By Sara Reineke
Behind every ghoulish, nightmarish creature brought to life on the silver screen, there are stories that blur the line between history and myth. In this grey area of human history, we are forced to question the limitations of man and contemplate the possibility of the impossible. Two such stories are explored in the History Channel’s double feature DVD release of Frankenstein: The Real Story and The Real Wolfman.
The Real Wolfman (2009) follows a two man investigation team who’ve traveled to France to search for the truth behind the accounts of the fabled “Beast of Gevaudan.” The first half of this unlikely pair of investigators is a cynical, retired New Jersey cop of 25 years. He plans to use modern criminal analysis to prove it was a flesh and blood human behind 102 killings in the summer of 1764. His partner is an experienced crypto-zoologist whose deep knowledge of...
Behind every ghoulish, nightmarish creature brought to life on the silver screen, there are stories that blur the line between history and myth. In this grey area of human history, we are forced to question the limitations of man and contemplate the possibility of the impossible. Two such stories are explored in the History Channel’s double feature DVD release of Frankenstein: The Real Story and The Real Wolfman.
The Real Wolfman (2009) follows a two man investigation team who’ve traveled to France to search for the truth behind the accounts of the fabled “Beast of Gevaudan.” The first half of this unlikely pair of investigators is a cynical, retired New Jersey cop of 25 years. He plans to use modern criminal analysis to prove it was a flesh and blood human behind 102 killings in the summer of 1764. His partner is an experienced crypto-zoologist whose deep knowledge of...
- 7/3/2017
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The History Channel has occasionally explored the roots of the monsters that thrilled and chilled our childhood and Lionsgate Home Entertainment has dutifully released them on disc every now and then. Coming Tuesday is a nice little double feature package collecting the previously released Frankenstein: The Real Story and The Real Wolfman on a single standard DVD for the bargain price of $12.98.
While overwrought and overly dramatic with some cheesy music and effects, both creations are worth a look if only because it gives us a chance to look at things in context.
We begin with three pieces exploring Frankenstein and his monster. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s novel, as many know, was written as a result of a ghost story contest among her literary peers. What the In Search of the Real Frankenstein does is explore the quickly evolving world of science in the early nineteenth century. Scientists had used...
While overwrought and overly dramatic with some cheesy music and effects, both creations are worth a look if only because it gives us a chance to look at things in context.
We begin with three pieces exploring Frankenstein and his monster. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s novel, as many know, was written as a result of a ghost story contest among her literary peers. What the In Search of the Real Frankenstein does is explore the quickly evolving world of science in the early nineteenth century. Scientists had used...
- 2/6/2017
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
“We Belong Dead!”
The horrors behind frightening legends come to life when History’s Frankenstein: The Real Story/The Real Wolfman Double Feature arrives on DVD on February 7 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
The horrors behind frightening legends come to life when History®’s Frankenstein: The Real Story/The Real Wolfman Double Feature arrives on DVD on February 7 from Lionsgate. This four-part collection includes over four-and-a-half hours of in-depth analysis of the crimes and cases that sparked the Frankenstein and werewolf mythologies. Available together for the first time, the Frankenstein: The Real Story/The Real Wolfman Double Feature DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $12.98.
Frankenstein: The Real Story Official Synopsis
The Frankenstein: The Real Story collection from History® examines how the tale of a brilliant but deranged scientist who builds a grotesque monster from the body parts of fresh corpses has its roots in reality. “In Search...
The horrors behind frightening legends come to life when History’s Frankenstein: The Real Story/The Real Wolfman Double Feature arrives on DVD on February 7 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
The horrors behind frightening legends come to life when History®’s Frankenstein: The Real Story/The Real Wolfman Double Feature arrives on DVD on February 7 from Lionsgate. This four-part collection includes over four-and-a-half hours of in-depth analysis of the crimes and cases that sparked the Frankenstein and werewolf mythologies. Available together for the first time, the Frankenstein: The Real Story/The Real Wolfman Double Feature DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $12.98.
