Spider Baby, 1968 Directed by Jack HillStarring Lon Chaney Jr., Sid Haig, Carol Ohmart, Quinn Redeker, Beverly Washburn, Jill Banner, Mary Mitchell, Karl Schanzer SYNOPSIS: In a dilapidated rural mansion, the last generation of the degenerate, inbred Merrye family lives with the inherited curse of a disease that causes them to mentally regress from the […]

Mama, 2013. Directed by Andres Muschietti.Starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Isabelle Nélisse, and Megan Charpentier. SYNOPSIS: Annabel and Lucas are faced with the challenge of raising his young nieces that were left alone in the forest for 5 years…. but how alone were they?   “A ghost is an emotion bent out of shape, condemned to […]

Now that Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel is off to a fine start at the box office, having posted a record June opening in the States, it would seem the stage is set for Warner Bros. to launch its long-awaited DC movie universe. We’ve already heard that Snyder and screenwriter David S. Goyer have been […]

The FallDirected by Jakob Verbruggen.Starring Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan, Laura Donnelly, Bronagh Waugh, and Ben Peel.SYNOPSIS:A Detective Superintendent is brought in from the London Metropolitan Police to help catch a killer when a murder in Belfast remains unsolved.The Fall is one of those shows that falls under the Heading “Emperor” and the subheading “New Clothes”.After […]

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie, 2010. Directed by Martyn Pick.Featuring the voice talents of Terence Stamp, John Hurt, Sean Pertwee, Steven Waddington, Donald Sumpter and Johnny Harris. SYNOPSIS: A novice squad of battle-hungry ‘Ultramarine’ warriors investigate a mysterious disturbance on an alien world. Based on a screenplay by Marvel and Games Workshop mainstay Dan Abnett […]

Director Bryan Singer is currently bringing together 20th Century Fox’s two X-Men timelines as cameras roll on next year’s time-travelling mutant epic X-Men: Days of Future Past, but the studio itself has bigger plans afoot, bringing in acclaimed comic book writer and producer Mark Millar (Kick-Ass) to serve as creative consultant as it attempts to […]

Man of Steel, 2013.Directed by Zack Snyder.Starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Christopher Meloni, Harry Lennix, Richard Schiff and Ayelet Zurer. SYNOPSIS: Clark Kent is forced to confront his secret extraterrestrial heritage when Earth is invaded by members of his race.The first two thirds, […]

Black Friday, 1940 Directed by Arthur LubinStarring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges SYNOPSIS: Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend’s body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality. Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi team up once again (although never on […]

Martin Deer reviews the latest issue of Batman… “Twists and turns are around every corner as Bruce Wayne takes the final steps toward his destiny! And in the backup story, learn more about how different Gotham City was at this dangerous point in time.“ Since DC restarted the DC Universe back in 2011, things have […]

Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb… Scott Mendelson writes for Forbes about the $50 “Mega Ticket” for World War Z…“But two days prior to its national release, Paramount is teaming with Regal Cinemas to offer a sneak preview of the film in five specific theaters for just $50 a ticket … you get the […]