This week would’ve been Bruce Lee Jun-Fan’s 70th birthday. Here’s a little memoriam we’ve put together in his honor: His screen test for the role of Kato in The Green Hornet (includes him doing forms in a suit); the opening credits for the Cantonese print of Enter The […]
Salon has an excellent piece on the death of stunts in Hollywood movies, exploring everything from the history of film stunts, the reliance on CG effects and new-fangled “intensified continuity” editing. The piece also mentions Michelle Yeoh, Tony Jaa, Zoe Bell and Yakima Canutt. (Thanks, Brian from Shelf […]
Tintin in R’lyeh. Really. And Innsmouth. And The Strange Case of Charles Dexter Ward.
Turns out that piracy might help out comics in the same way that it can help out musicians. Indie creator Steve Lieber’s sales were boosted after a 4chan user uploaded scans of his book, Underground. Comics Alliance has some thoughts.
Director and Hammer horror icon Roy Ward Baker has died at the age of 93. Baker directed Quatermass and the Pit, The Vampire Lovers, which updated Sheridan LeFanu’s Carmilla for a more psychedelic and softcore age, and co-directed Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires with Shaw Bros. Chang […]
What do the Venture Bros. want? Todd Alcott asks and has some interesting answers.
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The Cultural Gutter 