Cashiers du Cinemart’s Mike White hangs out after the Cinefantastique Spotlight to talk to Dan Persons about his magazine, his anthology, Impossibly Funky: A Cashiers du Cinemart Collection, the clouded future of 3D, and, of course, the indelible allure of BLACK SHAMPOO.
Tag Archive: Tarantino
Jul
21
Video: EW’s Exclusive Live Comic-Con 2011 Coverage
Can’t make it to Comic-Con 2011? Neither can I. Fortunately, Entertainment Weekly has the festivities locked down with live, streaming video coverage. Kick-off is on July 21, 9:15 AM PT/12:15 PM ET — click the player below, and geek out unashamedly.
Aug
07
Samuel Maoz on LEBANON
I went into LEBANON convinced that I really didn’t want to see another examination of the moral quandary that is the Middle East conflict. I came out of it — head and heart racing — convinced that I had seen one of the best films of the year. That’s a considerable achievement, considering that LEBANON …
Jul
15
CFQ Post-Mortem: DESPICABLE ME; More on PREDATORS
In CFQ’s Post-Mortem Podcast (or should that be Podcast Post-Mortem?), Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski offer a free-form follow-up to the regular Cinefantastique Podcast, including further in-depth insights on the minutia of PREDATORS and a look at the week’s other big genre release, DESPICABLE ME, the hilarious 3-D animated film from Universal Pictures. Also included …
Jul
12
Cinefantastique Podcast: PREDATORS
This week, the Cinefantastique Podcast sets its sights on PREDATORS, produced by Robert Rodriguez and directed by Nimrod Antal, from a screenplay by Alex Litvak and Michael Finch. Is this sequel to PREDATOR (1987) a brilliant pop culture mediation on the ability of the human spirit to triumph in dire circumstances, or is it merely …
Apr
19
THE CINEFANTASTIQUE HORROR FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION PODCAST V1N10: KICK-ASS
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 …
Feb
23
Cinefantastique Horror Fantasy & Science Fiction Podcast v1n2: SHUTTER ISLAND
In the second installment of Cinefantastique’s new weekly podcast, Dan Persons, Steve Biodrowski, and Lawrence French look at Martin Scorsese’s new horror-thriller, SHUTTER ISLAND, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Mark Ruffalo, and Max Von Sydow. Also: a look at the SHUTTER ISLAND videogame, and other news and reviews. Click on the player above to hear …
Apr
15
Preview of INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
“Business is a-boomin’.” Here’s the brief (too brief, some might say) glimpse of Tarantino’s upcoming INGLORIOUS BASTERDS that aired on AMERICAN IDOL. embedded by Embedded Video
Apr
05
Rupert Wyatt on THE ESCAPIST
THE ESCAPIST is about as rough, as nasty, as gripping as a prison escape movie can be. Building the story around his lead performer, Brian Cox, director Rupert Wyatt’s feature debut takes the audience into the bowels of hell, while using a daring story structure to play with their expectations. Here’s Wyatt talking about what …
