for four decades Lucas has owned a large swath of…
Comics Into Movies
Any question as to whether there’s an audience for films based on comic books has been thoroughly thrashed by the box office bounty garnered by movies such as The Dark Knight ($1 billion worldwide), Iron Man ($585 million) and, most…
The 1 Billion Dollar Movie
“The Avengers” is taking a page out of Superman’s comic book — flying faster than a speeding bullet to the billion-dollar mark at the box office. More Billion dollar box office hits The superhero blockbuster took in $103.2 million to…