With the success of the fantasy film Sorceress it’s no surprise that Roger Corman would strike while the irons were hot and begin to churn out more of the barbarian/fantasy genre films. This time New World Pictures heads to Argentina where you could find skilled labour at low-budget prices and even better when you could…
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The Moon Men: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
Originally titled by Burroughs as Under the Red Flag the second chapter of the Moon Trilogy was later re-titled The Moon Men with few key and drastic alterations.
Meteor (1979) – Review
For cinephiles, the 70s was the heyday of the disaster movie beginning in 1972 with Irwin Allen’s excellent film The Poseidon Adventure and ending with today’s feature, the less-than-stellar outing from American Internation Picture in an attempt to blend the Cold War political thriller with the elements of your standard disaster movie, and for that,…
“It’s not Christmas if I haven’t watched…”
Christmas is a time that means many things to many people; buying presents, decorating a tree, drinking eggnog, singing carols – oh and of course peace on Earth and goodwill to all men – but for me, it isn’t truly Christmas unless I’ve made it through my checklist of must-watch Christmas shows.
Annie (2014) – Review
Modernizing Little Orphan Annie is certainly not a bad idea as one would have a hard time releasing a movie today featuring a war profiteer who rails against organized labour and is portrayed as an idealized capitalist and not be the film’s bad guy. Adopting a dozen red-headed moppets couldn’t soften that image for today’s…