Cult Movies

Curious to see the evolution of Siri? Spoiler Alert, it becomes a quick-witted, British gangster bot that makes our dinners and tells us to get a life. But there's more than badass robots in Dan Gaud and Ayz Waraich's awesome revenge short, Tonight I Strike. [Continued ...]

In a nutshell: Phil Buni brings you Wes Anderson's most underrated film, The Royal Tenenbaums, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, and Luke Wilson as former child prodigies whose lives have all gone horribly wrong thanks to their father (Gene Hackman), who suddenly reappears in their lives, claiming he has weeks to live.

Up to this point, stories about the robot rebellion and Skynet-like apocalypse that makes humans hide and fight for their lives, have taken place on Earth but it looks like an upcoming project titled Epsilon will take the fight, at least some of it, to space. [Continued ...]

Casting starts today in the UK for the next Star Wars movie and here's some descriptions of who they're looking for. Perhaps not so shocking, they want fit twenty-somethings full of good humor. [Continued ...]

OK, this is the coolest beastie from this film, so I should hold it off, but I just couldn’t. Me likee the gillmen. Related PostsMonster of the Day #701 (Jun 3, 2013) Monster of the Day #700 (May 31, 2013) Monster of the Day #699 (May 30, 2013) Monster of the Day #698 (May 29, 2013) Monster of the Day #697 (May 28, 2013)

In a nutshell: At long last, Cecil finally reviews the Roger Corman-produced sword and sorcery film Deathstalker, starring Rick Hill as a barbarian hero who sexes up all the ladies, including the likes of Barbi Benton and Lana Clarkson.

Title: Mars Attacks! (1996)Director: Tim Burton Cast: Pam Grier, Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Tom Jones, Jim Brown, Lukas Haas, Natalie Portman, Lisa MarieReview: Back in 1994, Tim Burton directed Ed Wood, a film that pays loving homage to science fiction and horror film director Edward Wood Jr., a director better known as ‘the worst director who ever lived’. One look at his movies and you’ll agree, Ed Wood wasn’t the best filmmaker in the world. But any film buff will tell ya that all the things that make a film like Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957) a ‘bad movie’ are the very same elements that make it a completely watchable film. I like seeing those strings hanging from the toy flying saucers, I like seeing the set falling apart as the actors walk through it, I like those random scenes of Bela Lugosi doing things that had nothing to do with the story, I liked the unnecessary, yet wildly entertaining voice over. These are the elements that give Plan 9 From Outer Space its charm, because even through all that, at its core, there’s a message, it says something, it’s good intentions cannot be ignored. It’s in that spirit that Tim Burton made Mars Attacks!, a film that Ed Wood would have made himself if he was still alive and had 70 million dollars to spare. Mars Attacks begins in the dark recesses of space, as we follow an armada of thousands of Martian spaceships headed directly towards earth. We are then presented with the many characters that we’ll follow throughout the movie, characters who will no doubt converge at some point in the story. So we get Louise Williams (Pamela Grier) a bus driver and stern mother of two. We get Byron Williams (Jim Brown) an ex-boxer who is trying to get back with his wife and kids before the Martians attack. We get Jack Nicholson playing two roles, one as the president of the United States, and another as a gambler/empresario whose looking to open up his new hotel and casino, which by the way looks like a giant flying saucer. Basically, we meet a bunch of characters all living different lifestyles, who have to deal with the fact that these Martians do not come in peace, they come to take over! They’ve come to attack! Is humanity doomed to destruction by little green men?I watched Mars Attacks in theaters way back in ’96 when it was first released and I remember feeling really strange after seeing it. I’d seen it with my parents and I remember them saying something like “I don’t feel like I saw a movie”. My reaction was a bit different. I remember thinking it was undoubtedly a strange movie and I remember leaving the theater with this weird feeling of ‘what did I just watch?’ But I also couldn’t deny I had enjoyed it. I like Tim Burton when he does films like this one, films where he doesn’t give a crap what anybody is going to think, he just does what he finds entertaining, which is often times goofy and offbeat. I mean, can you deny that Beetlejuice (1986) is one of the weirdest movies you ever saw? No you can’t; but you can’t deny that it’s quite entertaining either. Sadly, Burton isn’t making films like these anymore, right now, his films play it safe. Though recently, Frankenweenie (2012) did manage to bring back some of that old Burton weirdness I love so much, I miss the old Tim Burton, the one who would wallow in his weirdness. I haven’t seen a truly risky Tim Burton film in a long while. I wish he’d do it more often; Burton works best when he does his own thing, left to his own devices. Mars Attack has that feeling going for it. It’s a film that isn’t afraid to go all the way bonkers. This is a big budget film that’s purposely showing its b-movie sensibilities, which of course spells awesome for me.How bonkers is this movie? Well, for starters the movie is based on a series of Topps trading cards composed of 55 trading cards that came out circa 1962. These little cards would show gruesome dep

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So nobody got the gag yesterday. This confirms the findings of the Damien Motd; numerology jokes do not fly at Jabootu. Uh, OK, this will do for today, I guess. Related PostsMonster of the Day #691 (May 16, 2013) Monster of the Day #690 (May 15, 2013) Monster of the Day #689 (May 14, 2013) Monster of the Day #688 (May 13, 2013) Monster of the Day #687 (May 10, 2013)

This is the 15 minute interview with Naschy that was produced by American DVD companies Anchor Bay and Blue Underground for their releases of WEREWOLF SHADOW and CURSE OF THE DEVIL. If you've not been able to see it here is your chance! Its a good overview of how Jacinto Molina became Paul Naschy and stalked his way into horror history.