If you haven’t seen it already this Onion A/V Club oral history of the movie Airplane! is very much worth your time. Tidbits include:
It’s a long piece, but well worth it…
Posts Tagged ‘Movies’
New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer Drops
Thursday, April 16th, 2015Not seeing it on YouTube just yet…
Behold the Wonder That is Banglar King Kong!
Thursday, March 26th, 2015Did you ever say to yourself “You know what King Kong needs? Worse special effects, slapstick humor, stock footage, and singing!”
Then Banglar King Kong is for you!
High points:
In short, it makes every previous version of King Kong (including the Dino De Laurentiis version) look great by comparison…
The Silliest Horror Movie Poster I’ve Seen All Week
Tuesday, October 28th, 2014Noted without comment…
Yes, there’s a trailer.
Looks like they were aiming for a cross between 80s T&A horror films and direct to SyFy…
Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailer Drops
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014Behold:
Is that mecha-Stark, or Ultron in Stark armor fighting Hulk?
I’m there.
Library Addition: Lord John Film Festival
Friday, October 17th, 2014This is one of those cases of coming across something on eBay and going, “Yes, I do want that.”
Yellin, Herb. Lord John Film Festival. Lord John Press, 2006. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, new and unread. Signed by Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison and Janet Leigh.
Yellin was the owner of Lord John Press, and this book is a miscellanea of remembrances and appreciations of various films interspersed with examples from his large collection of signed movies photos, posters, lobby cards, etc.
I was briefly worried when I realized that Bloch died in 1994, and Janet Leigh in 2004, but the book has evidently been in production for quite a while. A copy up on Amazon is signed by the same five people, but the signatures look slightly different.
Lord John was an interesting, eclectic press, with both genre and mainstream books (along with signed Gerald R. Ford books). I have a significant fraction of their SF/F/H output, but don’t have Stephen King’s Dolan’s Cadillac.
Shoegazer Sunday: Black Hearted Brother’s “(I Don’t Mean to) Wonder”
Sunday, September 14th, 2014Black Hearted Brother is a project featuring Slowdive’s Neal Halstead. Here they are with “(I Don’t Mean to) Wonder”.
Also, evidently the Judge Dredd remake has some impressive slow-motion set-pieces…
Library Additions: Screenplays for Manos: The Hands of Fate, Plan 9 From Outer Space, and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Tuesday, September 9th, 2014I mentioned the Kickstarter previously, and my package of “Alternate Classics of Filmdom” was waiting for me when I got back from London.
All bought for $20 from the Kickstarter. My only complaint is that the font size is ridiculously small…
“But Doctor, I Am Pagliacci!”
Monday, August 11th, 2014Robin Williams dead of an apparent suicide at age 63.
Williams, along with Richard Pryor, was one of the true authentic comic geniuses of my lifetime. As a stand-up comic, his mind was so quick and his work was so manically innovative that his basic appeal actually survived transition to the straitjacket confines of a prime-time sitcom. He was a solid dramatic supporting actor, but it’s a shame that (unlike Pryor) he never found a movie that served the true essence of his comic genius.
Finally, Your Own Screenplay for Manos: The Hands of Fate!
Thursday, June 26th, 2014Q: Have you ever wanted to own the screenplay to Manos: The Hands of Fate?
A: No, it’s one of the worst movies of all–
Q: Of course you have! Now, for the low price of $8, that script can be yours!
A: $8 seems a little steep for–
Q: Put on your own staged plays of Manos! Invite the neighbors!
A: They’d stone me.
Q: But that’s not all! For $20, you can get the scripts for Plan 9 From Outer Space and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!
A: Yuck! It’s like a trifecta of suck! I’d rather–
Q: Of course you want them all! So get your money in to the Kickstarter campaign today!
(Hat tip: SF Signal.)
Related: “How Plan 9 From Outer Space earned, and lost, the title of worst movie of all time”.