Snitch
Writer/director Ric Roman Waugh and writer Justin Haythe’s Snitch (trailer) operates on two levels. On one hand, it’s a pulpy and satisfying B-movie, a distinctly old-fashioned studio programmer about a normal man thrust into an abnormal situation. The film is…
Ode To Sci-Fi Marathons
Boston is the unofficial home of marathons. We host that big marathon in April that shuts down a good portion of the Hub so hundreds of runners can have the roads to themselves. But in the middle of snow season,…
From Head Trip To Unhinged
John doesn’t die at the end of “John Dies at the End,” although maybe he dies in the middle and possibly more than once. That’s not a spoiler so much as a consumer advisory: This loopy slacker horror farce is…
Noir Rock
Large, in charge and nobody’s little Margie: Dwayne Johnson takes on the drug kingpins in “Snitch.” Place your bets! Whatever. This one actually works. “Snitch” is shrewd in its balancing of our sympathies. Set in Missouri but shot in Shreveport,…
Damnation Alley
A stogie-chewing George Peppard heads a team that welds together an armored vehicle out of spare parts, taking satisfaction when a plan comes together…. Jan-Michael Vincent mans an AWOL missile-firing government vehicle copiloted by a cranky white-haired guy…. Capsule descriptions…
The Searchers
A modest hit in theaters in 1956, “The Searchers” has grown in stature to become, for many, the greatest Western filmed and one of the most influential movies. Yet it’s always been more, thematically and culturally, than just a John…
Fright Night
Fright Night really deserves 10 out of 10 because I have rarely seen a film as delightfully entertaining as this. Of all the vampire films to have been released in the 1980’s, this one remains the most fun. Admittedly, The…
Humanoids From The Deep
Check this out for a storyline: hideous fish-men rise from the ocean depths in order to mate with human females and thus speed up their rapid evolution (which has already been kick-started by them eating genetically mutated salmon). Now if…
The Zombie Invasion Of Canada
Canadians can sleep safely tonight knowing that a zombie invasion of Canada will not be tolerated by the ruling Conservative Party of Stephen Harper. In a case of life imitating art, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is assuring the House…
A Real Night Of The Lepus
It was like a weird scene out of a horror movie, maybe the 1972 B-movie “Night of the Lepus” that features giant rabbits on a rampage. Except the bunnies are regular sized, and the news is strange but true. Bunnies…
On The Road With Bruce Campbell
B-movie star Bruce Campbell is bringing a little fear to Hastings Saturday — but in a lighthearted way. Campbell, star of “The Evil Dead” trilogy of the 1980s and the current television series “Burn Notice,” will speak on the Hastings…
Cult Movie Network
In May 2003, Dieter Kohler was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called The Cult Movie Channel, described as being “devoted to exploring the world of cult film and television.”ch as…
Video On Demand Is The Future
The global video on demand market has been forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.8% over the period to 2015. Video on Demand (VOD) or Audio and Video on Demand (AVOD) are systems which allow…
Savage Steve Goes Big With Anchor Bay
Steve Austin’s acting career continues to go from strength to strength, with the star having just finalized a new deal with Anchor Bay Films. Movie news site Deadline exclusively reports that Austin, and his film company, Broken Skull Ranch Productions,…
Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes
The easiest way to describe this movie is as a satire. The target of the satire is quite vast, from the US Government to corporate America. It is also not a stinging satire, but rather a silly one. Think of…
Sorority House Massacre 2
[v=arEhoUT0ang]nspired by a few set-pieces at Roger Corman’s studio, Jim Wynorski put together a screenplay titled “The Séance” and ended up filming it with the correspondence of Corman’s wife, completely behind his back. Sounds like the workings of a cheap…
Bruce Campbell on the ‘Dead Serious’ ‘Evil Dead’ Remake,
In a sea of lumpy Spandex, half-assed Harry Potter costumes and face paint, Bruce Campbell set quite a sartorial standard at New York Comic-Con on Saturday. The square-jawed actor — who’s currently seen in the USA Network cable TV series…
The Reel Fantasy Island
A cocktail at 10 in the morning? Why not, especially when you’re on your way to Capri, California-style. Plus it’s free. ”Bloody Marys with none of that sissy celery,” booms the ferry’s loudspeaker. ”There are real jalapenos in ours.” Oh,…
Chronicle
WITH great power comes great responsibility. Three high school students learn that harsh lesson in this low-budget sci-fi thriller, which imagines the catastrophic consequences for the pals when they are suddenly gifted incredible mental and physical skills. The film opens…
Bullet To The Head
LAST week, Arnold Schwarzenegger returned to the big screen with a bang, demonstrating that he has no intention of growing old gracefully. His muscle-bound rival, Sylvester Stallone, who will be 67 years old in July, attempts the same feat in…