Author archive - Logan Crow
MONDO CONTEST: Win Dinner-For-Two at the Home of “Forbidden Zone” director RICHARD ELFMAN!
Richard Elfman wants YOU over for dinner! We're giving away a DINNER FOR TWO AT CASA ELFO! (yes, that's Forbidden Zone director/Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo founder Richard Elfman's L.A. home!), grilled by Grillmeister Elfman himself!!
Read More »Cosmopolis
David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis" is a welcome return to style, complemented with fine performances from an ensemble class. Unfortunately, the film is nowhere near as compelling as its seemingly heady themes and examinations would suggest.
Read More »“The Avengers” smashes another record, crossing $1 Billion globally in 19 days
The Walt Disney Studios has announced that Marvel’s The Avengers is expected to cross the $1 Billion threshold at the global box office on May 13, its 19th day in release. This is the first Marvel Studios film and the fifth Walt Disney Studios release to reach this important milestone. The news comes just a week [...]
Read More »The Avengers
There is so much that works about The Avengers that it's hard not to consider that it might be the Best Comic Book Movie to date, and a shining example that a popcorn movie can still deliver on brains and heart.
Read More »“All About Grauman’s Chinese Theatre” to offer behind-the-scenes tour May 26 & 27
Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation and Hollywood Heritage present ALL ABOUT GRAUMAN’S CHINESE THEATRE, a rare behind-the-scenes tour of the world’s most famous movie palace to celebrate its 85th Anniversary! Saturday, May 26 and Sunday, May 27 (separate tours each day) - 8:30 am - Noon Advance Sale Members-Only: Admission: $10
Read More »BARBARELLA arrives on Blu-ray July 3, 2012
There’s hope for a Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Blu-ray release yet… Cult cinema has been getting a lot of love from the Blu-ray Gods lately, with news of upcoming Blu-ray editions of everything from Harold and Maude to The Wizard of Gore to Forbidden Zone. Considering the rich and colorful high-def enhancements the format [...]
Read More »FORBIDDEN ZONE comes to Blu-Ray in Deluxe Box Set! – Remastered Color AND Black & White Versions of Oingo Boingo cult classic!
Just in time for our own 30th Anniversary Screening of the legendary adventures of King Fausto, Queen Doris, and the brave Hercules family, Richard Elfman’s cult classic FORBIDDEN ZONE arrives in a fantastic Blu-ray package, now on sale at the Forbidden Zone website! Plus the folks at the site have exclusive versions on sale of sets [...]
Read More »The Cabin in the Woods
Deftly structured, sharply written, and featuring sequences of delicious dark comedy rarely executed to well, The Cabin in the Woods is a total success. So much more than a send-up of a genre, it's an homage to the nightmares provided by so many schlocky horror films on the late early 1980's, filtered through the minds of two talented writers who have long been skilled in exploring new territories in the familiar. Spoiler-free review.
Read More »Disney to release live-action MALEFICENT in 2014
Maleficent To Hit Theatres on March 14, 2014 The Walt Disney Studios has announced a U.S. release date of March 14, 2014, for Maleficent, starring Angelina Jolie in the title role as Disney’s ultimate villain. The live-action film explores the origins of the evil fairy Maleficent and what led her to curse Princess Aurora in Disney’s [...]
Read More »Silent House (2012)
Directors Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, and cinematographer Igor Martinovic, do much more than simply deliver a horror film shot in one take by actually taking time to explore the possibilities inherent in their approach.
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MONDO CONTEST: Win Dinner-For-Two at the Home of “Forbidden Zone” director RICHARD ELFMAN!
Richard Elfman wants YOU over for dinner! We're giving away a DINNER FOR TWO AT CASA ELFO! (yes, that's Forbidden Zone director/Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo founder Richard Elfman's L.A. home!), grilled by Grillmeister Elfman himself!!
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Egyptian Theatre presents 007 AT 50: THE COMPLETE JAMES BOND RETROSPECTIVE!
The American Cinematheque and The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles Present… 007 at 50: The Complete James Bond Retrospective! Friday, June 8 – Sunday, June 24, 2012 10 Nights, 2 Theatres, 22 Films on the Big Screen! Egyptian Theatre · 6712 Hollywood Blvd · Los Angeles, CA · 90028 Aero Theatre · 1328 Montana [...]
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“The Avengers” smashes another record, crossing $1 Billion globally in 19 days
The Walt Disney Studios has announced that Marvel’s The Avengers is expected to cross the $1 Billion threshold at the global box office on May 13, its 19th day in release. This is the first Marvel Studios film and the fifth Walt Disney Studios release to reach this important milestone. The news comes just a week [...]
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Cosmopolis
David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis" is a welcome return to style, complemented with fine performances from an ensemble class. Unfortunately, the film is nowhere near as compelling as its seemingly heady themes and examinations would suggest.
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Pick of the Week – Breakfast at Tiffany’s, August 23rd at Regency Buenaventura 6
"There once was a very lonely, very frightened girl. She lived alone except for a nameless cat..." Blake Edward's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S screens Thursday, August 26 at Regency Buenaventura, 7:30pm. Alicia's Pick of the Week.
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Tormented (AKA “Rabbit Horror 3D”)
Initially armed with the tremendous title Rabbit Horror 3D (tell me you wouldn't run out to see that immediately), this surreal, fantasy/horror blends elements from a number of children's films such as Alice in Wonderland and The Little Mermaid, but its final product is decidedly NOT for children...
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