‘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…
The Shape of Things to Come
Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what’s left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity’s continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a…
Deadly Eyes
Cat-sized rats, laced-up on steroid enriched grain apparently destined for starving kids in Africa, overrun the city as former chop-socky filmmaker Clouse applies his unique, high contact brand of action/horror. Breaking with convention early, his sewer mob spirit away a…
Characula, the ‘Monster Mol’
Defying explanation and categorisation, Characula is a horror rock goddess with a difference. Currently living in Southern California, she is neither vampire, nor werewolf, mummy nor any other creature known from myth and folklore. Part sci-fi, part horror and all…
Celebrate MST3K’s 25th Anniversary
In honor of the 25th anniversary of Mystery Science Theater 3000, watch Joel Hodgson’s original, un-aired “proof of concept” pilot for the immortal series! While everyone is celebrating the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary, let’s not neglect another important part of…
Liberate Cinema Now……
I believe in the common man. I believe in their dreams, their hopes and the inherent collective goodness of the common man. I reject the notion that the public has to be spoon fed in order to comprehend concepts, ideals…
Remaking Road House
MGM is remaking the 1989 movie that starred Patrick Swayze and Kelly Lynch MGM has tapped Rob Cohen to direct its upcoming remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze movie “Road House,” TheWrap has learned.Rowdy Herrington directed the original film, which…
The Gate
When The Gate was released in Canada, it turned out to be a big moneymaker. There’s good reason for that: the special effects are quite notable for a Canadian film, and the direction succeeds in creating an appropriately nightmarish tone….
Abraxas
If straight-to-video films represent a poor gamble for anyone looking for quality, you can imagine what the odds are against a straight-to-video science fiction film. Add a Canadian production pedigree into the mix, and you would probably have more success…
Issues With SYFY
It will not come as a surprise to anyone that the Syfy channel’s programming has never been highly regarded. This is of no great importance-no network with a lineup consisting of sci-fi show after sci-fi show was ever going to…
Frosty
Like most holiday tales begin, Frosty is seated at the bar of his favorite establishment, cocktail in “hand,” regaling the regulars with a story of intergalactic consequence. At least that’s how Bobby Ray Akers Jr and Dennis Willman’s “FROSTY: ‘Twas…