Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm series is very interesting, though not necessarily for good reasons. The original film that started it all is pretty amazing, but the more sequels that Coscarelli did, the more apparent it became that that he was running out of ideas. Which is why the latest film, “Phantasm: Ravager” is so interesting. This time […]
The debate over whether the Year One or Two of Space: 1999 is one that will probably rank relatively low among the questions that plague mankind by their elusiveness. Unless you happen to be a person that prefers one or the other, in which case the answer is fairly obvious and the question somewhat pointless. Space: 1999 is the […]
Can Michael Bay make a movie where buildings aren’t being pulverized? As a child was he almost hit by a piece of falling masonry, forever embittering him against buildings and their ilk? I didn’t see “Pain & Gain” but I have to wonder if any were destroyed in that film too. Though Bay only produced “Teenage Mutant […]
Remember the fable of the Tortoise and the Hare? In the story a tortoise races a hare, which under normal conditions can easily expected to beat such a slow-moving animal. Though because the hare rests on its laurels, the tortoise is given an opportunity to not only catch up to it, but eventually win the race. It won because […]
Welcome to “Postmortem,” a feature that goes behind the scenes of some of your favorite films, and asks: What the heck went wrong?! Paul W.S. Anderson (the Resident Evil films, “Soldier,” Event Horizon,” “Pompeii”), if you’ve ever seen him in a interview, like the one above, appears very knowledgable about the films he chooses to […]
“Irrelevant Details Mar What Could Have Been A Been An Excellent Example Of The ‘Body Horror’ Genre.” Eric England‘s “Contracted” isn’t a bad movie by any stretch. It looks good, is well-acted, and competently shot. It’s also damned irritating. “Contracted” is in the vein of David Cronenberg‘s ‘Body Horror’ films, such as “Scanners,” “Videodrome” and […]
Remember when I said that Robert Stromberg’s “Maleficent” is going to fail? I still believe that to be the case, though I have to admit that I like the most recent trailer. In it get a little more information as to why she’s evil, as well as watching her raise an army from what look […]
In Whedon We Trust. Somewhat sacrilegious, I must admit, but I had no choice. I was looking for a half-decent rendition of what a costume for someone that could run at super speeds would look like, and found the designs for the upcoming television series “The Flash” somewhat lackluster. Though even worse were the designs […]
As far as remakes go, there are few films that would benefit from it as much as Disney’s 1979 sci-fi epic, “The Black Hole.” The good news is that, while Disney is working on a remake, they have been doing so since 2009. The first draft was written by Travis Beecham (“Pacific Rim”) then rewritten […]
Here’s a photo from “Slates From Sarah” Facebook page, where she has a picture of John Constantine from NBC’s upcoming series “Constantine,” based upon the DC Comics character. I think it goes without saying that he has the look right (it’s so good that it almost looks like a parody of the character) though only […]
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