Frankenstein: The Real Story Official Synopsis
The Frankenstein: The Real Story collection from History® examines how the tale of a brilliant but deranged scientist who builds a grotesque monster from the body parts of fresh corpses has its roots in reality. “In Search...
- 1/30/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Program Description
The horrors behind frightening legends come to life when History®’s Frankenstein: The Real Story/The Real Wolfman Double Feature arrives on DVD on February 7 from Lionsgate. This four-part collection includes over four-and-a-half hours of in-depth analysis of the crimes and cases that sparked the Frankenstein and werewolf mythologies. Available together for the first time, the Frankenstein: The Real Story/The Real Wolfman Double Feature DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $12.98.
Frankenstein: The Real Story Official Synopsis
The Frankenstein: The Real Story collection from History® examines how the tale of a brilliant but deranged scientist who builds a grotesque monster from the body parts of fresh corpses has its roots in reality. “In Search of the Real Frankenstein” looks at scientists throughout history who experimented with reviving animal and human corpses to find the secret force of life. “Frankenstein” explores the fact-or-fiction origins of...
The horrors behind frightening legends come to life when History®’s Frankenstein: The Real Story/The Real Wolfman Double Feature arrives on DVD on February 7 from Lionsgate. This four-part collection includes over four-and-a-half hours of in-depth analysis of the crimes and cases that sparked the Frankenstein and werewolf mythologies. Available together for the first time, the Frankenstein: The Real Story/The Real Wolfman Double Feature DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $12.98.
Frankenstein: The Real Story Official Synopsis
The Frankenstein: The Real Story collection from History® examines how the tale of a brilliant but deranged scientist who builds a grotesque monster from the body parts of fresh corpses has its roots in reality. “In Search of the Real Frankenstein” looks at scientists throughout history who experimented with reviving animal and human corpses to find the secret force of life. “Frankenstein” explores the fact-or-fiction origins of...
- 1/18/2017
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
What if the creatures in a game like Pokémon Go came to life and tried to kill those who caught them? This creepy concept is explored in Brendan Jackson Rogers' upcoming film Gotta Kill ’Em All, and we have a look at stills from the new horror film and DVD release details for Rogers' recent movie, Bubba the Redneck Werewolf. In today's Horror Highlights, we also have details on Lionsgate Home Entertainment's Frankenstein: The Real Story / The Real Wolfman double feature DVD and a trailer and release info for Havenhurst.
Gotta Kill ’Em All Stills and Bubba The Redneck Werewolf DVD: Press Release: "The wait is over! Bubba The Redneck Werewolf is available today on DVD/Blu-Ray/VOD! Click here for our official announcement of the release.
Bubba has had an amazing festival run! The film was an official selection at the Silver Scream and Comic Fest in Santa Rosa,...
Gotta Kill ’Em All Stills and Bubba The Redneck Werewolf DVD: Press Release: "The wait is over! Bubba The Redneck Werewolf is available today on DVD/Blu-Ray/VOD! Click here for our official announcement of the release.
Bubba has had an amazing festival run! The film was an official selection at the Silver Scream and Comic Fest in Santa Rosa,...
- 1/18/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Who?
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1974 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 93 min. / Street Date , 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring Elliott Gould, Joseph Bova, Trevor Howard, Edward Grover, John Lehne, James Noble, Lyndon Brook, Michael Lombard, Kay(m) Tornborg, Joy Garrett, John Stewart.
Cinematography: Petrus R. Schoömp
Film Editor: Norman Wanstall
Original Music: John Cameron
Written by John Gould from the novel by Algis Budrys
Produced by Barry Levinson
Directed by Jack Gold
Today’s filmgoers say they want more cerebral science fiction films, and some moviemakers make an effort to comply. This year’s Arrival is quite ambitious, and last year’s Ex Machina is as good as any sci-fi movie since 2001.
But back in the 1950s producers quickly discovered that the audience wanted little more than monsters and mounting disaster in their sci-fi. Although some wonderful work snuck through, killer robots and alien invaders became the norm. From the 1970s forward, even with Stanley Kubrick aboard,...
