Camera Obscura
A young woman releases demons and then has to trap them up again with her grandfather’s camera in the webseries, Camera Obscura. The trailer looks promising.
Kathryn Bigelow Retrospective
Kathryn Bigelow won a best directing Oscar for The Hurt Locker. Time for a retrospective. Here’s the trailer for Near Dark and some clips. Point Break (i.e. Keeanu Reeves best movie). Jamie Lee Curtis in the cop thriller, Blue Steel. The premillennial tension of Strange Days. The Pirelli […]
The Muppets Present: The Wicker Man
The Muppets’ The Wicker Man. It’s way better than Muppets from Space. (thanks, weed!)
Small Press Combo Attack
Time to check in with a few small-press books. This is where where a lot of people get their start, and it’s also where the books can live quite happily apart from the concerns of multinational conglomerates.
Science Determines the Best and Worst Genres
Science analyzes the best and worst types of genre movies. Results listed here.
Just Say, “No” to Black Magic
The upcoming Malaysian film, Niyang Rapik warns of the dangers of picking up stuff that doesn’t belong to you and black magic. But if the kids weren’t scared straight by Indonesia’s Léak / Mystics of Bali, I don’t what would. (Trailer available under video).
The Cultural Gutter 