Actress and Playboy Playmate Yvette Vickers has died. She was discovered by director Billy Wilder and acted in Sunset Boulevard and such atomic era classics such as Attack of the 50-Foot Woman and Attack of the Giant Leeches. Sadly, her body was discovered after a curious neighbor noticed […]
Every April at the Gutter, the editors write about something outside their usual domains. This month, Comics Editor Carol Borden writes about stars of action cinema. I like ladies of asskickery, women who can throw a punch or wield a sharp pointy weapon, preferably both. Since it’s April […]
At the Vault of Horror, B-Sol ponders the age old question of payola–in the form of bloggers providing good reviews for screeners, tickets and just to be nice. There’s a good discussion in the comments as well.
Dragonriders of Pern as a live action film? Looks like it might happen.
Reporting live from the Shire, Peter Jackson records his first videoblog from the set of The Hobbit. (Thanks, Drew!)
The ATW blog, a theater blog, urges filmmakers and movie fans to remember that film is about “size and scale”: “Don’t let movies get smaller, folks. There’s no need. We’ve already got that. It’s called television.”
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