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1974 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 93 min. / Street Date , 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring Elliott Gould, Joseph Bova, Trevor Howard, Edward Grover, John Lehne, James Noble, Lyndon Brook, Michael Lombard, Kay(m) Tornborg, Joy Garrett, John Stewart.
Cinematography: Petrus R. Schoömp
Film Editor: Norman Wanstall
Original Music: John Cameron
Written by John Gould from the novel by Algis Budrys
Produced by Barry Levinson
Directed by Jack Gold
Today’s filmgoers say they want more cerebral science fiction films, and some moviemakers make an effort to comply. This year’s Arrival is quite ambitious, and last year’s Ex Machina is as good as any sci-fi movie since 2001.
But back in the 1950s producers quickly discovered that the audience wanted little more than monsters and mounting disaster in their sci-fi. Although some wonderful work snuck through, killer robots and alien invaders became the norm. From the 1970s forward, even with Stanley Kubrick aboard,...
- 1/17/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Vincent Price's diabolical surgeon produces a new breed of supermen, except that his latest 'composite' creation is also a serial-killing vampire. While the mayhem keeps the cops busy, the conspiracy spreads to a foreign dictatorship, where another composite is consolidating power through high-level murders. British agent Christopher Lee is ferreting out the conspiracy-- or is he part of it? Scream and Scream Again Blu-ray Twilight Time Limited Edition 1969 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 95 min. / Ship Date October 13, 2015 / available through Twilight Time Movies / 29.95 Starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alfred Marks, Christopher Matthews, Judy Huxtable, Yutte Stensgaard, Anthony Newlands, Michael Gothard Cinematography John Coquillon Production Design Bill Constable Film Editor Peter Elliott Original Music David Whitaker Written by Christopher Wicking from a novel by Peter Saxon Produced by Louis M. Heyward, Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky Directed by Gordon Hessler
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Scream and Scream Again hangs in there as a genre curiosity,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Scream and Scream Again hangs in there as a genre curiosity,...
- 11/3/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
While we still don’t have a confirmed Jesse Custer to lead AMC’s Preacher, the show has secured another supporting character to back up the troubled man of the cloth. Ian Colletti, who recently took to the small screen in Fox’s drama Rake, has now stepped up to play the unfortunately-named Arseface.
Presumably, Colletti will commit to lengthy stints in the makeup chair to fulfil his duties. As another struggling soul plucked from the pages of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s comic, Arseface is saddled with the nickname after a botched suicide attempt. The son of Sheriff Hugo Root, he self-administers a shotgun to the face upon hearing of his idol Kurt Cobain’s death. Unfortunately, he fails and is left with a face that resembles what once character refers to as an arse.
In the comics, Arseface (real name Eugene Root) pledges vengeance for his father’s death,...
Presumably, Colletti will commit to lengthy stints in the makeup chair to fulfil his duties. As another struggling soul plucked from the pages of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s comic, Arseface is saddled with the nickname after a botched suicide attempt. The son of Sheriff Hugo Root, he self-administers a shotgun to the face upon hearing of his idol Kurt Cobain’s death. Unfortunately, he fails and is left with a face that resembles what once character refers to as an arse.
In the comics, Arseface (real name Eugene Root) pledges vengeance for his father’s death,...
- 3/20/2015
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
Another cast member has been added to AMC's small screen take on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's insanely brilliant comic series, Preacher. Taking on the role of "Arseface" (aka Eugene Root) will be young Ian Colletti, who played the title role in the 2013 film Jimmy, and was a regular on Fox's Rake last year. This is a unique character to say the least, and his depiction on screen will almost certainly be met with some controversy. He's nicknamed Arseface because after a failed suicide attempt... well, his face resembles an arse! Here's how Deadline describe his Tv incarnation: "Even with his horribly disfigured face and severe speech impediment, Eugene's still the nicest kid you'll ever meet who really looks up to Jesse. Stomach-churningly difficult to look at, Eugene's the town’s reviled Frankenstein’s monster but that won't change his earnest, sweet and pure outlook on life.
