Folks, a good doctor knows that valuable insights and knowledge may be gained from consulting with one’s colleagues. That’s why, over the past four days, yours truly has been deeply immersed in the ’50s Monster Mash Blogathon hosted by Nathanael…
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After dealing with such a serious case of ’60s celluloid psychedelia as last week’s Wild in the Streets, your humble doctor must confess that I did not intend to go down those smoke-filled corridors again for a while. Two things, however, convinced…
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It seems as though nothing gets the blogosphere buzz going like a spirited political debate (Weinergate jokes, anyone?). And while it’s been a long-standing (two years this month) tradition here at the Strangefilm practice to eschew discussions on politics, yours truly has to admit…
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Those of you who are students of history as well as off-the-wall moviedom may be aware that this coming weekend marks the 66th anniversary of V-E Day. It was on May 8th, 1945 that the Allied nations accepted Nazi Germany’s unconditional…
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As anyone who’s been in a shopping mall the last two months can attest, the Christmas season is upon us once again. And within the strange cinema community, that means it’s time for the annual debate over which of two…
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Now that Robert Rodriguez has turned his faux Grindhouse trailer for Machete into an effective feature-length film, I’m cautiously optimistic that Eli Roth will be able to do the same with his own “preview” project, the wonderfully over-the-top slasher send-up Thanksgiving (“White…
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Yours truly regrets his absence from these pages of late, but I was called away from my regular practice to attend a symposium in Vienna on whether The Human Centipede was indeed, as its director claims, “100% medically accurate.” Now, I don’t…
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It’s interesting to look at how the careers of Hollywood’s James Cagney and Japan’s Godzilla (history of sorts) kind of paralleled one another. Both started out in movies playing irredeemable bad guys, and neither was really considered a candidate for…
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Hollywood often gets a bad rap for squeezing blood from stones (or beating dead horses, or whatever colorful metaphor one wishes to use) with ill-conceived and unnecessary sequels, but you have to give them some credit for allowing many of the truly classic…
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Okay, all you students of singular cinematic experiences. This latest case file opens with a pop quiz. Paper and pencils are not required, and no cheating off the person sitting next to you. Ready? 1. What movie won the very first…
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This month marks the 40th anniversary of Paul McCartney’s 1970 announcement that he had left The Beatles, effectively signalling the foursome’s end. To fans at the time, this was the darkest day in Fab Four history. It turns out, however, that it wasn’t…
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It’s Easter week, weird movie buffs, and that’s always a big to-do in the Strangefilm household. There are such time-honored holiday traditions as the coloring and hiding of eggs (hopefully to be found within the same month), the consuming of massive…
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