How things have changed. In the forties, for instance, one would find it difficult to name twenty good genre films of the decade but, since the late seventies, Hollywood has learned that their baby-booming audiences could not only handle strong horror and science fiction concepts, they craved them. Filmmakers everywhere went into overdrive. Like television today, there wasn’t a production …
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Film Review: Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: A documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood. REVIEW: If your a fan of cinema, horror, and quirky B-grade films, then the name “Roger Corman” should be plenty familiar. His credits deem quite impressive with 100’s of films to his directing name. You would think that life is one …
Read More »Film Review: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: “Rejected by the Whos as a child and living in spiteful seclusion for most of his life, the Grinch has always hated the citizens of Whoville. That especially goes for Christmas with the Whos noise, phony sentiment and wasteful materialism. When little Cindy Lou Who’s attempt to transcend the festivities’ empty commercialism by inviting the Grinch ends …
Read More »Film Review: A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he turns to teaching, becoming romantically involved with his student Alicia. Meanwhile the government asks his help with …
Read More »New Clip for ‘Season of the Witch’
[dailymotion]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgd21c_season-of-the-witch-video-journal_shortfilms[/dailymotion] Two new clips have been released courtesy of Colombia Pictures from their upcoming medieval swords and sorcery flick SEASON OF THE WITCH. The clip is a part of continuing “Making Of” journal that catalogs the creation of the film and features interviews with the stars of the movie. SEASON OF THE WITCH stars Nicolas Cage and Ron Howard and …
Read More »Ron Howard Discusses Who Could Play Roland in the ‘Dark Tower’
Ron Howard was quite the busy bee last week after doing several interviews and talking about his latest project he’ll be directing in bringing Stephen King’s The Dark Tower book series to life on the big screen as a live-adaptation. In these interviews, he’s mentioned that the Dark Tower will stretch across three films and a television series, which is …
Read More »Film Review: Willow (1988)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: “In the dungeons of the castle of the evil sorceress Queen Bavmorda, a prisoner gives birth to a child who, according to an ancient prophecy, will put an end to the reign of the Queen. A midwife saves the child from the wrath of Bavmorda, but is forced to throw her cradle in a river when reached …
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