In February 1994, Roger Ebert felt like he was the last one to get to the party when it came to celebrating a new movie. This would usually be a strange thing for a film critic to admit, particularly when he has a Pulitzer Prize. But despite—or perhaps because—he and fellow critic Gene Siskel hosted the nationally syndicated At the Movies TV series, Disney and its film production label Hollywood Pictures went out of their way to keep the men with the thumbs from seeing Tombstone. Even though the new Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer-starring Western enjoyed a vaunted Christmas Day release, the studio was not so much putting out the movie as they were abandoning what seemed like a Yuletide turkey.
Thus the “End of Year” season came and went, along with all the critics groups accolades and awards lists that go with it, and in that...
Thus the “End of Year” season came and went, along with all the critics groups accolades and awards lists that go with it, and in that...
- 12/29/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
1953’s House of Wax with Vincent Price cast a long shadow fairly early in the horror world; creepy Grand Guignol (in 3D no less) with a strong thread of vengeance gave us further goodies such as Tourist Trap (1979) and a recently reappraised remake in 2005. It’s not surprising then that TV would take a crack at molding its own vicious visage; what they came up with is a pilot film that executives deemed too shocking for the small screen – Chamber of Horrors (1966), a decidedly ghoulish take on necrophilia and murder mixed with breezy banter and chopped up body parts. I think the brass may have been right to send this one to the big screen.
Before you get too excited, we’re not talking Blood Feast here; it’s incredibly tame by today’s standards. No, it’s the subject matter itself which would send mom and dad into epileptic fits,...
Before you get too excited, we’re not talking Blood Feast here; it’s incredibly tame by today’s standards. No, it’s the subject matter itself which would send mom and dad into epileptic fits,...
- 11/3/2018
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
It’s finally here in all its glory, the Howard Hawks movie nobody loves. The epitome of clueless ’60s filmmaking by an auteur who left his thinking cap back with Bogie and Bacall, this show is a PC quagmire lacking the usual compensation of exploitative thrills. But hey, it has a hypnotic appeal all its own: we’ll not abandon any movie where Teri Garr dances.
Red Line 7000
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1965 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 110 min. / Street Date September 19, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: James Caan, Laura Devon, Gail Hire, Charlene Holt, John Robert Crawford, Marianna Hill, James (Skip) Ward, Norman Alden, George Takei, Diane Strom, Anthony Rogers, Robert Donner, Teri Garr.
Cinematography: Milton Krasner
Film Editors: Bill Brame, Stuart Gilmore
Original Music: Nelson Riddle
Written by George Kirgo story by Howard Hawks
Produced and Directed by Howard Hawks
Critics have been raking Howard Hawks’ stock car racing epic...
Red Line 7000
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1965 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 110 min. / Street Date September 19, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: James Caan, Laura Devon, Gail Hire, Charlene Holt, John Robert Crawford, Marianna Hill, James (Skip) Ward, Norman Alden, George Takei, Diane Strom, Anthony Rogers, Robert Donner, Teri Garr.
Cinematography: Milton Krasner
Film Editors: Bill Brame, Stuart Gilmore
Original Music: Nelson Riddle
Written by George Kirgo story by Howard Hawks
Produced and Directed by Howard Hawks
Critics have been raking Howard Hawks’ stock car racing epic...
- 8/29/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
With the entire original run of The Twilight Zone available to watch instantly, we’re partnering with Twitch Film to cover all of the show’s 156 episodes. Are you brave enough to watch them all with us? The Twilight Zone (Episode #109): “Jess-Belle” (airdate 2/14/63) The Plot: Love is magical, even if it involves a little bestiality. The Goods: Audiences on Valentine’s Day back in 1963 must have been flipping around the channels, eager to see something romantic and sweet. Something that would remind them of their own loved ones. Something where candles were lit in anticipation. Couples flipping over to CBS got a story where a woman forces a man to love her, turns into a witch, and becomes a big cat. It’s love Rod Serling style. Jess-Belle (the legendary Anne Francis in her second Twilight Zone appearance) is pretty damned convinced that her ex-boyfriend Billy-Ben (James Best, in his third) shouldn’t be marrying his...
- 11/26/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The man who helped earn Denzel Washington an Oscar, made Rambo an international icon of badassery and (for better or worse) launched Brendan Fraser's Mummy franchise has died. Famed screenwriter Kevin Jarre 's life was unexpectedly cut short after suffering heart failure on April 3 in Santa Monica, according to the Los Angeles Times. He was 56. He leaves behind a legacy of major motion pictures. Jarre was born Aug. 6, 1954, in Detroit, but not too long after, made the move to Los Angeles with his actress mother, Laura Devon. His love of of American history, particularly the Civil War, helped inform one of his most acclaimed screenplays, Glory. "I never thought I could interest...
- 4/23/2011
- E! Online
Screenwriter Kevin Jarre has passed away at the age of 56. His aunt Patty Briley Bean tells the La Times that he died unexpectedly of heart failure on April 3 at his home in Santa Monica, CA. He was a history buff and it was his research on the first black Civil War regiment that inspired him to write the 1989 Oscar-winning movie "Glory."
He went on to write the screenplay for the 1993 movie "Tombstone." Other credits include "Rambo: First Blood Part II," "The Devil's Own" and "The Mummy." It turns out he also began as director for "Tombstone," but was replaced by George P. Cosmatos, but Jarre's Charlton Heston scenes are included in the film.
He is preceded in death by his adopted father, Oscar-winning composer Maurice Jarre and his mother, actress Laura Devon. He is survived by his half-siblings, brother Jean-Michel Jarre, who is also a composer for movies, and sister Stefanie Jarre,...
He went on to write the screenplay for the 1993 movie "Tombstone." Other credits include "Rambo: First Blood Part II," "The Devil's Own" and "The Mummy." It turns out he also began as director for "Tombstone," but was replaced by George P. Cosmatos, but Jarre's Charlton Heston scenes are included in the film.
He is preceded in death by his adopted father, Oscar-winning composer Maurice Jarre and his mother, actress Laura Devon. He is survived by his half-siblings, brother Jean-Michel Jarre, who is also a composer for movies, and sister Stefanie Jarre,...
- 4/22/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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