4 Feb
Animated Horror Films begin to make noise

Apparently there’s a new genre of film burgeoning: animated horror movies. The business model actually makes sense, as the filmmakers only have to animate a compelling trailer and then find the proper funds to actualize the movie. Given the steadily decreasing costs of animation, and the steadily increasing costs of live productions, these films seem […]


16 Dec
Madman Mundt’s epic-poem-length review of the most anticipated movie of the year

Anyone who reads this site with any regularity knows that I’ve been anticipating Avatar with my Geek Phaser set on Mutilate. It’s fair to say that this is the most energized I’ve felt waiting for a film since the first X-Men (Bryan Singer helming my favorite childhood comic) or even Terminator 2 (Cameron’s follow-up to […]


11 Dec
Feeding the Avatar jones...

As my obsession with all things James Cameron and Avatar continues, here is a good interview done this weekend by 60 Minutes. A lot of the info is repeated  from that New Yorker interview, but there are a few flashes of new creatures I haven’t seen on previous vignettes. Good viewing if you’re at all […]


17 Nov
The man, the myth, the genius and the megalomaniac

If you’re a fan of sci-fi or film in general, I highly recommend Dana Goodyear’s interview with James Cameron in the latest issue of the New Yorker. It’s an incredibly insightful, well written examination of one of America’s best auteur filmmakers, living or dead. (If you don’t think so, best be prepared for a heated […]