Space Raiders
This one hardly compares to the space adventures of its time. Those being Star Wars and Star Trek. And while I am no fan of Star Trek, I recognize that this film pales in comparison to the series Trekkies ooze…
Slave Girls On The Moon
Filmmaker and college student Joshua Kennedy’s newest film Slave Girls on the Moon will premiere at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at Cine El Rey. Kennedy, who has long been a B-movie enthusiast, wrote the film about a woman shot…
Coherence
All of Coherence’s superficial elements don’t exactly entice, lest you’re an astrophysicist whose idea of Friday night ratchetness involves Merlot, finely cut cheese, and stimulating conversation. On its surface, the indie film (opening in limited theaters today) is about eight…
Fillion Does Marvel
Today is the day, fellow fanboys! Nathan Fillion, our golden Captain of Firefly fame, has finally joined Marvel Studios in a big BIG way. Obvious spoilers below. According to a mighty internet sleuth, Nathan Fillion will play Richard Rider in…
Mandingo
I just saw this film on the big screen (the only surviving 35mm print in the world). I had never seen it on video, so seeing it in a crowded theater was my first experience with the film. As a…
‘All Cheerleaders Die,’
Low-budget filmmakers Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson have become known for making female-centric horror movies, and that continues with “All Cheerleaders Die,” in which a group of high-school pom-pom shakers returns from the dead to take revenge on some particularly…
Dinocroc
Roger Corman’s DINOCROC is a true b-movie in the grand tradition of atomic age monster movies. And make no mistake about it; this is an old-fashioned creature feature and not a typical nature gone amok/killer animal movie. The Dinocroc may…
Candy Stripe Nurses
I was originally not planning to say much about this movie, pro or con, except to tell you what my only reason was for wanting to see it — which I’ll come back to later. My thinking was that it…
Richard Lester
When he was born in Philadelphia on Jan. 19, 1932, his mother named him Richard. Later, as a TV director in London, he was given the nickname Dick, which he tolerated until the mid-’70s, when he insisted on returning to…
Heavy Metal Movies
When a cult cinema guide begins with a dedication to Danny Peary, you know its heart is in the right place. Peary’s venerated Cult Movies books were many b-movie fans’ entryway into the realm of weird cinema, Heavy Metal Movies…
Grand Theft Auto
A young couple Sam and Paula are planning to be hitched, but when they confront Paula’s influential parents about it. They won’t have any of it, and beg her to marry the snobby, rich Colin. Instead she and Sam steal…
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet
The first of two modified versions of a well-done Russian movie, filmed in 1962 under the title “Planeta Burg” (“Planet of Storms”) by the Leningrad Studio of Popular Science Films. No kidding. The original story involves a manned landing on…
10 Best Of The 70’s
10. The Man Who Would Be King (1975) A roaring, timeless Kipling adventure directed by John Huston and starring the incomparable duo of Sean Connery and Michael Caine, the film is simultaneously a swashbuckling imperialist adventure and a cautionary tale…
Maniac
Over one century ago (1897 to be exact) in the dingy back streets of Montmartre, Paris, an eccentric ex-secretary to a Police commissioner named Oscar Metenier, opened the Theatre du Grand Guignol. For 65 years, groups of performers staged one-act…
Michael Dudikoff
Though few familiar with buff skull cracker Michael Dudikoff would be shocked to hear that the handsome action star got his start in modeling, the fact that he previously studied child psychology might come as a surprise to those who…
Leprechaun: Origins
The long-gestated Leprechaun reboot from Lionsgate and WWE Studios has finally become a reality. The new entry — titled Leprechaun: Origins — will be available on Digital HD, Video On Demand and Pay-Per-Vew on August 26, with a subsequent Blu-Ray/DVD…
The Beast Within
I am going to disagree with most of the reviewers in here and say that I found the story to be quite intriguing. Some of it was a little out there but the crux of it ( the town conspiracy…
Cloak And Dagger
It’s quite an experience watching a movie that you haven’t seen since childhood. Your memories of the film are filtered through an innocent perspective you no longer possess, and as you watch the film again you’re struck by how different…
The Year’s Best Indie Genre Movies (So Far)
Throughout the first six months of 2014, it’s been a rough time at the local multiplex for folks who enjoy a good horror flick. Aside from the inventive and strong Oculus, in fact, it’s been a painful slog. The only…
Not Fade Away: The Search For a New B Cinema
In American Graffiti, probably the truest film about being young and American in the last moments of innocence, one of lead character John Milner laments the demise of rock and roll after the death of Buddy Holly. Carol: [John turns…