Extraterrestrial is a cheap and cheerful B-movie
IF YOU go down to the woods this weekend you might have a close encounter with Extraterrestrial, an enjoyably cheesy B-movie containing some unexpected twists and a good few laughs, intentional and otherwise. Director: Colin Minihan Stars: Brittany Allen, Freddie Stroma,…
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
In 2013, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre will turn 40 years old. I find this very hard to believe because this movie hasn’t aged a single day. And although cinema has gone through a major evolution in the past 40 years,…
“Interstellar” Is A Big, Beautiful, Insane B Movie
Christopher Nolan’s very big budget, big studio, big screen “Interstellar”: it’s three hours long, and completely insane. Some of it is a tribute to “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Some of it riffs Steven Spielberg’s later period — “Minority Report,” “A.I.,”…
Le Fear II: The Sequel – Review
In 2009, Jason Croot made the film Le Fear, a mockumentary about the world’s worst filmmaker Carlos Revalos (Kyri Saphiris). Carlos hires the worst cast and crew for his film which doesn’t come without major consequences and results in a…
Walking Tall: Lone Justice
No, “Walking Tall: Lone Justice” doesn’t resume where “Walking Tall: The Payback” ended. The major players in Dallas behind sleazy Howard Morris—Traxell Byrne (Jerry Cotton of “American Outlaws”) and his right-hand henchman, Lou Dowdy (Todd Terry of “The Anarchist Cookbook”)—got…
Shadow Man (2006)
It’s fairly obvious to see, to non fans, that Steven Seagal over the last few years has seen a decline in film quality, since Exit Wounds, which itself briefly reversed a falling trend in the big guys, post Under Siege…
tom thumb (1958)
If you have children and want to entertain them and yourself with a film, TOM THUMB is acceptable entertainment. Producer/director George Pal creates a quaint, vivid fairy tale world with bright colors, picturesque scenery and Tyrolean costumes. The stop motion…
When A Stranger Calls (1979)
The movie “When a stranger calls” starts off with young Jill Johnson, Carol Kane, coming over one evening to the Mandrakis residents to baby-sit for their two small children. As soon as the Mandrakis’ leave Jill starts getting phone calls…
Big Meat Eater
Before every wannabe filmmaker had unfettered access to the combined filmographies of Edward D. Wood Jr. and William Castle, B-movie parodies were more than just a collection of knowing references for genre geeks. Films like John Landis’ Schlock and The…
Bill Oberst
Known for a Daytime Emmy Award-winning performance in Take This Lollipop and a ratings-winning role on CBS-TV’s Criminal Minds, Bill Oberst Jr. is an American actor of German descent. His gentleness and his interest in things spiritual in real life…
April Fool’s Day (1986)
April Fool’s Day starts as nine college friends all set out to spend the weekend on an isolated island belonging to Muffy (Deborah Foreman) whom they all know from school. The only way to the island is by ferry, while…
Blood & Guts (1978)
Only a year before he starred in David Cronenberg’s Fast Company (1979), veteran character actor William Smith took his first Canadian job in this interesting little obscurity. The second film by director Paul Lynch, Blood & Guts is the last…
Losing It At The Movies
I have been thinking a lot about the decline of the movie going experience and wanted to share some of the conclusions I have reached, now of course this is just from my perspective. Factors for the downturn of the…
Super Fly (1972)
Rather than sugar coating subject matter and attempting to be politically correct, exploitation films blatantly depicted drug use and violence forcing movie goers into situations they may or may not be comfortable with viewing. Blaxploitation does this just as any…
Fast Company
One of the most atypical entries on David Cronenberg’s resume, Fast Company is a surprisingly straight-forward drag racing flick tailor made for a balmy night under the stars down at the local drive-in. Taking a break from the venereal horror…
Terror Train
Throughout the tax shelter era, Harold Greenberg’s Astral Films was responsible for some of the most divisive Canadian films ever made. With his hand in everything from critically reviled entries like City on Fire (1979) and Death Ship (1980) to…
George A.Romero
George A. Romero never set out to become a Hollywood figure; however, by all indications, he was very successful. The director of the groundbreaking “Dead” pentalogy was born February 4, 1940, in New York City. He grew up there until…
The Relic (1997)
When a shipment of artefacts returns to America from South America the police find decapitated bodies on board the ship. When a similar murder occurs in the Chicago museum Lt D’Agosta suspects a psychotic killer and shuts down the museum….
Martin (1976)
One of the two horror film sleepers of 1977 were not necessarily definable under the usual typecasts of the genre: David Lynch’s Eraserhead, which drew itself more to a kind of surreal horror from paintings and animation; and this film,…