Argento’s Dracula 3D
One does not walk lightly into a criticism of Italian filmmaker Dario Argento. The lovable auteur behind horror classics like Deep Red, Suspiria, and Tenebre, Mr. Argento is inarguably one of the most influential genre filmmakers imaginable. Yes, right up…
Carnival of Souls
Carnival of Souls is a 1962 independent horror film starring Candace Hilligoss. Produced and directed by Herk Harvey for an estimated $33,000, the film did not gain widespread attention when originally released, as a B-movie; today, however, it is a…
The not so Fantastic Four
B-movie grandad Roger Corman apparently gave his tacit support to bootlegging in a tweet he sent out today. The occasion was the appearance late last week of the trailer for Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s the Fantastic Four….
Filming begins on Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre
Movie director Jim Wynorski and his team started shooting a reality warping science fiction movie for television at locations in Jackson County this week. Filming began Wednesday at Florida Caverns State Park, one of three primary locations being used in…
The Razzies
Every year, the Razzies single out the worst performances in film as a counterpoint to the fanfare of more traditional awards ceremonies like the Oscars and Golden Globes. The tongue-in-cheek awards are nothing to be ashamed of — just like…
Don’t Touch The White Women
General Custer (Marcello Mastroianni) is delegated to get rid of Indians who hinder the colonization of America. Even though the story is set in North-America, the Battle of Little Bighorn will take place in modern Paris where Custer also faces…
Simply Lloyd
Lloyd Kaufman is a staunch defender of American independent cinema. He’s also the guy who, with business partner Michael Herz, co-directed The Toxic Avenger and Class of Nuke ‘Em High. As the co-founder of the now-40-year-old Troma Entertainment, Kaufman produces,…
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Admiral Nelson takes a brand new atomic submarine through its paces. When the Van Allen radiation belt catches fire, the admiral must find a way to beat the heat or watch the world go up in smoke. I still remember…
Lawnmower Man
I had not seen this since its initial release in 1992. I decided to give it a re-watch for old times sake. Boy, some things don’t age well do they? Lawmower Man was a film based on a short story…
Reasonable Doubt
“Flightplan” scribe Peter A. Dowling (who should have thought seriously about the pseudonym route himself) is credited with concocting this tale of a rising young public prosecutor with his sights on the Chicago district attorney’s office who makes one of…
DOOMED! The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s The Fantastic Four
As most of you probably know, 2005’s Fantastic Four wasn’t the first time a feature film of the famous Marvel comic series had been made, it just happened to be the first one that got a theatrical release. Back in…
Capricorn One
Capricorn One is a 1978 thriller movie about a Mars landing hoax. It was written and directed by Peter Hyams and produced by Lew Grade’s (British) ITC Entertainment. It stars Elliott Gould with James Brolin, Sam Waterston and O. J….
The Neptune Factor
Aboard the R/V Triton, the Project Neptune team is doing oceanographic research. Director Andrews is trying to keep the research going in spite of opposition from Foundation Head Sheppard. Below on the ocean floor, in the Sealab, the team led…
The Hateful Eight
Rumors out of Hollywood this morning put a title to Quentin Tarantino‘s next film, which he revealed as a western some weeks ago on Jay Leno. According to Deadline Hollywood and The Hollywood Reporter, the new project is called The…
’Lone Survivor’ blows away N. American box office
Action drama “Lone Survivor” climbed to top spot at the North American box office, earning $38.5 million in its first weekend in general release, industry estimates showed Sunday. The film, starring Mark Wahlberg and portraying one of the deadliest incidents…
Lionel Shenken, Mogul (well maybe)
A horticulturalist by trade, Shenken got his start in showbiz as the host of Man around the House, an early 1960s gardening show on Toronto station CFTO. After producing a series of TV commercials, Shenken began creating music programming for…
Ukrainian Epics Produced In Oshawa Ontario
Canukr Studios which in the 1970s and 1980s produced films in Ukrainian, Urdu and English. It may be one of the best kept secrets in Mitchell’s Corners. The “ON AIR” sign and some film equipment are evidence of that time….
Peter Bogdanovich’s Targets
This is Bogdanovich’s first full directorial effort. (He had shot part of Wild Angels for Corman a while before, and Corman was impressed enough with his work there to offer him his own feature. These details and more are related…
Boxcar Bertha
Based on “Sister of the Road,” the fictionalized autobiography of radical and transient Bertha Thompson as written by physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman, ‘Boxcar’ Bertha Thompson, a woman labor organizer in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early ’30’s…
The Legend Of Hercules
When two similarly-themed movies come out in quick succession, it’s usually better to be the first one out of the gate. In 2013, “White House Down” had better marketing, a bigger budget and the Channing Tatum factor, but it couldn’t…