Ah, the psychedelic journey. It’s a twisted and tortured trip and in Ken Russell’s Altered States , it’s a very primitive one. Russell (director of The Devils , Gothic , and Lair of the White Worm ) w...

High Noon in outer space? Starring James Bond? Yes, please. Written and directed by Peter Hyams ( The Presidio , Timecop, 2010 ), Outland – upon its initial release in 1981 – failed to win over most c...

What’s it going to take, America? What’s it going to take for us to act a little more kind to each other? That’s the question director Robert "Bobcat" Goldthwait puts forward in God Bless America , a...

“A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming,” says Barbarella (Jane Fonda) on her way to save her winged friend. Such is the reaction many people have to Fonda in the title role of Roger Vad...

Spaghetti Westerns don’t tend to dip into the surreal. Usually violent, the genre is soaked with cold-blooded killers, heathens, and thieves. Django Kill (…If You Live, Shoot) adds a bit of psychedeli...

In just five short years, Marvel’s Spider-Man gets the redbooted remake in Marc Webb’s thrilling The Amazing Spider-Man . While, before seeing the picture, one could argue the rationale of such a move...

There are few directors who can entertain me - a solidly heterosexual male - with a film about male strippers with impossible abs, toothy grins, and buns of steel. Wait. Now that I think about it, the...

Based on the popular live action role-playing game on college campuses across America, Humans vs Zombies is exactly what it says it is. Humans. Verses. Zombies. It’s not quite the battle for the ages...

For months before its release, both Justin Theroux and Jennifer Aniston teased entertainment news magazines and websites with rumors of her topless moments in his new comedy. Somewhere among all the f...

William Castle’s collaboration with Hanna-Barbera (the home of Huckleberry Hound and Space Ghost and a whole gallery of other characters) might be a bit too static with a dialogue-heavy script, but th...

Cat Run is an explosive mess of an action/comedy film. Potentially, it could have been a surprise with fans of Tarantino and Rodriguez action flicks. Director John Stockwell ( Blue Crush ) desperately...

It’s about a maladjusted robot. He wears clunky footwear, a slick cape, and burns people alive with lasers. And it’s damn near brilliant. You see, the brain inside the robot used to belong to a Nobel...

It might have taken two-decades but Pixar – the animation company responsible for Toy Story , Finding Nemo , Wall-E , and The Incredibles – is finally (and rather specifically) addressing their female...

About two years ago I read Seth Grahame-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and was immediately struck by its power and purpose in having a little fun with a historical figure, the mythology surro...

“Are you ready for a good time!?” When AC/DC first asked the question in 1990 (after the 80’s had officially ended and real joy could be had), the response was immediate. “Hell, yes,” and the crowd ro...