Wrestling and Scooby Doo
Movie website Deadline.com is reporting that WWE Studios has inked a deal with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment to co-produce a future animated Scooby-Doo movie. Per Deadline, the as-yet-untitled film, currently set for a straight-to-DVD release, will have a wrestling theme…
Expendables 2
Capping off the summer box office with explosive action, “The Expendables 2” offers the send-off that adrenaline junkies are seeking before the more sedate pace of fall releases. As he proved with the original installment, Sylvester Stallone grasps the action-oriented…
It’s Time To Call In The B-Team
It’s a momentous day for longtime action fans today as the likes of Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren join forces on screen in The Expendables 2 [read our review here]. However,…
Walking Dead Spin-Off?
The Walking Dead could get a movie spinoff, a report has claimed. The project has been discussed in “non-business conversations”, according to Bloody Disgusting. Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman appeared to rule out a movie version in 2010, saying: “I…
Sing-A-Long With Frankenweenie
Karen O has written and recorded a new song for Tim Burton’s upcoming movie Frankenweenie. ‘Strange Love’ will appear over the end credits of the film and also be included on the 14-track Frankenweenie Unleashed! compilation. “Tim wanted an unconventional…
Movie Nerds
Sometimes dumb people will use the phrase “B-movie” to describe a movie that’s bad, or that they didn’t like, or that was boring, or stupid, or incompetently made. What these people don’t realize is that the “B” in B-movie actually…
The ‘Rifftrax’ guys are coming to O.C. theaters
Michael J. Nelson had a good run on “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” the TV series on which he, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett delivered a running commentary of wisecracks and put-downs over bad B-movies with names such as “Girls Town,”…
50 Foot Cheerleader
We recently gave you guys early word on Roger Corman’s upcoming flick, Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader, and while we didn’t have much for you, I knew something awesome was brewing and thankfully I was right. If you love…
The Butterfly Effect
In some ways, it’s hard to blame studios for remakes like this. The exec’s must love pitches for movies like The Butterfly Effect 2: take a popular movie, write a script built around the same premise, hire some b-list actors,…
Lupe Velez
Lupe Velez was a dynamo whose talent popped off the screen. The Mexican-born beauty, who came to fame in Douglas Fairbanks’ 1927 adventure, “The Gaucho,” could do anything — comedy, musicals, drama. And she could hold her own with the…
No Box Office Surprise With Bourne
Hollywood didn’t so much celebrate this weekend as breathe a sigh of relief. Three new movies —”The Bourne Legacy,””The Campaign”and”Hope Springs”— opened right around where their studio backers had hoped. All fell well short of out-of-the-gate hit status but none…
Ukrainian Werewolf Flick Syvenir
The 6th Annual B-Movie Celebration’s Film Festival in Columbus, Indiana is welcoming the Ukrainian horror film Syvenir next month and a English sub-titled trailer has found its way online. Directed by Alexandr and Vyacheslav Aleshechkin, this werewolf – or tale…
The B Team,
We got to interview Don “The Dragon” Wilson, who acknowledges his status as a Martial Arts B-Movie star, for his role in the short Liberator. We’ll have the full interview with Wilson posted this week, but he gave us some…
Jaws
This is still my all-time-favorite film, and it will probably remain so until my dying day. Getting this on Blu-ray equates to one of the greatest joys I’ve ever achieved via a TV set. The completely restored film looks and…
Assasin’s Bullet
A retired FBI agent goes after a mysterious killer in exotic Bulgaria in this pro forma action thriller. The wigmakers gets a workout in Assassin’s Bullet, a B-movie thriller mainly notable by its schizophrenic female lead character’s varying hair pieces….
Rebooting Batman
Nana-nana-nana-nana-nana-nana-nana-nana-Batman! The last episode of The B-Movies Podcast here on CraveOnline was our all-Batman spectacular. In order to celebrate our excitement about The Dark Knight Rises, William “Bibbs” Bibbiani, Athena Stamos and I took a flavorful walk-through of all the…
Shock Cinema:Killer Joe
The only thing killer about “Killer Joe” is Matthew McConaughey, who summons one of the best performances of his checkered career in service of a trashy, despicable movie that fully earns its NC-17 rating. It’s yet another example of a…
Turkish Star Wars
From The Dark Knight Rises to The Amazing Spider-Man, superheroes dominate the box office at this time of year. But a long way from the million-dollar Hollywood films, there is another group of caped crusaders who have caught the imagination…
THE GILA! IS BACK
Indie legend and Corman go-to-guy Jim (CHOPPING MALL, RETURN OF THE SWAMP THING) Wynorski is helming a remake of the notorious 1959 Ray Kellogg creature feature THE GIANT GILA MONSTER. FAMOUS MONSTERS sat down with Jim to chat about the…
AVENGERS POWERS DISNEY
Walt Disney Co quarterly earnings rose 31 percent, exceeding Wall Street expectations, lifted by higher spending at theme parks and the blockbuster “The Avengers” superhero movie. The media and theme park company reported on Tuesday earnings per share of $1.01,…