Apr
26
In anticipation of the release of the almost-fully-restored silent science-fiction classic, METROPOLIS, the Cinefantastique Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction Podcast presents Langarama!, an episode focusing back on two classics of yesteryear from renowned German master filmmaker Fritz Lang: WOMAN IN THE MOON (1929) and THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (1933). The first is an ambitious …
Apr
23
The interview we were trying to set up fell through, so MIGHTY MOVIE PODCAST is taking a little break this week. Fear not, we’ve already got our next episode in the can: A conversation with director Tom Six about his outlandishly twisted horror film, THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE. Join us next week and, in the interim, …
Apr
19
Cinefantastique’s Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction Podcast returns with a blow-by-blow knock-down debate regarding the merits (or lack thereof) in the new comic-book superhero fantasy KICK ASS, starring Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, and Nicolas Cage. Does the film kick ass, or does it fall flatter than an empty cape? Also on the agenda, the usual …
Apr
16
Seems to be some confusion about the title of this. For the record, according to the front page of the production notes, it’s THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES. Not THE SECRET OF THEIR EYES or even THE SECRET IN HER EYES, which is the way the video file for the trailer is labeled. So I …
Apr
11
After sitting out last week’s CLASH OF THE TITAN’s episode, Dan Person’s is back in the host’s chair this week for a round-table discussion of AFTER.LIFE, the new horror-thriller starring Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, and Justin Long, about a young woman who wakes up after a car accident to find that she is in a …
Apr
10
So what have we been doing for the past couple of weeks? Pulling our hair out, what’s left of it. Making repeated calls to Verizon. Hosting a visit from their friendly and professional service person (really, no sarcasm there, the guy was good). Being granted the privilege of shelling out for a replacement modem and …
Apr
09
Okay, let’s be blunt about this: I know nothing about comic actor Omid Djalili or screenplay writer David Baddiel, or their new film, THE INFIDEL, which is currently running in Great Britain. But the plot — about a British Muslim who discovers he was actually born Jewish — has potential and, more to the point, …
Apr
02
For reasons known only to Verizon (and maybe not even to them), I’ve lost my ability to upload files of any significant size, and so can’t get the interview with directors Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam discussing their new documentary, THE SUN BEHIND THE CLOUDS, up in time for the film’s debut weekend at Film …
