Space Battleship Yamato
Here’s the opening 2 minutes of the new live-action Space Battleship Yamato. (I grew up with Space Battleship Yamato as Star Blazers). (Thanks, August Ragone!)
RIP, Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen has died. There would be no William Shatner without Leslie Nielsen. He was a hilarious comedic actor in films like Airplane!, The Naked Gun and Police Squad! He also played it straight in the forerunner to Star Trek, The Forbidden Planet. The L.A. Times has an […]
RIP, Irvin Kershner
Irvin Kershner has died. He directed The Empire Strikes Back, Robocop 2, Eyes of Laura Mars and The Raid on Entebbe. Vanity Fair recently posted an interview with him about working on Star Wars. Agence France-Presse has a report. Film School Rejects has 5 great Kershner films besides […]
Heros de las Artes Marciales
Laurie’s Wild West brings you pulps from Franco’s Spain.
Dune, Desert Planet
Bill Sienkiewicz’ Dune.
Happy Birthday, Uncle Forry!
In honor of the late Forrest J. Ackerman’s birthday, we present an 2008 interview with him conducted by Joe Randazzo. There are nice pictures, too. (via @GCDB)
The Cultural Gutter 