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Uncovering Curiosities: John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

When you look at how action cinema evolved in the 1980s, it’s very now clear that Escape From New York is one of the films which helped to establish the template for the muscular action hero. John Carpenter’s 1981 film (his second of many [...]

October 16, 2021

The Mighty Charlton Heston

The words icon and legend are bandied about a great deal in modern society. Most of the time they mean nothing or at the very least they are simple hyperbole. However, when these words are used to describe Charlton Heston they come across as an [...]

October 4, 2021

Behind The Scenes: John Krasinksi Directs Emily Blunt On The Set Of A QUIET PLACE

Actor turned director John Krasinksi’s A Quiet Place is a strong entry into the current wave on top tier horror movies. This 2018 release is a virtually dialogue free thriller which sees a family hiding from sound-driven creatures in rural [...]

April 30, 2021

I Am Legend: Charlton & Lydia Heston On The Set Of THE OMEGA MAN

On-screen Charlton Heston appears to have been cut from granite – strong, powerful…biblical. Heston mixes strength and intelligence with old fashioned masculinity. His illustrious career has seen him star in some of the greatest [...]

June 16, 2020

Behind The Scenes: James Cameron Working On The Special Effects For John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

John Carpenter‘s 1981 release, Escape From New York is almost a continuation of the type of sci-fi films that Charlton Heston made in the 1960s and 1970s (Planet Of The Apes, Omega Man, Soylent Green), there’s a wonderful bleakness to [...]

April 29, 2020

The Best Movies To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown

The world is slowly shutting down due to COVID-19. The Coronavirus means a lot of people across the globe will be locking themselves in, self isolating and keeping away from the general population. These are unprecedented times. Cinemas across the [...]

March 16, 2020

The Last Shall Be First & The First Last: THE OMEGA MAN

1971’s The Omega Man is the finest screen adaptation of Richard Matheson‘s I Am Legend. The dystopian sci-fi movie might differ from Matheson’s novella, but it keeps the tone and the texture of what makes the tale so good. Charlton [...]

September 1, 2019

Review: Kurt Russell Is Snake Plissken In John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

When you look at how action cinema developed over the 1980s, it’s now clear to see that Escape From New York is one of the films which established the template for the muscular action hero. John Carpenter’s 1981 film (his second of many with [...]

November 3, 2018

DVD Review: BATTLE OF THE DAMNED Has Dolph Lundgren, Zombies And Robots

Battle Of The Damned is marketed as Dolph Lundgren meets zombies and robots. You get exactly what it says on the tin, but unfortunately the film doesn’t live-up to the sum of its parts. And those parts are Escape From New York, Omega Man and 28 [...]

December 27, 2013

Charlton Heston: Movie Star

May 14, 2012

DVD Review: Peter O’Toole In The Epic Mini-Series MASADA

Masada is a 1981 television mini-series starring acting legend Peter O’Toole and helmed by directing stalwart Boris Sagal (The Omega Man). The series is an entertaining and well made production that charts the siege of the Jewish fortress at [...]

April 11, 2012