Remember the Cannon Group? It was a small movie studio purchased in 1979 by the Israeli duo, Menahem Golan and Yorum Globus, who quickly turned Cannon into one of the most prolific and ambitious film conglomerates of the 1980s.
On May 25, 2012 the Pacific (formerly Mann) Manhattan Village Theater in Manhattan Beach, CA closed its doors.
According to author Stephen Romano, “There may never again be another time in film history like the end of the eighties–or a year like 1987.”
The second feature by Hong Kong’s Tsui Hark was this Kung Fu infused, cannibal-themed comedy
Russia’s Konstantin Lopushansky is one of the greatest filmmakers you’ve never heard of
With the LORD OF THE RINGS films now ensconced in the “classic” cinema pantheon, I’d say it’s an opportune time to take a look at the output of their director
An eighties horror film that at least tries to spin a character-based, emotion-centered yarn that doesn’t rely on derivative splatter
1984 was an odd yet pivotal time
The grindhouse and the arthouse: two distinct modes of cinema that would appear to be leagues removed–and for the most part they are.
Nuclear war, as we all well know, has been the subject of many a movie