Posted in: Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on December 8th, 2006
I’ve danced around the subject a few times already, but I haven’t directly dealt with Edward D. Wood Jr. in this column yet. Frankly, to do so seems rather superfluous. If you’re reading these words, you are in all likelihood intimately familiar with the great man’s work. So I’m not going to do any kind of survey or intro here. Instead, this is something of a plea.
Cult film fans have long been used to having to view their faves under conditions that are often less than ideal. Ten or fifteen years ago, befo...
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on December 6th, 2006
Halo 3 the Beta, Some good Konami and a hookup for Ked? - Welcome to the column that has more bugs than Brittany Spears on Friday night known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I'm your host that didn't get a hookup this weekend...mostly wishful thinking. I had been talking to this really pretty waitress at my local Karaoke bar for three weeks now. In fact she had bought me a drink last week and hugged me for some reason. So I...
Posted in: Highly Defined, News and Opinions by Archive Authors on December 4th, 2006
Caution: reading any of this entry may cause you to break down, cry and accuse me of “unappropriate” things.
Well, a week back into the fold (save for a business trip) doesn’t report much new news to speak of. In fact, the most notable news (aside from still poring over the Superman discs) is that the Blu-Ray release of Speed seems to be coming up with some glitches on playback, specifically that it won’t play on the Samsung player. Thankfully, Fox is providing replacement discs (hey, sounds familiar...
Posted in: Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on December 1st, 2006
A few weeks ago, I profiled Cult Epics, which has become the reigning king when it comes to DVD companies specializing in vintage sexploitation, erotica, and the like. That position is likely to remain pretty secure for some time, what with the release of such treasures as The Irving Klaw Classics box set, but there are a couple of recent contenders for the throne that have just come to my attention, so I thought I’d say a few words about them. These are Private Screening Collection and Severin Films.
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Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on November 29th, 2006
Black Friday, Wii like you want it and a dinner with a female for your host? - Welcome to the 2nd date that never even gets a complimentary phone call known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I'm your host that had a really incredible friday. There was Black Friday, the shopping experience (see below), and Black Friday, the social experience. If you don't mind me deviating from games a bit; I will go into a little detail for th...
Posted in: Highly Defined, News and Opinions by Archive Authors on November 27th, 2006
What, you were expecting something profound from a short week?
Seriously? Well, for whatever it’s worth, the big news this week is the release of Superman to HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. The Bryan Singer film Superman Returns (which looks like a beaut on HD-DVD), along with the Richard Donner-helmed Superman and Superman II (both of which are also beauts to boot).
In other day and date HD and Blu releases, The Ant Bully hits store shelves this week, and Windtalkers comes ...
Posted in: Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on November 24th, 2006
If the exploitation film is the dark underbelly of mainstream cinema, then the rape revenge movie is the dark underbelly (or one of those dark underbellies) of the exploitation film. It is a form that has more exemplars than many would like to think, and has extended its tendrils into the mainstream, whether that be in the form of made-for-TV movies or theatrical ones. Carol Clover, in her excellent study Men, Women and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film sees a direct link between the most notorious o...
Posted in: Dare to Play the Game, News and Opinions by Michael Durr on November 22nd, 2006
Tacos, Turkey and lots of 360 - Welcome to the Giblets that left out the gravy and everything else known as Dare to Play the Game.
Welcome to another edition of Dare to Play the Game. I am your host that likes dark meat and brisket for thanksgiving...but probably will get neither. Yeah this is the first thanksgiving without my wife since we split a few months ago. So no texas thanksgiving for me. I will be forced to endure thanksgiving with the folks and my aunt and her...
Posted in: Highly Defined, News and Opinions by Archive Authors on November 20th, 2006
Normally, I’d tell you about the PS3 or something, now that it’s out, but if I need to have a bulletproof vest on when I buy a gaming console, something’s friggin wrong in my country.
Snacking on ginger snaps at work while I try to figure out how to kill these next three days, I can’t really tell you anything about the PS3 that you don’t already know. From what I understand, the Blu-Ray capabilities are the best of any of the three machines out there, even if some of the games can’t be played at 1080i or 10...
Posted in: Brain Blasters, News and Opinions by David Annandale on November 17th, 2006
The Quatermass series I wrote about last week were based, as I said, on television mini-series written by Nigel Kneale. They were not the only Kneale adaptations, nor were they the only SF films from that period to turn to television for source material. A six-part series aired in 1956 under the title of “The Trollenberg Terror.” This was written by Peter Key, doing his best to be Nigel Kneale. A film version duly followed in 1958, retaining the original title in Great Britain, but seeing light in the States under th...