- 3/20/2015
- ComicBookMovie.com
Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Ruth Negga and Rake actor Ian Colletti will play supporting roles in the Preacher comic book adaptation…
Update: As we assumed yesterday, the casting announcements are now coming thick and fast for Sony and AMC's Preacher adaptation. While there's still no word on Jesse Custer, we do now know who will be playing Eugene Root, Aka Arseface - young actor Ian Colletti. Here's the character bio we've seen on Deadline.com:
"Even with his horribly disfigured face and severe speech impediment, Eugene’s still the nicest kid you’ll ever meet and really looks up to Jesse. Stomach-churningly difficult to look at, Eugene’s the town’s reviled Frankenstein’s monster, but that won’t change his earnest, sweet and pure outlook on life. However, he is troubled by something terrible he’s done in the past — something he fears might have turned God himself against him.
Update: As we assumed yesterday, the casting announcements are now coming thick and fast for Sony and AMC's Preacher adaptation. While there's still no word on Jesse Custer, we do now know who will be playing Eugene Root, Aka Arseface - young actor Ian Colletti. Here's the character bio we've seen on Deadline.com:
"Even with his horribly disfigured face and severe speech impediment, Eugene’s still the nicest kid you’ll ever meet and really looks up to Jesse. Stomach-churningly difficult to look at, Eugene’s the town’s reviled Frankenstein’s monster, but that won’t change his earnest, sweet and pure outlook on life. However, he is troubled by something terrible he’s done in the past — something he fears might have turned God himself against him.
- 3/19/2015
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
If it's help navigating The X-Files' many, many episodes you're after, then you've come to the right place...
Maps To TV Shows: Is there a popular show you’d really like to watch but you just don’t have time to wade through years of it all at once? Do you just want to know why that one character keeps turning up on Tumblr? Do the fans all tell you ‘season one is a bit iffy but stick with it, it gets great!’, leaving you with absolutely zero desire ever to watch the boring/silly/just plain weird season one? Then Maps To TV Shows is for you!
In these articles, we’ll outline routes through popular TV shows focusing on particular characters, story arcs or episode types. Are you really into the Klingon episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation? Do you want to get the overall gist...
Maps To TV Shows: Is there a popular show you’d really like to watch but you just don’t have time to wade through years of it all at once? Do you just want to know why that one character keeps turning up on Tumblr? Do the fans all tell you ‘season one is a bit iffy but stick with it, it gets great!’, leaving you with absolutely zero desire ever to watch the boring/silly/just plain weird season one? Then Maps To TV Shows is for you!
In these articles, we’ll outline routes through popular TV shows focusing on particular characters, story arcs or episode types. Are you really into the Klingon episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation? Do you want to get the overall gist...
- 2/26/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Remember a few weeks ago on The Walking Dead, how well Rick’s plan to get the drop on Gareth and his man-eating sidekicks worked? This week’s plan didn’t go off like that. Like, at all. As a result, our heroes’ attempt to bust Beth and Carol out of Grady began to look less like a rescue mission and more like a suicide mission. Why? Read on…
What A Holy S—! | Even before Rick, Daryl, Noah, Tyreese and a still-very-much-grief-stricken Sasha set off for the hospital, Gabriel was reminding us of what a whiny bastard he is. (Honestly,...
What A Holy S—! | Even before Rick, Daryl, Noah, Tyreese and a still-very-much-grief-stricken Sasha set off for the hospital, Gabriel was reminding us of what a whiny bastard he is. (Honestly,...
- 11/24/2014
- TVLine.com
Prepare to be corrupted and depraved once more as Nucleus Films releases the sequel to the definitive guide to the Video Nasties phenomenon – the most extraordinary and scandalous era in the history of British film. Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide Part 2, a three-disc collector’s edition box set, is being released on DVD on July 14th 2014, to tie in with the 30th Anniversary of the Video Recordings Act 1984.
