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There is perhaps no more frequently yet unfairly maligned genre than the movie musical. Like many genres, it had a strong heyday during the...
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There is perhaps no more frequently yet unfairly maligned genre than the movie musical. Like many genres, it had a strong heyday during the...
Love him or hate him, there’s no denying that Michael Bay is an auteur. Virtually every single frame of a Michael Bay film is...
There’s been a big brouhaha in the last week or so over Netflix’s decision to boost rental rates. While monthly prices are only increasing...
As a fan of genre movies, one of the genres I find myself returning to the most is the horror film. Perhaps because it’s...
For over 25 years Tony Todd has been a fixture in pop culture. In film, Todd has made indelible impressions in such films as...
Noah Hathaway started acting in commercials when he was three years old, officially starting his career. As a child actor he appeared on Battlestar...
The world can make us invisible. Courage can make us incredible. Love can make us invincible. Ryan Kwanten of TV’s “True Blood” stars in...
Sword in one hand, staff in the other, Gandalf turned toward the balrog. He shouted: “You! Shall not! Pass!” and brought down the stone...
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is, besides The Searchers, the most epic and sweeping of the Westerns I have sat down with...
One of the most durable of all genres in American film, the Western has had a long and often complicated history as part of...
Putting the books aside for a minute (blasphemy), think about the whole generation has grown up on the phenomenon of Harry Potter movies. This...
Animalia Bilateria Cephalopoda Coleoidea Sepioida Vermiformidae Caederus Americana a.k.a. “Graboid” The Tremors film series is one of the few inhuman monsters of the 90s...
For the past few years in Los Angeles, the annual Crazy 4 Cult art show displays dozens of pieces of amazing pop-culture/cult movie inspired...
Eighteenth- and 19th-century Norwegians believed in trolls. These huge humanoids wandered wild, marginal places and wastelands and caused trouble when they encountered humans. Nowadays,...
READ PART 1 HERE In Yojimbo, Kurosawa goes from borrowing visual cues from Ford and Westerns to straight up using the Western formula. Toshiro...
CAPTAIN AMERICA Comes To DVD July 19th! Let’s celebrate the birth of our nation by doing what we do best. Watching stuff. After the...
UCLA has announced an exciting new effort to preserve some of the most beloved comedies of all time. News of preservation efforts are always...
Retailing for $999.99, and geared for the likes of drug lords, rap stars and people with far too much disposable income comes the never-before-available,...
Character actor Peter Falk, who will best be remembered for his role as TV’s Lt. Columbo, passed away following a battle with Alzheimer’s. Falk...
America’s own history doesn’t go back far enough for heroes in the legendary, Old World sense. We’re too young to have a King Arthur...
During the golden age of Hollywood, a staple of Saturday morning matinees was the movie serial. Over the course of 12 or 13 weeks,...
A package arrived in the mail the other day. It was a Blu-ray copy of the film ‘Beastly’ and I felt many things run...
“Remember to try tonight’s drink special: Stolen Vodka Surprise. We stole Vladikov’s vodka. Surprise!” I’m not sure why 1997 demanded a movie remake of...
As much as I loved Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark was a far more visceral experience. Just hearing John Williams’ iconic theme...