J.R Bookwalter's book that chronicles his first decade of filmmaking is finally back in print! Now you too can learn about the trials and tribulations of making THE DEAD NEXT DOOR, ROBOT NINJA and ZOMBIE COP. Watch the video below for my review Spoiler: It wasn't...
We discuss the Spoof Movie genre, with an emphasis on ZAZ (David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams), the people who brought us the MOVIE movies (Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg) and everything in between - Fatal Instinct, Plump Fiction and Stan Helsing. Top Secret,...
We discuss the career of Taxi Driver's screenwriter and the director of Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, The Canyons and Hardcore. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at [email protected] On this week's Patreon...
On his site, Vern Reviews on the Films of Cinema, the man known only as Vern writes about one of my great loves: DTV (direct to video) action movies. He tackles late period Jean-Claude Van Damme outings, Scott Adkins epics, and Dolph Lundgren opuses. He clearly...
We discuss the work of writer/director Todd Haynes and his films POISON, SUPERSTAR, VELVET GODLDMINE, and FAR FROM HEAVEN. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at [email protected] On this week's Patreon episodes, we...
It bums me out when someone says "Oh dude, that movie is worse than THE ROOM!" It's a smug comparison that straightjackets and cheapens offbeat slices of cinema. What about the works of The Kuchar Brothers? The passionate visions of Ed Wood? Can't we all think...
In 80's action films, it's morally repugnant that we're asked to cheer on Chuck Norris mowing down racially defined terrorists, Rambo blowing away a thousand Vietnamese soldiers, and Charles Bronson murdering a bunch of poor inner-city youths. Yet, I love them so....
We discuss the iconic work of Chinese actress Ruan Lingyu and her work in THE GODDESS (1934), along with the adaptation of her life in Stanley Kwan's bio pic CENTER STAGE (1991). If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line...
The Soldier is a John le Carré style cold-war spy story shot as a mood thick procedural punctuated by moments of hyper-violence (Featuring James Bond). It's as if Soderbergh made an action film in the early eighties and Sam Peckinpah shot the second unit. For a long...
A few months ago, I was surprised to read there was a 1974 documentary called Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939. "Wow," I thought to myself "There was enough Canadian Cinema during that time to warrant a whole documentary?" No, not really. Canada...