For the first time ever on DVD, all 82 films that fell foul of the Director of Public Prosecutions “Section 3” list are trailer-featured with specially filmed intros for each title, alongside a brand new documentary – Video Nasties: Draconian Days (review), directed by Jake West.
And to celebrate the release, Film4 FrightFest is hosting a special event – the world exclusive London Premiere of the finalised unseen extended 97 minute cut of Video Nasties: Draconian Days at The Prince Charles Cinema on Thurs 3 July, 8.30pm. The...
For the first time ever on DVD, all 82 films that fell foul of the Director of Public Prosecutions “Section 3” list are trailer-featured with specially filmed intros for each title, alongside a brand new documentary – Video Nasties: Draconian Days (review), directed by Jake West.
And to celebrate the release, Film4 FrightFest is hosting a special event – the world exclusive London Premiere of the finalised unseen extended 97 minute cut of Video Nasties: Draconian Days at The Prince Charles Cinema on Thurs 3 July, 8.30pm. The...
- 5/21/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The actress talks about Mary Poppins, playing disturbed people and her move into directing
Can you give us a quick sketch of your character in Saving Mr Banks?
I play Margaret Goff who is married to alcoholic Robert Goff Travers; together they are responsible for abandoning their daughter, Pl Travers [the author of Mary Poppins]. They help to inform the character of the novelist we encounter on screen in the 60s. And they are the inspiration behind the Banks parents in Mary Poppins. Margaret is in despair and attempts suicide.
There is almost no dialogue. Do you think almost wordless parts are the hardest?
They are a huge challenge. And to have a suicide attempt three-quarters of the way through with no journey leading up to it on screen is especially hard. You have to understand why she fell for this man and understand the fraughtness of her life and work out what would push...
Can you give us a quick sketch of your character in Saving Mr Banks?
I play Margaret Goff who is married to alcoholic Robert Goff Travers; together they are responsible for abandoning their daughter, Pl Travers [the author of Mary Poppins]. They help to inform the character of the novelist we encounter on screen in the 60s. And they are the inspiration behind the Banks parents in Mary Poppins. Margaret is in despair and attempts suicide.
There is almost no dialogue. Do you think almost wordless parts are the hardest?
They are a huge challenge. And to have a suicide attempt three-quarters of the way through with no journey leading up to it on screen is especially hard. You have to understand why she fell for this man and understand the fraughtness of her life and work out what would push...
- 11/18/2013
- by Kate Kellaway
- The Guardian - Film News
History® presents all the raw details and facts on the most famous science fiction character of all time in Frankenstein: The Real Story arriving on DVD January 14th from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The story has both haunted and entertained the world for close to two centuries. Timed to the highly anticipated release of I, Frankenstein, this fascinating collection tells of a brilliant but deranged scientist who builds a grotesque monster from the body parts of … Continue reading →
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- 10/25/2013
- by Mike Joy
- Horror News
Though there is no true "real story" behind the tale of Frankenstein and his monster, in the sense that a dude never stitched together other dudes and brought the creation to life, The History Channel will be exploring the classic story from all angles next year with a 178-minute disc dubbed Frankenstein: The Real Story.
From the Press Release
History® presents all the raw details and facts on the most famous science fiction character of all time in Frankenstein: The Real Story arriving on DVD January 14th from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The story has both haunted and entertained the world for close to two centuries. Timed to the highly anticipated release of I, Frankenstein, this fascinating collection tells of a brilliant but deranged scientist who builds a grotesque monster from the body parts of fresh corpses. Featuring three engrossing documentaries that explore the story from various angles, the Frankenstein: The Real Story...
From the Press Release
History® presents all the raw details and facts on the most famous science fiction character of all time in Frankenstein: The Real Story arriving on DVD January 14th from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The story has both haunted and entertained the world for close to two centuries. Timed to the highly anticipated release of I, Frankenstein, this fascinating collection tells of a brilliant but deranged scientist who builds a grotesque monster from the body parts of fresh corpses. Featuring three engrossing documentaries that explore the story from various angles, the Frankenstein: The Real Story...
