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For the third year in a row, I attended the summer Monster Bash Conference held in Mars, Pennsylvania on the weekend of June 19-21. Once again I got together at the Bash with independent filmmaker Joshua Kennedy. At the October 2014 Monster Bash Josh got the great privilege to be able to shoot a vid read more

On this day exactly 200 years ago, a large Anglo-Allied army under the command of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, fought Napoleon Bonaparte's Armee du Nord twelve miles south of Brussles in what is now Belgium. The huge battle changed the course of European history, and it is the subject of a read more

On this day exactly 200 years ago, a large Anglo-Allied army under the command of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, fought Napoleon Bonaparte's Armee du Nord twelve miles south of Brussles in what is now Belgium. The huge battle changed the course of European history, and it is the subject of a read more

JURASSIC WORLD isn't so much a sequel to JURASSIC PARK as it is a 21st Century re-doing of Steven Spielberg's classic summer blockbuster. To fit modern film making sensibilities, the park is now "live", and there's tons of guests, and a lot more dinosaurs. Instead of having scientists as the main ch read more

JURASSIC WORLD isn't so much a sequel to JURASSIC PARK as it is a 21st Century re-doing of Steven Spielberg's classic summer blockbuster. To fit modern film making sensibilities, the park is now "live", and there's tons of guests, and a lot more dinosaurs. Instead of having scientists as the main ch read more

What can I say about this man that hasn't already been said by untold numbers of people throughout the world today? Christopher Lee wasn't just a guy who appeared in a whole bunch of monster movies--he was a personal hero to me. He served in World War II. He was an extremely intelligent man who wa read more

What can I say about this man that hasn't already been said by untold numbers of people throughout the world today? Christopher Lee wasn't just a guy who appeared in a whole bunch of monster movies--he was a personal hero to me. He served in World War II. He was an extremely intelligent man who wa read more

For those of you thinking, "What is he writing a blog on THE SIMPSONS for?? This is a movie blog!"--hey, it's my blog, and I can do whatever I want. Besides, there was a Simpsons movie, which I'll get to. Anyway, there has been a lot of Simpsons news lately, starting with the revelation that Harry read more

For those of you thinking, "What is he writing a blog on THE SIMPSONS for?? This is a movie blog!"--hey, it's my blog, and I can do whatever I want. Besides, there was a Simpsons movie, which I'll get to. Anyway, there has been a lot of Simpsons news lately, starting with the revelation that Harry read more

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post on Kino's Blu-ray release of Sam Peckinpah's next-to-last film directorial effort, CONVOY. Now Anchor Bay has put out Peckinpah's final film on Blu-ray--1983's THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND. THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND is adapted from a novel by the same name, written by Robert read more

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post on Kino's Blu-ray release of Sam Peckinpah's next-to-last film directorial effort, CONVOY. Now Anchor Bay has put out Peckinpah's final film on Blu-ray--1983's THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND. THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND is adapted from a novel by the same name, written by Robert read more

Last weekend my friend Will McKinley (not the assassinated President of the United States) asked on Twitter whether any other movie star than Marilyn Monroe has been featured on so much tacky merchandise. My reply was that Monroe also seems to have the most fans who have never actually watched most read more

Last weekend my friend Will McKinley (not the assassinated President of the United States) asked on Twitter whether any other movie star than Marilyn Monroe has been featured on so much tacky merchandise. My reply was that Monroe also seems to have the most fans who have never actually watched most read more

Auteur Publishing has started a new book series on famous classic horror films. One of the first entries covers THE CURSE OF THE FRANKENSTEIN, the seminal 1957 production which was the first color Gothic thriller released by England's Hammer Films. It would seem that there is nothing more that real read more

Auteur Publishing has started a new book series on famous classic horror films. One of the first entries covers THE CURSE OF THE FRANKENSTEIN, the seminal 1957 production which was the first color Gothic thriller released by England's Hammer Films. It would seem that there is nothing more that real read more

On this day in 1913, Peter Cushing was born. Tomorrow, May 27th, will be the 93rd birthday of Sir Christopher Lee. In honor of these screen legends I asked my good friend, independent filmmaker Joshua Kennedy, to contribute a guest post about his favorite movie of all time--THE GORGON, released in 1 read more

On this day in 1913, Peter Cushing was born. Tomorrow, May 27th, will be the 93rd birthday of Sir Christopher Lee. In honor of these screen legends I asked my good friend, independent filmmaker Joshua Kennedy, to contribute a guest post about his favorite movie of all time--THE GORGON, released in 1 read more

A couple years ago, I raved about the Cohen Media Group's Blu-ray release of the Douglas Fairbanks silent epic THE THIEF OF BAGDAD. Now Cohen has come out with a stunning restoration of one of the most obscure Alfred Hitchcock films, 1939's JAMAICA INN. Whenever I have tried to watch JAMAICA INN be read more

A couple years ago, I raved about the Cohen Media Group's Blu-ray release of the Douglas Fairbanks silent epic THE THIEF OF BAGDAD. Now Cohen has come out with a stunning restoration of one of the most obscure Alfred Hitchcock films, 1939's JAMAICA INN. Whenever I have tried to watch JAMAICA INN be read more

Universal has just released 1941 on Blu-ray. This movie has long been considered Steven Spielberg's worst film as a director, and it is also remembered as a costly bomb--but like several other films with bad reputations, 1941 now has a cult following. 1941 started out as one of the first scripts wr read more