Life Before STAR WARS: The Winners
As far as action stars go, though, the ‘70s didn’t have a bigger one than…
Life Before STAR WARS: Trendchasers
King Kong was far from the last attempt to jump on the Jaws bandwagon. Columbia…
Year of the Month: James Williams on SORCERER
In 1977, two directors capitalized on their previous films’ world-beating successes by releasing their newest…
Year of the Month: Désirée I. Guzzetta on What It Was Like to Be a Kid When STAR WARS Came Out
In 1977, I was barely a teen and a voracious reader of science fiction and…
Life Before STAR WARS, Part One: Long Ago and Far Away
Star Wars has become the tree that’s impossible to see for the forest. It’s ceased…
Year Of The Month: Ghostbusters of Fire by Miller
Cities existing on the edge of reality and unreality, grunge and gloss side by side.…
Nearly 30 Years Later, TEMPLE OF DOOM’s Grossness Is Its Legacy by James Williams
Growing up, I watched the Indiana Jones movies incessantly. Correction: I watched Raiders of the…
Year of the Month: The Gonzo Garbage of Golan and Globus, Part 2
If I told you Bolero was a movie with a bullfighter who gets gored in…
YOJIMBO: A Movie in Two Worlds by Persia
One man approaches ten, as dust blows dramatically. The two opponents—one ronin, one criminal gang—step…
YOJIMBO: A Man with No Name
A man walks down the only street in a small town. The wind blows dust…