- 10/22/2013
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
The Associated Press
London — Mischievous musical "Matilda" dominated British theater's Olivier Awards on Sunday, winning seven prizes including a joint best-actress trophy for the four children who play the title role.
Written by the playwright Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Australian comedian Tim Minchin, "Matilda" took more prizes than any show in the Oliviers' 36-year history. Its trophies included best new musical and best actor for a cross-dressing Bertie Carvel as well as the prize for young performers Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram, Sophia Kiely and Eleanor Worthington-Cox. The quartet, who each perform two shows a week, are all 12 or under.
Worthington-Cox, at 10, is the youngest person to win an Olivier.
"That's pretty cool," she said. "Scary. But I find that pretty amazing."
Matthew Warchus, who took the best-director trophy for "Matilda," said he was often asked which of the lead actresses was his favorite.
"It's a ridiculous question,...
London — Mischievous musical "Matilda" dominated British theater's Olivier Awards on Sunday, winning seven prizes including a joint best-actress trophy for the four children who play the title role.
Written by the playwright Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Australian comedian Tim Minchin, "Matilda" took more prizes than any show in the Oliviers' 36-year history. Its trophies included best new musical and best actor for a cross-dressing Bertie Carvel as well as the prize for young performers Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram, Sophia Kiely and Eleanor Worthington-Cox. The quartet, who each perform two shows a week, are all 12 or under.
Worthington-Cox, at 10, is the youngest person to win an Olivier.
"That's pretty cool," she said. "Scary. But I find that pretty amazing."
Matthew Warchus, who took the best-director trophy for "Matilda," said he was often asked which of the lead actresses was his favorite.
"It's a ridiculous question,...
- 4/15/2012
- by Gazelle Emami
- Huffington Post
With British theatre looking backwards, even the one new play that almost everyone enjoyed was a skilful reworking of an 18th-century classic
The British theatre is living off its past. Just think of the plays that left a strong impression in 2011: Caryl Churchill's Top Girls (1982), Harold Pinter's Betrayal (1978), Edward Bond's Saved (1965), Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen (1959) and his Chicken Soup With Barley (1958), and Terence Rattigan's Flare Path (1942). Even the one new play that almost everyone enjoyed, Richard Bean's One Man, Two Guvnors, was a skilful reworking of an 18th-century classic.
I admired Mike Bartlett's 13 at the National and Alan Ayckbourn's Neighbourhood Watch in Scarborough for their ability, in very different ways, to reflect the tenor of the times. Two other old hands, David Hare with South Downs and David Edgar with Written on the Heart, turned in highly accomplished pieces. But, even...
The British theatre is living off its past. Just think of the plays that left a strong impression in 2011: Caryl Churchill's Top Girls (1982), Harold Pinter's Betrayal (1978), Edward Bond's Saved (1965), Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen (1959) and his Chicken Soup With Barley (1958), and Terence Rattigan's Flare Path (1942). Even the one new play that almost everyone enjoyed, Richard Bean's One Man, Two Guvnors, was a skilful reworking of an 18th-century classic.
I admired Mike Bartlett's 13 at the National and Alan Ayckbourn's Neighbourhood Watch in Scarborough for their ability, in very different ways, to reflect the tenor of the times. Two other old hands, David Hare with South Downs and David Edgar with Written on the Heart, turned in highly accomplished pieces. But, even...
- 12/5/2011
- by Michael Billington
- The Guardian - Film News
Everyone loves a good underdog. Maybe he’s the kid in school that just can’t win, like in Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, or maybe they are just a misunderstood nerd that ends up saving the day in the end. Either way, underdogs have a special place in our heart, and that is why this weeks top ten is
Top Ten Underdogs (in children’s movies)
Be sure to tell us your picks too!!!
Honorable Mention: Daniel Larusso aka Daniel-san – The Karate Kid (1984)
The Karate Kid starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita is one of those movies that you either care nothing about or absolutely love. There’s not really anything in between and I happen to fall into the latter category. Obviously, I could start out by saying that the director was no other than John G. Avildsen (yeah, the guy that directed Rocky) and...
