The celebrated Japanese director Shohei Imamura has passed away at the age of 79. He lived a long and very productive life with much acclaim, but it’s always sad to learn of the passing of great people. Imamura made a lot of wonderful films and was a pivotal figure of the Japanese new wave. Oddly … Continue reading »
Posted in May 2006 …
This is a story about greed, love and violence…
<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/wanderingmoon/movies/popsypopposter.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket – Video and Image Hosting"/ “This is a story about greed, love and violence, set in the steaming jungles and tropical cities of Latin America. It was written by a man who spent years of his life in the tropical hell of the worst prison on earth, where he learned the … Continue reading »
Cinema Retro & Caroline Munro
If you’re not subscribed to Cinema Retro magazine yet, you should be! This great publication from Britain just released their 5th issue and the cover features a nice shot of the legendary Vincent Price from the terrific 1968 British horror film The Witchfinder General (a.k.a Conqueror Worm). Inside you’ll find an 8 page article on … Continue reading »
Hammer Thrills & Chills
The official Hammer Films website has been bustling with activity lately. As a long time lover of Hammer films, it’s been nice to see the site alive and kicking again. You can also find Hammer news at their new Myspace page. Hammer has recently announced the release of lots of new offical movie related merchandise … Continue reading »
“Dead man coming through!”
Seijun Suzuki on the set of Gate of Flesh (a.k.a. Nikutai no mon), 1964 To put things simply, Gate of Flesh is one of Seijun Suzuki’s greatest films and without a doubt one of the best films produced in Japan in 1964. Seijun Suzuki (Branded to Kill, Tokyo Drifter, Youth of the Beast, etc.) shot … Continue reading »
Criterion Launches the “New Look”
Criterion has launched the “New Look” of their company and I’m not sure what I think of it yet. Change is always a bit awkward and I love the “Old Look” so the “New Look” will take a little time to get used to. Their website has been updated and you can check out the … Continue reading »
Go Nancy Go!
Congratulations to my favorite Sinatra! Nancy got her own star on Hollywood Boulevard yesterday alongside her fathers. She had these encourging words to say to other ladies afterward: "My advice to young women starting out is hang tough, don’t quit — even if it takes 40 years." Watch Nancy sing “Some Velvet Morning” with Lee … Continue reading »
They gave their souls to Hell… but the Devil wanted MORE!
Alucarda is an extremely stylish Mexican horror film made by the talented Juan Lopez Moctezuma in 1975, who also directed The Mansion of Madness and produced two of renowned director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s early film’s (Fando & Lis and El Topo). Moctezuma’s Alucarda is an interesting mix of Ken Russell’s The Devils as well as The … Continue reading »
My First Curry Western
Over the weekend I had the chance to watch Sholay (1975), which was my introduction to curry westerns. I enjoy 1960s-70s Bollywood films, but I’ve only seen a limited amount and the ones I have seen tend to be crime/caper films or horror movies. Since I love spaghetti westerns and have seen plenty of them … Continue reading »
The Ghosts of Antonio Margheriti
Recently I had the pleasure of viewing two of Italian director Antonio Margheriti’s wonderful ghost films. The original black & white 1964 version of Castle of Blood (aka Danza Macabra) which was recently released on DVD by Synapse and Antonio Margheriti’s 1970 remake of the same film re-titled Web of the Spider (aka. Nella Stretta … Continue reading »
Review Retrospect
For the past 4 years I’ve been writing random reviews for movies I’ve enjoyed. These reviews are usually posted at places like Amazon.com & IMDB.com or just shared with friends. I decided to gather them all together, expand on them a bit and start posting them in my blog. This way they’ll all be easily … Continue reading »
