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Making the leap from SPY KIDS 4 back into bloody dismemberment, comes indie (for a second) icon Robert Rodriguez, having just announced his follow-up to 2010′s MACHETE. Danny Trejo had been deserving of a vehicle all his own for decades, always playing the heavy, the thug, the background pockmarked muscle, and after the faux trailer… [Continue Reading]
Ahh, the internet. While we try to spare you the daily guessing game of, “____ might star in ___,” or, “______ is in talks to appear in _____,” we do, occasionally, get so excited about something circulating, that we throw it out there. Today we reported that Harrison Ford might be in talks to reprise… [Continue Reading]
RAGE 2010 USA 85min Writer and Director: Chris Witherspoon Starring: Rick Crawford, Audrey Walker, Chris Witherspoon, Anna Lodej, and M.L. Maltz Review by J ASTRO RAGE was handed to me for review with no cover art or explanation, just a plain white disc with red lettering in a clear plastic cover. Within roughly the first… [Continue Reading]
Dolph “HE MAN” Lundgren is heading back into cosmic battle in BATTLE OF THE DAMNED, currently in the midst of production from Singapore-based Boku Films. Lundgren will reportedly lead an army of robots against an army of the undead. Synopsis (courtesy Boku Films): On the outskirts of civilization, a remote test facility lays ruin following… [Continue Reading]
For anyone who missed it when DC comics decided to get rid of, and then re-animate Superman back in 1992, we have a hilarious re-telling of the tale from Max Landis, writer behind current box office champ CHRONICLE (and son of screen icon John Landis). In this video short, Landis recounts (over footage of his… [Continue Reading]
Despite competing with with what basically amounts to an American holy day in the Super Bowl, theaters did very well this last weekend, with genre fans lead the charge to the box office. Hammer’s THE WOMAN IN BLACK did battle with the Fox’s CHRONICLE to the tune of $21mil and $22mil respectively, but perhaps bigger… [Continue Reading]
Disney unveiled the full length JOHN CARTER trailer during the Super Bowl this past weekend, opening the curtain on the anticipated film adaptation. Andrew (WALL-E) Stanton’s epic adventure flick starring Bryan Cranston, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, Willem Dafoe, and Thomas Haden Church, comes out on March 9. Synopsis (courtesy Disney): “The film tells the story… [Continue Reading]
In a weekend that consisted of highs (HAMMER’s WOMAN IN BLACK gets fantastic reviews from the monster fans and classic Hammer connoisseurs) and lows (in the EVIL DEAD remake Ash is now a she, named Mia, who doesn’t work at S-Mart and is a recovering drug addict rehabbing in the woods with some friends), we’re… [Continue Reading]
Famous Monsters sat down recently to speak with director James Watkins about his influences and experiences while making THE WOMAN IN BLACK, the new feature produced by historically lauded Hammer Films, which opens today. Since being re-acquisitioned in 2008, Hammer has produced a handful of independent movies (such as LET ME IN, the American remake… [Continue Reading]
CHILLERAMA, the genre-defying anthology from Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Adam Rifkin, and Tim Sullivan, was one of 2011′s most celebrated releases. The momentum continues with the recent announcement of a soundtrack album for Sullivan’s I WAS A TEENAGE WEREBEAR entry (coming out later this year), and now the director has teamed up with Psycho Charger… [Continue Reading]
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