Top Ten Underdogs (in children’s movies)
Be sure to tell us your picks too!!!
Honorable Mention: Daniel Larusso aka Daniel-san – The Karate Kid (1984)
The Karate Kid starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita is one of those movies that you either care nothing about or absolutely love. There’s not really anything in between and I happen to fall into the latter category. Obviously, I could start out by saying that the director was no other than John G. Avildsen (yeah, the guy that directed Rocky) and...
- 3/29/2011
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
I know it was probably in Sigourney Weaver's contract to unconditionally support Avatar and act like she really believes that it deserved to win an Oscar -- but did she really just play the sexism card? Really?! (DListed)
Conan kicked off his nationwide tour in Eugene, Or last night, (were any of you there?) predictably and deservedly devoting a good portion of his routine to making fun of NBC. (Warming Glow)
Rdj gave an interview to Men's Journal about Iron Man 2 as well as the martial art he practices, Wing Chun -- and I seriously thought he was talking about the band/song from the '80s at first. (Celebitchy)
Yesterday was Beverly Cleary's birthday (she's 94, bitches!) so here are some fun facts about the amazing lady who brought me some of my favorite childhood reads, as well as her timeless characters. (mental floss)
With Kick-Ass coming out this week,...
Conan kicked off his nationwide tour in Eugene, Or last night, (were any of you there?) predictably and deservedly devoting a good portion of his routine to making fun of NBC. (Warming Glow)
Rdj gave an interview to Men's Journal about Iron Man 2 as well as the martial art he practices, Wing Chun -- and I seriously thought he was talking about the band/song from the '80s at first. (Celebitchy)
Yesterday was Beverly Cleary's birthday (she's 94, bitches!) so here are some fun facts about the amazing lady who brought me some of my favorite childhood reads, as well as her timeless characters. (mental floss)
With Kick-Ass coming out this week,...
- 4/13/2010
- by Stacey Nosek
I spent all of last week divulging some of films that I expect to be in Cannes this year, and Screen Daily happened to do the same. There are a good number of films that are mentioned of both sites' lists, but I mention about twenty films that the trade makes no mention of, and of course they have got a long list as well of films that I either passed on as potential selections or I was totally oblivious as to their existence. - I spent all of last week divulging some of films that I expect to be in Cannes this year, and Screen Daily happened to do the same. There are a good number of films that are mentioned of both sites' lists, but I mention about twenty films that the trade makes no mention of, and of course they have got a long list as well...
- 3/27/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
With the year coming to a close, Fangoria.com's Mike Fish presents his Top 10 favorite horror comic books of 2008, and fills you in on what you've been missing, and what's worth reading!
10.) Pigeons From Hell
Dark Horse Publishing http://www.darkhorse.com/
Writer Joe R. Lansdale takes on the classic Robert E. Howard tale with great passion and delivers a frightening story through the use of artist Nathan Fox and his unconventional, yet stunning artwork. Most of the book takes place at night, and colorist Dave Stewart enhances that environment by using colors you would only see with limited lighting by the moon making this the perfect book to read at night. If the visuals alone don’t captivate your attention, the back-story on the monster will as it undoubtedly influenced many well-known horror staples like Pumpkinhead and Children Of The Corn. The marriage between story and vision is superb in Pigeons From Hell,...
10.) Pigeons From Hell
Dark Horse Publishing http://www.darkhorse.com/
Writer Joe R. Lansdale takes on the classic Robert E. Howard tale with great passion and delivers a frightening story through the use of artist Nathan Fox and his unconventional, yet stunning artwork. Most of the book takes place at night, and colorist Dave Stewart enhances that environment by using colors you would only see with limited lighting by the moon making this the perfect book to read at night. If the visuals alone don’t captivate your attention, the back-story on the monster will as it undoubtedly influenced many well-known horror staples like Pumpkinhead and Children Of The Corn. The marriage between story and vision is superb in Pigeons From Hell,...
- 12/29/2008
- Fangoria
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