Machete Kills Trailer Released
An A-list cast has assembled for this ultimate B-movie, with a first foray into the acting game for Lady Gaga generating some excitement. Expect Machete to receive plenty of female attention, from the returning Jessica Alba, as well as newcomers…
TV Film ‘Sharknado’ Inches To B-Movie Cult Status
Three weeks after its premiere, ‘Sharknado’ is still raining down great whites and hammerheads for the US cable television network Syfy — and even splashing them across movie screens. The campy, low-budget TV disaster movie about a hurricane that unleashes…
Peter Capaldi: The Next Doctor Who
The Scottish actor was named the new star of the British sci-fi franchise Doctor Who on Sunday during a live broadcast on BBC America. He will replace the departing Matt Smith, whose time in the time-traveling police box the TARDIS…
Death Ship
But then what did you expect? The start of the film after the opening credits is set on a large cruise ship somewhere in the middle of the ocean. In this sequence we are introduced to our main cast of…
Shivers
For me, the best of Cronenberg’s earlier works is an exercise in claustrophobic tension building, wrapped in a concept of pure exploitation, and all further used as an excuse for a wicked Buñuelian-like satire on the woes of contemporary consumer…
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957 Who made it: Directed by Jack Arnold. With Grant Williams. Audience appeal: 10 and up. Once upon a time: When he powers his motorboat through a strange, sparkly mist Scott Carey doesn’t think much of…
Cult Status For Sharknado
Three weeks after its premiere, “Sharknado” is still raining down great whites and hammerheads for the U.S. cable television network Syfy – and even splashing them across movie screens. The campy, low-budget TV disaster movie about a hurricane that unleashes…
The Rise And Fall Of Cannon
These two graying Israelis did, however, have enough expertise on the topics to create and produce seven ninja movies, as well as Breakin’, Rappin’, Salsa, Lambada, and The Forbidden Dance, all in a remarkably productive period between 1980 and 1990….
Sharknado At Midnight
So, who’s up for dodging giant shark-slinging tornadoes at midnight? Up in the sky. It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s a … shark! A super-sized storm sucks sharks from the ocean and hurls them onto land in the…
The Monster of Piedras Blancas
The SLO County on the Silver Screen series has been announced and it includes the B-movie filmed on the North Coast, The Monster of “Piedras Blancas.” It will show on November 23, 2013 in Cayucos, one of the movie’s locations….
Sci-Fi Series Helps People Escape Into Silly Fiction
Giant ants, swamp creatures and mutant dinosaurs, oh my! The Skaneateles Library’s Attack of the B Movie series is bringing four science fiction flicks to its upstairs room each Tuesday in August. Each movie starts at 7 p.m. The series’…
The Lost Empire Rises Large
In 1983, a young director stepped behind the camera for the first time and began to shoot a film which he thought might be both his first and his last. An ardent fan of “B” cinema, Jim Wynorski decided to…
Tara Reid denied role in “Sharknado 2
Tara Reid will not be returning for the sequel to the B-movie hit, Snarknado . TMZ reported that producers of the sequel met in New York City to decide the direction of the film, and decided that the only cast…
Fire Maidens of Outer Space
In the realm of camp sci-fi cinema, the lowest cull line seems to be movies that are so bad they’re, well, not good but at least kicky fun to watch. In that category squarely falls “Fire Maidens of Outer Space”…
Corman’s Top Ten
A genuine American movie legend, the eighty-seven-year-old producer and director Roger Corman has been in the film business since the early 1950s. He is perhaps best known for the low-budget horror films he issued with remarkable speed in the early…
Catherine Mary Stewart
Born and raised in Edmonton, Canada, Catherine Mary Stewart got her start studying dance at age seven. She toured through Canada, the Middle East and Germany with the Synergy Dance Company throughout high school, and moved to London to study…
Motel Hell
The distinctive taste of Farmer Vincent’s (Rory Calhoun) prime meats is renowned in the farmer’s rural area. In fact people come from far and wide to sample his uniquely delicious meat treats. The only real question is why is there…
Tombs of the Blind Dead
I write best when I write about what is on my mind. I write about geek culture because geek concepts are always scurrying around in the back of my head. There are other topics too, but this is the most…
THE RETURN OF THE B MOVIE
Summer movie-going is usually about the stars, the spectacle and the sizzle. But in a trend that’s mystifying Hollywood, this summer’s box office is being driven by films with modest ambitions, including relatively inexpensive comedies, lower-budget animation and horror pictures….
Chuck Jones
In a career spanning over 60 years, Jones made more than 300 animated films, winning three Oscars as director and in 1996 an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement. Among the many awards and recognitions, one of those most valued was…