Blobfest
BlobFest was held Saturday, July 13, at 11 a.m. with the StreetFair, featuring music by DJ Hot Rod Scott and Professor Couch of The Roots Rockabilly Roadhouse show on WPRB 103.3 FM. At noon the Fire Extinguisher Parade takes place…
Machete Kills Trailer Released
An A-list cast has assembled for this ultimate B-movie, with a first foray into the acting game for Lady Gaga generating some excitement. Expect Machete to receive plenty of female attention, from the returning Jessica Alba, as well as newcomers…
TV Film ‘Sharknado’ Inches To B-Movie Cult Status
Three weeks after its premiere, ‘Sharknado’ is still raining down great whites and hammerheads for the US cable television network Syfy — and even splashing them across movie screens. The campy, low-budget TV disaster movie about a hurricane that unleashes…
Peter Capaldi: The Next Doctor Who
The Scottish actor was named the new star of the British sci-fi franchise Doctor Who on Sunday during a live broadcast on BBC America. He will replace the departing Matt Smith, whose time in the time-traveling police box the TARDIS…
Death Ship
But then what did you expect? The start of the film after the opening credits is set on a large cruise ship somewhere in the middle of the ocean. In this sequence we are introduced to our main cast of…
Shivers
For me, the best of Cronenberg’s earlier works is an exercise in claustrophobic tension building, wrapped in a concept of pure exploitation, and all further used as an excuse for a wicked Buñuelian-like satire on the woes of contemporary consumer…
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957 Who made it: Directed by Jack Arnold. With Grant Williams. Audience appeal: 10 and up. Once upon a time: When he powers his motorboat through a strange, sparkly mist Scott Carey doesn’t think much of…
Cult Status For Sharknado
Three weeks after its premiere, “Sharknado” is still raining down great whites and hammerheads for the U.S. cable television network Syfy – and even splashing them across movie screens. The campy, low-budget TV disaster movie about a hurricane that unleashes…
The Rise And Fall Of Cannon
These two graying Israelis did, however, have enough expertise on the topics to create and produce seven ninja movies, as well as Breakin’, Rappin’, Salsa, Lambada, and The Forbidden Dance, all in a remarkably productive period between 1980 and 1990….
Sharknado At Midnight
So, who’s up for dodging giant shark-slinging tornadoes at midnight? Up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s a … shark! A super-sized storm sucks sharks from the ocean and hurls them onto land in the…
The Monster of Piedras Blancas
The SLO County on the Silver Screen series has been announced and it includes the B-movie filmed on the North Coast, The Monster of “Piedras Blancas.” It will show on November 23, 2013 in Cayucos, one of the movie’s locations….
Sci-Fi Series Helps People Escape Into Silly Fiction
Giant ants, swamp creatures and mutant dinosaurs, oh my! The Skaneateles Library’s Attack of the B Movie series is bringing four science fiction flicks to its upstairs room each Tuesday in August. Each movie starts at 7 p.m. The series’…