Johnny Depp is America’s Favorite Actor
NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — In 2011 he was the voice of Rango, he was Captain Jack Sparrow (again) and he was also a journalist. And, again this year, Johnny Depp has the distinction of being America’s Favorite…
“The Photon Effect” Takes on Hollywood at Their Superhero Game
Baltimore, MD, –(PR.com)– After four and a half years of filming and post production, Alpha Dog Productions LLC releases its first feature film The Photon Effect on DVD. An official selection of the 2011 Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, The…
Mixing Film and Philanthropy
New York, NY, January 18, 2012 –(PR.com)– “Relativity”, one of the current film projects from production company Safe Passage Pictures, is about the torrid and turbulent marriage of Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric. It’s a promising project, but it’s not…
Colin -The Movie
It was back in the summer of 2007 that Marc Price had the idea to make COLIN, a 97-minute zombie film named after his father. After a boozy night with his friends, when they were watching George Romero’s zombie movies…
No Money Equals Better Film
There is something about working and living in London right now that can really get on one’s nerves. Everyone is moaning about the economy and the shortage of money. Then the new government abruptly shut down the UK Film Council….
George Lucas blames ‘Star Wars’ critics
For any fans awaiting future “Star Wars” films from George Lucas, it’s going to be a long wait. The creator of the famed series says he’s not going to make any more of these movies and that he’s essentially retiring….
Oh Those Cannibal Girls
Made in 1972 by the upcoming team of Dan Goldberg and Ivan Reitman, It quickly gained a reputation as one of the sleaziest Canadian B-movie concoctions of its era. Purposely trashy and surreal tale of a couple that has a…
Kingdom Of The Camel Spiders
To science they are known as “solifugae.” They can grow up to one foot in length. Stories about these seemingly mythic creatures started surfacing when U.S. soldiers encountered them in the first Gulf War. Google™ “camel spiders”, and for anyone…
Jacques Tourneur
Some consider the three low-budget films Jacques Tourneur made with iconic producer Val Lewton—head of RKO’s horror unit from 1942 until his untimely death in 1952—the greatest works of the B-movie genre, but many theorists remain hesitant to use the…
The Retiring George Lucas
I’m retiring. I’m moving away from the business, from the company, from all this kind of stuff.” So says George Lucas in a New York Times Magazine profile timed to the Friday release of his new film Red Tails. Apparently,…
Naked Lunch-Beverly Gray
The making of Humanoids from the Deep was not Roger Corman’s finest hour. After the film was in the can, Roger decided more nudity was in order. So he sacked director Barbara Peeters, and brought on an underling to shoot…
THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2 (FULL SEQUENCE) PREMIERES UNCUT VIA FACEBOOK SOCIAL CINEMA
New York, NY (January 17, 2012) – IFC Midnight announced today that the un-cut version of Tom Six’s controversial horror film THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE PART 2 (FULL SEQUENCE), featuring one of the most graphic scenes in cinematic history, is available…
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000:“MANOS” THE HANDS OF FATE
Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Sure, there’s math to back that up, but the far more compelling proof is in the treatment accorded “Manos” The Hands Of Fate…
ACADEMY TO HONOR DOUGLAS TRUMBULL WITH GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD
January 11, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Beverly Hills, CA – The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted the Gordon E. Sawyer Award to Douglas Trumbull, a visionary filmmaker who has worked as…
“Scream of the Banshee” – SyFy’s 200th Original Film!
Since 2002, Syfy viewers have experienced mutated sharks, mosquito men, alligators as big as blimps, vengeful demon moths, pterodactyls, werewolves, dragons and really, really big snakes. Plus earthquakes that split the U.S. in half, man-made volcanoes, space storms, tornados made…
New Documentary Explores History of B Movie Teenagers From Outer Space
The Boy from Out of This World, a new documentary by director Elle Schneider has just begun production in Los Angeles. The film explores the making of Tom Graeff’s 1959 monster flick Teenagers From Outer Space, as well as the…
Corman’s World
“Nobody was trying to make them good,” admits Jack Nicholson, lounging on a sofa like a basking crocodile. “There was no need for taste,” agrees Martin Scorsese, blinking hyperactively behind his signature specs. These Hollywood luminaries — along with a…
Legal Advice Via Hollywood
Normally, Hollywood isn’t the best at depicting reality, but these are as close as they come. Heck, these flicks may even inspire more confidence in your view of the legal profession: My Cousin Vinny (1992) features a straight talking lawyer…
Jenna Ruiz- Young Star of Gila!
Jenna Ruiz is a young Indiana based actress who is about to breakthrough. As one of the leads in the upcoming film Gila! Jenna steals the scene as she plays, Missy the precocious sister of the lead Chase Winstead (played…