theofantastique.com - 2/23/2009
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In a recent post I made my own selections for the Premio Dardo Award, a blogger to blogger recognition of a sound contribution to weblogging. One of my selections was Dread Reckoning that is part of PopMatters , a magazine of cultural criticism and exploration. Dread Reckoning is the work of ...
Movie Review - The Happening
ryneb.blogspot.com 7/8/2009 — The Happening A lot of flack has been thrown at director M. Night Shyamalan regarding The Happening . Either his stories aren't up to par or they're just too weird, or the twists he's thrown in aren't entertaining enough, or he hasn't thrown in twists. The poor guy had so much success with ...
It's On with Alexa Chung
mtv.com 7/11/2009 — Complete Schedule 7.13.09 | Monday Alexa's starting the week off strong with a visit from Sean Kingston, who will sit down to chat and perform! Plus, Arden Myrin will tell us 'What's Happening.' 7.14.09 | Tuesday Kelly Osbourne will be in the house to ...
Videodrome Remake Cometh!
www3.webng.com 4/27/2009 — More remake madness as now Universal is reportedly set to remake the 1983 David Cronenberg-directed sci-fi/horror/thriller Videodrome, this according to Variety. Ehren Kruger will pen the script, and produce the pic alongside Daniel Bobker. The updated version of "Videodrome" is expected to ...
Sci-Fi To Become Syfy?????
www3.webng.com 3/18/2009 — With a desperate need apparently to attract new advertisers, The SCI-FI Channel is according to the NY Times...gonna rebrand itself as Syfy beginning on July 7th. The channels new slogan will be "Syfy:Imagine Greater". The channels official website Scifi.com will also undergo a name-lift, which ...
Mick Garris on "Videodrome"
trailersfromhell.com 5/6/2009 — Is nothing sacred? The just-announced remake of David Cronenberg's bizarre and prescient sci-fi classic is unlikely to recapture the innovative impact of the original despite the technological update. A uniquely creepy and thought-provoking movie, the ...
The Top 20 Horror Sci-Fi Films Ever Made
thevaultofhorror.blogspot.com 6/11/2009 — It's really, really late, but I wanted to make sure to direct all y'all's attention to my latest and definitely greatest list featured on Bloody-Disgusting . This one was co-authored by Day of the Woman's BJ-C, and features the greatest horror/science fiction films of all time--in our ...
Cronenberg: A new look at VIDEODROME
fangoria.com 5/23/2009 — After taking a 30th Anniversary look at David Cronenberg's THE BROOD yesterday ( read it here ), Jack returns with a fresh look at VIDEODROME , a Fango favorite seen on the classic cover of FANGORIA #25 (pictured below). One of the things that make David Cronenberg a great writer/director is that no matter how whacked-out his premises are, they come from a place of uncomfortable truth. The director known for pioneering the “body-horror” subgenre frequently constructs his visceral ...
Manson (1973) As Part Of A Double Feature.
spitonyourtaste.blogspot.com 2/13/2009 — There are so many films that would make a great double feature with Manson . For the theme of a death of counterculture idealism there is always the possibility of To Be Twenty , as a prequel there is also Something's Happening which is a documentary which charts the rise of a culture that ended ...
Universal Remaking "Videodrome" as an "Action Thriller"
classic-horror.com 4/27/2009 — Universal will remake David Cronenberg's Videodrome , according to this Variety.com article . If you suddenly feel waves of anger coming at you from you computer screen, well, that's me. I'm transmitting my own Videodrome signal. I'm a pretty laidback guy when it comes to the remake machine. I ...
New Flesh Lives Again in Videodrome Remake
dreadcentral.com 4/27/2009 — I did a Dread Central April Fool's Day story a few years back touting Paul W.S. Anderson as writing/directing a remake of Videodrome . Today I get to do essentially the same story only this time the remake is for real and, if nothing else, at least ...