‘Falcon Rising’
That old saying about first impressions being the most lasting? It certainly holds true with “Falcon Rising.” In all respects, “Falcon” is the very definition of a B picture. Budget: low. Stars: second tier (and lower). Plotting: predictable. It’s a…
Open Windows
Inventive Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo, who was behind the ingenious genre-benders “Timecrimes” and “Extraterrestrial,” brings forth his first thriller shot in the English language, and mind you he’s got some celebrities on board. Elijah Wood continues to waltz through different…
Regaining The Collective Movie Going Experience
In a recent Hollywood Reporter, Faith Popcorn ,that out there forecaster of the future, was quoted as saying “Movie theaters are dying. As consumers hide out in their at-home binge-cocoons, devouring entire seasons of HBO and Netflix programming, theater owners…
‘Into the Storm’
If beings from another galaxy were to see “Into the Storm” they could come away with the impression that video recording devices make people extremely risky. For a lean ninety minutes this “found footage” styled movie about a town besieged…
Return of the bad movie buffs
ou know, the ones where the acting is rubbish, the score is cheesy and the budget is nearly non-existent. These are the films that never make it to the big screen and go directly to the bargain bins – they’re…
Tusk
It’s might be hard to grasp, given how much of his movies are composed of inactive camerawork and marginal production design, just how much of a true filmmaker Kevin Smith really is. He’s a storyteller at heart. While some of…
The Only Video Store In Atlanta
Year after year, Videodrome won Creative Loafing’s top rating as the best video store in Atlanta. Its deep stock of movie titles was matched by the staff’s deep appreciation for film history and genres. Then came online streaming and a…
The Drive-In Rises Again
Iconic international restaurant chain, Johnny Rockets, today announced their Route 66 concept, comprised of four innovative prototypes to serve American families at home and on the road. Established in 1926 as one of America’s original highways, Route 66 became the…
Richard Kiel Passes
Jaws has bitten his last: Richard Kiel, the 7-foot-2-inch actor best known for playing the metal-mouthed villain in two Bond movies, has died at the age of 74. The Detroit-born actor, who appeared in dozens of other movies, including Happy…
Invasion of the killer B-movie robot monster from Mars
B-movies meet P.G. Wodehouse in the 2014 graphic novel It Came!, ‘directed’ by Dan Boultwood. Boultwood previously illustrated a series of graphic novels about The Baker Street Irregulars which were written by Tony Lee, who has also written for IDW’s…
‘Night of the Living Dead’ screening in Bay City
Fall may not have arrived yet, but for the more morbid among us, the winding down of summer means Halloween is crawling into view. In anticipation of it, and to raise money for one of Bay City’s most historic buildin…
Iron Sky. Here there be Nazis
Iron Sky drew me in with its idea alone: Nazis from the moon. An idea so infused with a raw dose of awesome I couldn’t help but be sucked in like a…well, sucker. My excitement was further cemented when I…
Cannon’s Roar
Ever wonder who’s responsible for the trove of cringeworthy, if classic, B-movies clogging up your Netflix queues? Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, currently playing at the Toronto International Film Festival, is the inside story of the…
John Dunning B Producer
Behind some of the most celebrated Canadian filmmakers is John Dunning, a producer from the Montreal borough of Verdun who helped to kickstart the careers of David Cronenberg, Denys Arcand, and Ivan Reitman. Dunning and his longtime partner André Link ran the Montreal…
Nightcrawler
So far the Toronto Film Festival has not mined any Oscar riches that weren’t already revealed at other festivals. Tonight’s public screening of Working Title’s “The Theory of Everything” may change that. But so far TIFF world premieres “The Judge,”…
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run…
Abar, the First Black Superman (1977)
“Abar, The First Black Superman” sounds good due to the title, but really this is a huge mess of a film, even though it is fun to watch (despite the brutality). A black family led by an established and successful…
The Vortex – Now available on VOD
Available today through VOD is Supernova Film’s The Vortex. The DVD release date is set for October 11th. Refer to it as “The Vortex: Gate To Armageddon” on ITunes and Vudu. https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-vortex-gate-to-armegeddon/id908395848 http://www.vudu.com/movies/#!content/569511/The-Vortex-Gate-to-Armegeddon Peter Paul Basler of Supernova Films told…
Monsters: Dark Continent
Before Godzilla, there was Monsters — director Gareth Edwards’ critically-acclaimed 2010 movie about the invasion of Earth by a race of giant, tentacled behemoths. This month, in the wake of Edwards’ success resurrecting the iconic Japanese monster, his own beasties…
Eegah (1962)
This is the second-greatest story every told. A lesson for posterity. A tale of star-crossed lovers, tortured souls, intrigue, adventure, passion, lies, anger, denial, betrayal, and finally, redemption. The master story-teller, Arch Hall Sr., regales us with an epic feature…