Mr.Sam Raimi
There are two ways of looking at the three-decade career of director Sam Raimi on the occasion of Oz the Great and Powerful, the $325 million movie about a horny carnival wizard played by James Franco and his talking monkey…
They Came from El Segundo
Something titled “They Came from El Segundo,” about a radioactive UFO crash site that causes a pack of jack rabbits to go loco and hunt down a group of unsuspecting teens whose van broke down on the side of a…
200mph
Premise The movie focuses on Rick Merchant who starts the movie as another average wannabe boy racer with a modified motor. His life spirals out of control after the death of his brother after which he becomes embroiled in the…
Underwater With Howard Hughes
As a film mogul, Howard Hughes was a great engineer. He was already wealthy when he arrived in Los Angeles in 1925, and only occasionally did his activities in the film industry crimp the financial reach of his empire, as…
Next Resident Evil Movie Given Release Date
The sixth, and presumably last, Resident Evil movie has now been given a release date. While an official announcement has yet to be made with the typical vague PR details meant to hype things up, ShockTilYouDrop is reporting that Sony…
‘It Came!’
One comic book this summer is embracing groovy aliens, British culture and B-movie awesomeness. On Aug. 7, Titan Comics debuts It Came!, a new four-issue miniseries by Dan Boultwood (Hope Falls) that takes the monsters, mayhem and mischief of yesteryear…
Podcast: Valley Girl Q&A With Director Martha Coolidge And Star Deborah Foreman
On this podcast director Martha Coolidge and star Deborah Foreman answer questions about Valley Girl (1983) from host Kevin Smith after a 2011 Lincoln Center screening of the film. You can listen to (aka stream) the podcast right now by…
The Movie Serial
The Golden Era of the film serial was the 1930s through the early 1950s, when kiddie matinees were popular in theaters. Parents would drop their kids off at movie theaters (yes, unattended, if my mom is to be believed), where…
Robert Vaughn
Robert Francis Vaughn was born on November 22, 1932, in New York City to show business parents. His father, Walter Vaughn, was a radio actor, and his mother, Marcella Gaudell Vaughn, a stage actress. They divorced when Vaughn was only…
Richard Lynch
Richard Hugh Lynch (February 12, 1940 – June 19, 2012) was an Irish American actor best known for portraying villains in films and television. His film credits included The Sword and the Sorcerer, Invasion USA, The Seven-Ups, Scarecrow, Little Nikita,…
Cynthia Rothrock
Cynthia Rothrock is an American martial artist and actress who specializes in martial arts films such as Yes, Madam; China O’Brien and Guardian Angel. Rothrock’s ass-kicking ability spans further than the silver screen as she holds five Black Belts in…
Re-Inventing Cinema
As of 2012, around 60% of all cinema screens worldwide have been converted from film to digital projectors. Over half of those digital screens are outfitted with stereoscopic (3D) projectors. By 2015, it is expected that almost every cinema screen…
Bruce Campbell in Milwaukee
Bruce Campbell is bringing an army to the Pabst Theater on Saturday night. Actually, the actor – seen lately in supporting roles on the NBC sitcom “1600 Penn” and the USA drama “Burn Notice” – is bringing “Army of Darkness,”…
Dredd In China
British 3D sci-fi action movie “Dredd”, directed by Pete Travis, premiered in China on Thursday, hoping to win Chinese hearts. The film is written and produced by Alex Garland and is based on the British comic “2000 AD” comic strip…
Charlie Zone
Halifax has seldom looked scummier onscreen than it does in Charlie Zone, a low-budget thriller that presents the Nova Scotia capital as a dingy string of motels and run-down houses for a ragged population of crooks, junkies and liars. The…
Phantom
In sports and the military, “professionalism” describes people who go about their work with a calm, dispassionate efficiency — no fuss, no panic when things go wrong, few mistakes, little attention paid to the odds, the chance for glory. You…
Night Of The Comet, A Forgotten Flix Podcast
Thom Eberhardt’s “Night Of The Comet” is a film whose reputation is due for a serious rehabilitation. Generally–and wrongly–categorized with typical 80s teen horror films, “Comet” is in fact a smart, skillful parody of the low-budget sci-fi horror classics of…
The Magic Of The Luchador
He takes to the center of the ring. The people cheer. He wears a bright silver mask, which exposes only his eyes, nose, and lips. He wears a cape and tight pants. His physique is swollen and glorious. He is…
Jim Wynorski’s Lost Empire
This one must have been created by the exploitation gods (actually it was created by Jim Wynorski, but that’s as close as we come these days). It’s got it all: a plot stolen from ENTER THE DRAGON, violence, ninjas, breasts,…
The Eh List
A WHEEZING PERVERT makes obscene phone calls to a sorority house. Michael Ironside stews in a bachelor pad, writing angry letters to a feminist talk show host. Five horny students at T & A High make a pact to see…