Gatchaman!
I guess the wait’s finally over after all these years. Gatchaman is scheduled for release in theatres on 24 August! Check it out! http://gatchaman-movie.jp/ [...]
I guess the wait’s finally over after all these years. Gatchaman is scheduled for release in theatres on 24 August! Check it out! http://gatchaman-movie.jp/ [...]
Review by Monkey Fist SCUM Rating : ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The film is an adaption of the original Japanese manga and it’s a close second to Peter Jackson’s “Braindead” as the goriest film ever made! Rivers of blood [...]
Pioneering stop-motion model animator, Ray Harryhausen has died at the age of 92. Ray’s ground-breaking work in the Sinbad movies, Jason and the Argonauts and more, has influenced and thrilled generations of film makers and moviegoers, SCUM members included. We [...]
Just when you thought Gamera and Godzilla have done enough damage to the beautiful city, well guess what? Studio Ghibli produced the following live-action 8-minute clip of mass destruction! Check out the following article from digitaljournal.com for details and more [...]
If you’re not already on Jonny Trunk’s mailing list, you may have missed out on his excellent 50p Friday Offers. Every Friday, Jonny puts up a collection of MP3s for, you guessed it, 50 pence. Apart from interesting releases by [...]
On top of the Jodorwsky film autobiography, the Cannes line-up looks very interesting this year, with a late addition to the competition from SCUM favorite, Jim Jarmusch. Premiering his first vampire flick, ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’, Jarmusch will no doubt [...]
We’re extremely excited to hear that Alexandro Jodorowsky’s film autobiography ‘The Dance of Reality’ will premier at Cannes next month. It will apparently screen with a documentary about Jodorowsky’s failed attempt in the 1970s to film ‘Dune’ (with Salvador Dali, [...]
By Mountain Monkey Fans of David Cronenberg will be pleased with the recent slew of classics being released on Blu-ray. Unfortunately, the discs come from various distributors in different locales, so a region-free player would be very useful: The Brood [...]
Review by Monkey Fist SCUM Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Hong Kong has a slew of horror-comedy films back in the ‘80s but Mr Vampire remains the most memorable. The late Lam Ching-Ying stars as Kou, a ghostbusting Taoist [...]
Review by Monkey Fist SCUM Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ I can still remember renting this video (in VHS format, no less!) back in 1982 and it really impressed me then with its visual effects! Arnold Schwarzenegger himself credited [...]