Man With The Iron Fists
You saw the first photo and poster this morning and now the red band trailer for RZA’s The Man with the Iron Fists has arrived to give you a bloody first look at what his ode to kung-fu cinema, Quentin…
English Jackie Chan
Heat Vision is reporting that Jackie Chan is currently in the process of developing a new English-Language comedy in which he will star. The untitled comedy, penned by Jay Longino based on an original idea by Chan, will follow a…
1982 A Turning Point For Movies
Believe it or not, there was a time when the weekend box-office grosses were not news — unless you were in “the biz” and subscribed to Variety or The Hollywood Reporter. And why would they be? Most movies were released…
Long Shot
It was a pleasant surprise to see about 75 Arcadia residents of all ages show up on the patio of the Arcadia Historical Museum on Friday night to watch a 73-year-old black-and-white movie that most had never heard of. We…
Bigfoot
The new Syfy made-for-TV movie Bigfoot (Space, 9 p.m.) is indeed new, and is not to be confused with the Discovery Channel’s tongue-in-cheek docu-reality series Finding Bigfoot. This Bigfoot is a B-movie throwback to the sci-fi exploitation flicks of the…
The Dirty Dozen
When New York Times critic Bosley Crowther reviewed “The Dirty Dozen” upon its release (45 years ago this week, on June 15, 1967), he blasted the World War II action drama for its characters’ “hot, sadistic zeal,” its “astonishingly wanton”…
Old Doctor Who Discovered
Rare behind-the-scenes footage from Doctor Who has been discovered and will be screened for the first time in decades by Kaleidoscope the voluntary, non profit-making group devoted to the appreciation and research of vintage television. Chris Perry of Kaleidoscope said:…
Heavy Metal Christopher Lee
Acting legend Sir Christopher Lee, who turned 90 on May 27, announced on Friday that he will be releasing a second heavy metal album, titled Charlemagne: The Omens of Death, which will be released this summer. The first single, “Let…
Total Recall Reboot
Sony have released a brand new trailer for their upcoming Total Recall remake. And anyone hoping that it would be more faithful to the short story ‘We Can Remember It For You Wholesale’ by Phillip K. Dick will be disappointed…
Sexual Chronicles
Taboo-busting’ is a phrase that is often heard in connection with Film Festivals; I have seen several films at the Festival over the years that have tried to resolve the problem of ‘real’ sex in movies, usually to spectacular dull…
The Need For Speed
Gamers rejoice – Need for Speed is coming to a cinema near you. The game lauded for its life-like graphics is coming to life after all. The Need for Speed series – which is now up to its 16th edition…
Too Serious
The six-month countdown is on for Steven Soderbergh’s self-imposed sabbatical from movie-making, so what is the Oscar-winning director going to do with all that time? A book is in the works, Soderbergh said, and he might take his talents to…
Here Comes The Boom
The first trailer for comedian Kevin James’ soon-to-be-released mixed martial arts/comedy film, Here Comes the Boom, has hit the web. Check out the trailer above. The longtime funnyman and avid MMA enthusiast stars as a high school teacher turned professional…
B Movie Comics
Gilbert Hernandez has been creating a lot of “B-movie” comics lately, but perhaps not in the manner that you’re thinking. One of his characters from “Love & Rockets,” Fritz, is an actress that stars in a lot of B-movies. In…
Kafka’s Metamorphosis
The first-ever feature-length film bringing to life Franz Kafka’s 1915 tale Metamorphosis is complete, and we have a trailer for you that gives a few sneak peeks at the giant bug around which the story revolves as well as news…
Chucky’s Redux
We’re spent a lot of time talking about Child’s Play at CraveOnline. Witney Seibold spent weeks pouring over every film in the implausibly popular homicidal doll series over at The Series Project. Now it looks like he’ll have to gear…
Internet chatter
Internet chatter can explain movie blockbusters and even predict elections By Dennis Normile and ScienceNOW, Published: June 25 Why did “Marvel’s The Avengers” blow the roof off the box office, while “Battleship” sank? Blame Internet chatter. The number of times…
Drive-In In Peril
On a typical weekend night in the summer, the line of cars waiting to enter the Bengies Drive-In Theatre backs onto Eastern Boulevard, patrons hit up the snack bar and, as dusk turns to dark, owner D. Edward Vogel reels…
Jaws: The shark that changed everything
“It’s all psychological,” says Mayor Vaughn in Jaws, “You yell ‘barracuda,’ everybody says, ‘Huh? What?’ – you yell ‘shark,’ we’ve got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.” Panic on the Fourth of July has become commonplace…
B Movie Thrills
With its own punch line making up the composition of its very title, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” makes no pretentions of even trying to be anything more than a schlocky B-movie. The success of such films however, rides on the…