Posts Tagged ‘Roger Corman’
Film Review – Fantastic Four
Ugh. Especially in a world where even the most diehard fan feels superhero movie fatigue we don’t have time to waste on a lackluster project that plays loose with the source material and doesn’t even have the passion to limp across it’s own finish line.…
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Double Feature Showdown – The Wasp Woman Vs. The Leech Woman
It’s October, so all I want to watch is horror films. I’m down with a lot of the newer stuff, but my true passion lies in the B productions from the thirties, forties, and fifties. There’s a lot of good stuff hidden behind some bad…
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Film Review – The Raven
If Edgar Allan Poe joined the X-Men, his mutant name would be “The Raven” and his talent would be the ability to quip while drunk. He would have some anger control issues (just like Wolverine), but Professor Xavier would still send him out on his…
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An Analysis – James Cameron’s Titanic Successes
It doesn’t seem that long ago that James Cameron released his behemoth Titanic (1997) upon the unsuspecting public. I say unsuspecting not because he wasn’t well recognized—quite the contrary. At that time, Cameron was one of the world’s most popular genre directors, having a string…
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Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film
A staircase spirals around, leading you down underneath the Experience Music Project Museum. You know you’re heading in the right direction because things have taken a darker turn. The lighting has the distinct color of red, and in the background you can hear the faint…
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What We’re Watching – 8/24/11
Tabloid When I heard a new Errol Morris documentary was coming out, I squealed, which confused my husband, because I don’t normally make that noise. I remember seeing The Thin Blue Line on PBS back in 1988 and being amazed at how different it…
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Film Review – Brotherhood
Will Canon’s debut feature Brotherhood (2010) is a film that of late I’ve been telling everyone I know to go see—and it’s not because of the film’s relatively clever recontextualization of film noir tropes and elements into a college setting, or how Canon achieves a…
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Episode 86 – The Rise of Johnny Depp
Spencer and John look back on Johnny Depp’s rise to stardom in honor of Pirates of the Caribbean 4, share some things they wish would go away now, and give their DVD picks of the week.
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