Fourteen years after Ishirô Honda opted to use a man in a suit instead of stop-motion to animate Kong in 1962’s King Kong vs. Godzilla, producer Dino De Laurentiis made the same decision for his big budget remake, King Kong. But, frankly, that’s not where this epic film falls flat. No, the suit […]
Logan’s Run is the last of the great, pre-Star Wars sci-fi epics. The vast, clean sets and the (frankly) unrealistic look of the technology was the hallmark of 1960’s sci-fi (2001: A Space Oddysey notwithstanding) and I’ve always loved it. It’s very much the style that influenced the “Austin Powers” movies. But […]
Viewed October 1, 2006
Ever since I started this project I planned to watch a lot of horror movies during October. So, naturally, when the month rolled around, I promptly forgot and watched Sherlock Holmes in New York. Not that I mind, because I quite liked it. It’s just I had meant to […]
Viewed March 14, 2006
Hollywood Boulevard has a fascinating history, even for a film executive produced by Roger Corman. Apparently, Jon Davison, one of Corman’s producers at New World Productions, approached Corman and suggested that he could produce a movie for less money than Corman had ever spent. Corman gave him $50,000 and Hollywood […]