Hell Comes To Frogtown
In the distant future, in the wake of WWIII, there are few humans alive capable of procreating. The nuclear fallout that has rendered almost all of humanity sterile has also… Read more »
Das Feuerzeug
Network’s Tales From Europe collection consists of a number of double-feature, two disc DVD releases of DEFA children’s films made during the fifties. The collection gets its name from a… Read more »
Deep Rising
Back in the nineties Stephen Sommers had a reputation for revitalizing genre pictures. The combination of snappy dialogue and left field plot twists were hallmarks of Sommers films, particularly the… Read more »
Laserblast
Laserblast (1978) is one of the worst films I’ve ever seen. Charles Band, the producer of Laserblast, is a kind of hero in the B-Movie world, having helmed both Empire… Read more »
The Nice Guys
Watching The Nice Guys (2016) on an airplane bound for Colorado some years ago I remember thinking, “so this is the second draft of Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang (2005)”. Since… Read more »
Les Rendez-vous d’Anna
Where, indeed, does the moon not look well? What is the scene, confined or expansive, which her orb does not hallow? – Charlotte Brontë There is no real sense of… Read more »
Karbid und Sauerampfer
To this day East German cinema is largely inaccessible in the United States, with the notable exception of First Run Features who have made available on DVD a number of… Read more »
We Bought A Zoo
Cameron Crowe’s best work is all tied to his own experiences coming of age. Almost Famous (2000) and Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) are both literal examinations of his… Read more »
Hammer Glamour
Hammer Glamour, a coffee table book from 2009 by Marcus Hearn, is ostensibly a collection of promotional photographs of Hammer Horror starlets. Every major female star is profiled in alphabetical… Read more »
Jesus Christ Superstar
I watch Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) every Easter and Fiddler On The Roof (1971) every Christmas Eve. Nothing says major holidays like a Norman Jewison flick. For a while I’d… Read more »
