Category Archives: Cult Cinema

Monday Picks: ‘Alligator’

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s Monday Pick is the classic “animals run amok” monster movie Alligator (1980). The film stars Academy Award nominee Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael Gazzo, and Henry Silva. Alligator is a well written, tongue in cheek horror film centered … Continue reading →

Posted in Academy Awards, Cult Cinema, DVD, Horror, Lionsgate, Monday Picks, Movies, Netflix, Prequels and Sequels, Reviews | Tagged Henry Silva, James Ingersoll, John Sayles, Lewis Teague, Michael Gazzo, Perry Lang, Robert Forster, Robin Riker | Comments Off

Monday Picks: ‘Blue Thunder’

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s Monday pick is the action thriller Blue Thunder (1983) directed by John Badham (Dracula, War Games). The film stars Roy Scheider (Frank Murphy), Malcolm McDowell (Colonel Cochrane), Daniel Stern (Richard Lymangood), Candy Clark (Kate), and in his final … Continue reading →

Posted in Academy Awards, Action, Blu-Ray, Columbia Pictures, Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Monday Picks, Movies, Mystery and Suspense, Netflix, Sony | Tagged Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, John Badham, Malcolm McDowell, Roy Scheider, Warren Oates | 1 Comment

Late Monday Picks: John Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is John Carpenter’s independent horror classic hit Halloween that held the record as the highest grossing independent film of all time. Halloween helped to usher in a new era of slasher films throughout the 1980s and 1990s. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anchor Bay, Blu-Ray, Classics, Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, Editorial, Horror, Monday Picks, Netflix | Tagged Charles Cyphers, Debra Hill, Donald Pleasence, Irwin Yablans, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, Moustapha Akkad, Nancy Loomis, Nick Castle, P.J. Soles | 1 Comment

Monday Picks: Tim Burton’s ‘Sleepy Hollow’

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow (1999), a newer take on Washington Irving’s legendary 1820 novel The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Johnny Depp stars as Ichabod Crane, a New York City police constable who is sent to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Academy Awards, Blu-Ray, Books, Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, Horror, Lionsgate, Netflix, Novels, Paramount | Tagged Casper Van Dien, Christina Ricci, Christopher Walken, Ian McDiarmid, Jefferey Jones, Johnny Depp, Marc Pickering, Michael Gough, Miranda Richardson, Sir Christopher Lee, Sir Michael Gambon, Tim Burton | 2 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘First Blood’

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the classic 1982 Ted Kotcheff war/thriller First Blood a.k.a Rambo: First Blood (1982), the first installment in the legendary Rambo series. The film stars Sylvester Stallone (John Rambo), Brian Dennehy (Sheriff Will Teasle), and Richard Crenna … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Blu-Ray, Books, Classics, Cult Cinema, DVD, DVD Reviews, Lionsgate, Netflix, Prequels and Sequels, Thriller, War, War Movie Mondays | Tagged Brian Dennehy, Chris Mulkey, David Caruso, Jack Starrett, Jerry Goldsmith, Richard Crenna, Sylvester Stallone, Ted Kotcheff | 1 Comment

SDCC11 Interview: Cast and Crew of ‘Black Dynamite’ Give the Scoop on the First Season

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Eric Medina

When they first seated the cast and crew of the new Adult Swim animated comedy Black Dynamite at my table, I don’t think they realized we were there for the roundtable discussion. Spending the first 5 minutes of the interview … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult Swim, Animation, Cartoon Network, Comedy, Comic-Con, Cult Cinema, Interviews, News, SDCC 11 | Tagged Adult Swim, Animation, blaxploitation, Michael Jai White, spin off | 9 Comments

War Movie Mondays: ‘The Ninth Configuration’

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1980 release of William Peter Blatty’s The Ninth Configuration which is a Gothic, thriller, comedic, war picture. The film stars Stacy Keach (Col. Hudson Kane), Scott Wilson (Capt. Billy Cutshaw), Jason Miller (Lt. Frankie Reno), … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Cult Cinema, Drama, DVD, DVD Reviews, Mystery and Suspense, Netflix, Reviews, Thriller, War, War Movie Mondays, Warner Bros | Tagged Ed Flanders, George DiCenzo, Jason Miller, Joe Spinell, Moses Gunn, Neville Brand, Richard Lynch, Robert Loggia, Scott Wilson, Stacy Keach, Steve Sandor, Tom Atkins, William Peter Blatty | 1 Comment

War Movie Mondays: ‘The Exterminator’

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

This week’s pick is the 1980 release of James Glickenhaus’s ‘The Exterminator‘ which takes us from the jungles of war torn Vietnam to the urban jungle of the crime stricken and bankrupt New York City of 1980. The Film stars … Continue reading →