Offering a tongue-in-cheek solution to the homeless problem that plagued nightly news during the 1980s, Street Trash is a horror-comedy that goes out of its way to offend everyone … regardless of thei...

With Pacific Rim , Guillermo del Toro has turned in an almost perfect summer blockbuster. It's been hyped to death and it might not live up to the hype - but it is a whole lot of fun. And in a summer...

“ There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and su...

Upside Down is not a very good romance as far as storybook fables go. It is; however, fairly strong and needlessly complicated science fiction. For my money, I’ll take the latter any day of the week....

When it was first announced that Piranha , the 1978 original spoof of Jaws , which was directed by Joe Dante, written by John Sayles, and produced by Roger Corman was going to be remade, an audible gr...

At long last, Harold Lloyd arrives in high definition. Buster Keaton got his respect from Kino. Charlie Chaplin continues to get his from Criterion and now, with the lovingly restored Safety Last , th...

Writer/Director Joe Dante ( Gremlins ) humorously takes on America’s culture of violence with 1981’s The Howling . Manically led by a charging performance from Patrick Macnee (BBC’s The Avengers ), Th...

When it comes to intelligence in zombie flicks, World War Z takes the undead crown. It is indeed a compliment but – in a summer with a dumbed-down Superman as reigning champ of the box office – smarts...

“Use my body.” With that enticing command, Tobe Hooper’s science fiction bonanza, Lifeforce , (s)explodes onto the screen with an interesting premise involving Haley’s comet and a smokin’ hot chick wh...

Houses made of candy and witches that eat babies await you in writer-director Tommy Wirkola’s Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters ; a re-imagining of the classic children’s tale. Of course, with amped up v...

The apocalypse gets Rogenized in this summer’s funniest (and most frightening) stoner comedy. It’s a movie for anyone who thought Cabin in the Woods was righteous; for anyone who likes to see celebrit...

As a child of the 70’s, the cinematic version Superman means a lot to me. He is, in fact, my favorite and most meaningful superhero to date. Every couple of years, I find myself defending what Bryan S...

It’s time, once again, to barrel down the post-apocalyptic Fury Road, Mad Maxinators. Put the pedal to the medal and hang on tight. There’s no place to rest easy. Not anymore. Not with the evil Toecut...

The invasion began like this: “I was in school when the ships came. They were really big, and they said that we weren't gonna attack them with the nuclear bombs because they might'a wanted to be frien...

Starring the legendary Peter Fonda, this action-packed double feature release from Shout Factory features a couple of classic drive-in B-movies – Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry and Race with the Devil – from...