Loron Hays

Okay, okay, okay. We all can agree that the star-powered disaster movie is in serious need of a vitamin shot. Hell, it’s in need of a shot of Jack Daniels (or at least the audience is) if it’s to even...
All jokes about titles aside, Gone Doggy Gone is not a parody. It IS; however, very funny as it examines the uninspiring relationship of one couple so completely obsessed with their Teacup Yorkie that...
What’s a historical dramatic series to do when its lead actor hungers to star in some serious science fiction movies while its ratings grow? That’s the dilemma the talent behind the BBC’s Call the Mid...
When we talk about the films of Sergio Leone, I wonder how many people realize we are only talking, specifically, about six movies. Six. No more and no less. And they are all inarguable considered fil...
More creative than it is philosophical (even though it really, really wants to be both), Tomorrowland ’s future-bound trajectory resides inside an adventure that recalls the type of kid-against-adult...
Long before the Fast & Furious gang was granted freedom from their past criminal activity for assisting the feds, famed film producer/director Roger Corman introduced audiences to a group of war crimi...
A classic black-and-white film from the deluge of science fiction movies produced during the late 1950s finally finds its way onto blu-ray. Independently produced, It! The Terror From Beyond Space rem...
Holy Shit, Mr. Roger Corman. Holee Shite. You are a God among mere mortal men. Seriously. Bloody Mama , starring Shelly Winters, would have been your masterpiece if your filmography and genre-hopping...
While never a cult classic, Satan’s Blade is the textbook definition of a cult film. L. Scott Castillo Jr.’s movie reads, bleeds, and leads with its shoestring budget, amateur acting, and familiarity...
The collection coveted by many a sci-fi fan has finally arrived courtesy of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Originally inspired by spacey Mormon theology concerning a planet named Kolob and the...
Now, THIS is how you restart a stalled franchise. Violent, gritty, and powerful, Mad Max: Fury Road is one hell of an over-the-top thrill ride. Imagine the western attitude of Red Dead Revolver mashin...
Ray Milland steps into the obsessive role Vincent Price normally played for American International Pictures in Roger Corman’s adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Premature Burial . While that makes th...
Writer, director, producer Roger Corman, the celebrated King of the B-movie, has very rarely let me down as a member of his audience. I found his book, How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Nev...
Old hat. Battered suitcase. Duffle coat. Marmalade. Paddington Bear has been a fixture in children’s literature since 1958. The character hasn’t always been fashionable, mind you, but he has always be...
Produced and directed by Aaron K. Carter, Dead Kansas is the current darling of the underground zombie genre. The horror-comedy is as independently spirited as modern filmmaking gets. It’s raw, comica...