Confessions Of A Rising B Movie Star
Twenty-four hours after performing in what promises to be first appearance in a real motion picture – unlike the Super 8 movies that Dad made of us during Christmas and birthdays in my youth – the headache has finally subsided,…
TNT Jackson
From Roger Corman’s New World Pictures, the script was co-written by actor Dick Miller (a frequent player in Corman’s films). Director Santiago worked (uncredited) on many Corman flicks, three of which starred Pam Grier. Shapely Jeanne Bell (a former “Playboy”…
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
One of the most politically incorrect films of all time, Pretty Maids All In a Row is easily Roger Vadim’s most audacious film. Scripted by Gene Roddenberry it focuses on the strange happenings taking place at a California high school….
15 Hilarious Indie Horror Films Every Fan Should See
I love horror comedies. I like em gorey, I like em cheesy and yeah I also like em with some great 80′s production values. That said I wanted to share films that are funny, gorey and abso-friggin-lutely hilarious. Admittedly all…
Across 110th Street (1972)
Barry Shear directed and Luther Davis wrote (after a novel by Wally Ferrsi) Across 110th Street in 1972 and the film stars Anthony Quinn as Mattelli and Yaphet Kotto as Pope. Pope and Mattelli are two police detectives, Mattelli white…
80s classic Remo Williams to be reissued with a 70s-style cover
Splendidly bad action thriller Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins is to get a long-deserved reissue on Blu-Ray this July. The story of a former NYPD cop, operating outside the law and mentored by a mysterious master of martial arts, it…
‘Godzilla’ Director to Helm First ‘Star Wars’ Stand-Alone Movie
Gareth Edwards, who helmed this year’s Godzilla and 2010’s Monsters, will direct the first Star Wars film to take place outside of the core episodic saga. Lucasfilm and Disney have begun work on several stand-alone Star Wars films, as well…
Hell Comes to Frogtown
Hell Comes to Frogtown is set in a future world which has been all but destroyed in the wake of a nuclear war, the earth is now a barren wasteland populated by a few humans & mutant Frog men. Lone…
Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Death Rides a Horse is one that Spaghetti Western fans (and fans of Lee Van Cleef) would thoroughly enjoy. The FILM is most watchable (read below about the DVD and possible hopes for a Region 1 letterbox DVD release), and…
The Death Lords
When infamous biker club the Hell’s Angels established its first Canadian branch in Montreal in 1977, they were already legendary underworld figures whose exploits had been captured in dozens of books and films. The Angels established an immediate presence by…
First Bananaman Poster
First introduced to the world back in 1980, the beloved Eric Wimp is about to get his big screen debut in next year’s Bananaman. Starting out life in Nutty, with later appearances in The Dandy and The Beano, Bananaman went…
Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys
[youtube_sc url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EKQwF6EcFqQ”] Starring Shannen Doherty (Beverley Hills 90210, Charmed) and the legendary Christopher Lloyd (‘Doc’ in the Back to the Future trilogy), Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys follows the terrorising tale of eel-like fish, lampreys, which wreak bloody…
The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films
Both an affectionate tribute and a cautionary tale, “The Go-Go Boys” is a solid documentary that offers, as its subtitle promises, one version of the “inside story of Cannon Films.” Israeli helmer Hilla Medalia (“Dancing in Jaffa”) charts the careers…
Joe Dante talks ‘Gremlins,’
The beloved horror-comedy “Gremlins” might be turning 30 this year, but at a late afternoon screening at the fifth annual Hero Complex Film Festival in Hollywood, the film proved it can still cast a spell over viewers. Not that director…
Gojira (1954)
Director: Ishiro Honda Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka Writer(s): Ishiro Honda, Takeo Murata Released Date: November 3rd 1954 Appearing Monsters: Godzilla Also Released as: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (US) In the Spring of 1954, movie producer Tomoyuki Tanaka was going through…
David Michael Latt
David Michael Latt has no shame. The 48-year-old cofounder of The Asylum, a film studio in Burbank, California, that produces quickie, nano-budget fare such as Airplane vs. Volcano (starring Dean Cain and Robin Givens) and Transmorphers (starring no one), knows…
Vampire Sisters (2004)
I seems that I’m the first to comment on Vampire Sisters, OK IMDb’ers this is what I think… Vampire Sisters starts on a dark misty night, an unidentified man is running towards a large house & in pursuit are two…
The Alien Factor
After sitting through various badly drawn planets and star fields that comprise the opening sequence we are introduced to Rex Walker (Johnny Walker) and his girlfriend Mary Jane Carter (Eleanor Herman). They are sitting in his car in the middle…
Rulers of the City
Writer/director Fernando Di Leo chronologically made three of the most stupendously amazing “Poliziottesco” (hardcore Italian cop/gangster thrillers) milestones with “Milano Caliber .9”, “La Mala Ordina” and “Il Boss”. I respectively granted those films with rating 10/10, 9/10 and 9/10 ……
Adam Sandler’s new movie is a massive flop
I know, I know, wishful thinking. The grown man who acts like a pouty preteen has been counted out before — “That’s My Boy” was a flop — only to bounce back strong — “Grown Ups 2” was a huge…