MST3K Turkey Day is back for Thanksgiving 2016 with Joel Hodgson and Jonah Ray
Thanksgiving is tomorrow. You’re probably busy traveling or pretending to work or fretting over the time you have to spend with your relatives ...
Tag: Cult
NYC: Haruki Kadokawa 80s cinema retrospective at Japan Society (Nov 8-Dec 17)
Japan Society routinely has excellent screenings and film series throughout the year for fans of Japanese cinema. Right now there’s a special retrospective ...
Horrible director Uwe Boll says he will quit making terrible movies… again
After years of making crummy video game adaptations and low-rent garbage, Uwe Boll claims that he will quit directing movies. This comes on ...
The Jesus Returns: First look at John Turturro’s Big Lebowski spin-off Going Places
The Big Lebowski overflowed with memorable characters, from The Dude, Walter, and Donny to known-pornographer Jackie Treehorn and The Dude’s awkward landlord. The ...
Reviews
Review: Tampopo
Prior to this week, the last time I saw Juzo Itami’s 1985 food comedy Tampopo was in the mid-90s. I remembered so little ...
A Heathers TV pilot has been ordered by TV Land–yes, that Heathers
Heathers starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater is one of the great cult movies of the 1980s. It’s a pitch black dive into the ...
Quirky cult Japanese food comedy Tampopo getting 4k restoration and theatrical rerelease
To paraphrase Roger Ebert, Juzo Itami’s 1985 Japanese comedy Tampopo seems to exist outside of traditional categories. It’s a movie I remember enjoying ...
NYC: Metrograph showing Willy Wonka in 35mm Labor Day weekend
If you live in New York City and can’t get into the AMC screenings of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory this weekend, ...
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer getting 4k restoration, 30th anniversary theatrical re-release
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is one of the best horror movies of the 1980s. Directed and co-written by John McNaughton, the ...
Phantasm: Ravager and the Phantasm 4k remaster get release dates–BOOOOOY!
A while ago we reported that J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot was overseeing a 4k restoration of Don Coscarelli’s 1979 cult classic Phantasm. I ...
Enjoying trashy movies is linked to high intelligence, making all of us brilliant
Everyone loves a bad movie every now and then. Whether it be a cult favorite like Troll 2, Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, or ...
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 revival will be on Netflix
After breaking Kickstarter records, the new cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000 has found a home. And no, I’m not talking about the ...