The B Movie Actress-Linnea Quigley
Linnea Quigley was born in Davenport, Iowa, on May 27, 1958, to Dorothy and Heath Quigley. Her mother was a housewife and her father a chiropractor and psychiatrist. After moving with her family to Los Angeles in the late 1970s,…
Jonathan Winters Rest In Peace
he world of comedy has lost a legend. Jonathan Winters, who was known for his improv work that inspired many a contemporary stand-up comic including Robin Williams, Jim Carrey and others, has died. He was 87. Longtime family friend Joe…
The Wild Angels
At the beginning of the whole biker film craze, Director Roger Corman made one of the biggest hits with The Wild Angels. Actor Peter Fonda had previously been in more light hearted films like “Tammy and the Doctor” in which…
Popcornflix: a B Movie Netflix
Whether you know Popcornflix or not, the movie streaming service wants to get to know you; or, at least, it wants to capture your attention long enough that you’ll consider it alongside your other streaming media favorites. Launched in beta…
Beach Blanket Bingo
The fifth entry in the “Beach Party” series is universally acknowledged as the best of the lot. Having watched three such films in quick succession, I have to agree: it’s not that those concerned made a concentrated effort at creating…
The Expatriate
Ben Logan (Eckhart) and his daughter, Amy (Liberato) started a new life in Belgium after Ben’s job sent him overseas. He’s moved past the struggle of moving abroad and is at the top of his game with work. However, one…
The Call: A New Classic
For the first hour or so of The Call, you’ll think you’re watching a new B-movie classic. The picture is staged as a typical ‘special location’ thriller. We get a solid prologue, a decent chunk of the movie set during…
Acquanetta
Long before one-named celebrities became a fixture in American pop culture — before Oprah, before Madonna, even before Cher — there was Acquanetta. For decades the raven-haired beauty, who appeared in a series of B-movies in the 1940s, was the…
Annette Funicello Passes
Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV’s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the ’60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular series of “beach” movies, died Monday….
Five Quick Questions with Peter Paul Basler and Miguel Muller – Supernova Films
Soon to be released by Supernova Films is the action, adventure, comedy, Sci-fi film “The Vortex”. Supernova Films was started up by Peter Basler and Miguel Muller a couple years ago and since then they have been very busy producing…
Dr.Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
Now this is what I call a too-little-known gem. Despite being a perpetual “student” of film and being a fan of Vincent Price, 1960s films, and the various genres this film can be seen as, I somehow overlooked this title…
Welcome To The Grindhouse
Grindhouse is an American term for a theatre that mainly showed exploitation films. It is named after the defunct burlesque theatres, on 42nd Street, New York, where ‘bump n’ grind’ dancing and striptease used to be on the bill. In…
Evil Dead, It’s Just OK
Sam Raimi’s 1981 cult indie-horror classic “The Evil Dead,” and its smarter, cooler follow-up, “Evil Dead II” from 1987, are the Rosetta Stone for the hack-and-splatter crowd. If you want to know how to make a movie about a bunch…
Five Quick Questions with Jason Bourque
Jason has directed and wrote a couple dozen films including many disaster films. Growing up a horror fan he was determined to create his own horror and disaster film and he did just that. A few of his thrilling films…
Roger Ebert R.I.P
It was reviewing movies that made Roger Ebert as famous and wealthy as many of the stars who felt the sting or caress of his pen or were the recipients of his televised thumbs-up or thumbs-down judgments. But in his…
Earl Ownesby
In 1973, Earl Owensby saw “Walking Tall” at the movies and was inspired. The film was shot in McMinnville, Tenn., and Owensby started thinking that movies could be shot in the Carolinas. Owensby was in his 30s and designed tools…
Mr.Boggy Creek: Charles Pierce
Charles Bryant Pierce was an independent filmmaker from Arkansas whose movies have become cult classics. Films that he wrote, directed, and/or produced include The Legend of Boggy Creek, Bootleggers, and The Town that Dreaded Sundown, which were not only made…
Warner Does Netflix
Warner Bros. opened up its Warner Archive Instant service to the public this week, giving fans of vintage titles of the studio unlimited streaming access to movies and TV shows for $10 a month (hat tip to Engadget). It’s an…
Fire With Fire
Fire with Fire is a B-movie revenge thriller that reworks every possible cliché of the genre. The film’s production is aware of this; and David Barrett’s direction wears this proudly. Barrett, a former stuntman who worked in a multitude of…
“Slash” now in Pre-Production
Directed and written by Rycke Foreman and staring Maria Olsen the upcoming film “Slash” currently in pre-production is getting plenty of attention for several reasons. The exciting script, production team, cast, and the film will utilize a new groundbreaking 3D…