Cinema Narcs

First-time director Panos Cosmatos seems to share my own love for late-70′s/early-80′s science fiction atmosphere. With his inaugural film, “Beyond the Black Rainbow“, Cosmatos looks to have fully immersed himself in the sleek, stylistic natures of a different kind of grindhouse genre, one that favors static white plastics over grimy streets, omni-tailored jumpsuits and finely [...]

MOVIE – “Chronicle” DIRECTOR – Josh Trank WRITER – Max Landis SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW –If the name Max Landis sounds familiar to you, then that’s because you’re a fan of Masters of Horror. He wrote the episode Deer Woman, which was directed by his father. His father? Why, he’s none other than [...]

So, do you want an epic trailer, or do you want an epic trailer?  In 2006, director Timo Vuorensola had an idea for a science fiction film, and over the course of two years, he and his cast and crew pooled their own money, shot a trailer for their movie, and took it to the Cannes [...]

MOVIE - “Battlespace” DIRECTOR – Neil Johnson WRITER – Neil Johnson SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW ‑Iva Franks Singer, who plays The Watcher, has a long career of interesting bit parts in movies.  She appears in Heat, Bordello of Blood, and Jerry Maguire; unfortunately, all of those roles are cameos or walk-ons, as a waitress, a [...]

CINEMA NARCS BREAKFAST SERIALS SERIES – Ace Drummond DIRECTORS – Ford Beebe, Cliff Smith WRITERS – Wyndham Gittens, Norman S. Hall, Ray Trampe SIX DEGREES OF CAST AND CREW – Actor Robert Warwick can be seen in the Joan Crawford thriller, “A Woman’s Face” (1941). Joan also starred in 1954′s “Johnny Guitar”, co-starring a young [...]

MOVIE – “It Came From Beneath The Sea” DIRECTOR - Robert Gordon WRITERS – George Worthing Yates, Hal Smith SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW – Faith Domergue, who stars here as Professor Lesley Joyce, previously played a woman of science in the Universal classic, “This Island Earth,” which is today best known as the movie [...]

MOVIE – “Mars Needs Women” DIRECTOR - Larry Buchanan WRITERS – Larry Buchanan SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW – The “Land of the Giants” connection continues, as “Mars Needs Women” star Yvonne Craig did an episode back in 1970. – Warren Hamm can be seen in one of my favourite MST3K Experiments, “The Eye Creatures” [...]

MOVIE – “Queen of Outer Space” DIRECTOR - Edward Bernds WRITERS – Charles Beaumont, Ben Hecht SIX DEGREES OF CAST & CREW -The star of this movie is none other than Zsa Zsa Gabor, one of three Gabor sisters to make it big in Hollywood. Eva went first, then Zsa Zsa, then Magda.  Zsa Zsa is [...]

So, you want to watch a live blog, do you?  Well, I don’t know if you do or not, but we’re going to do one.  That’s right, my fellow Narc Andrew and I will be sitting down with a bowl of chocolate-covered ants for a liveblogging extravaganza!  The movie of choice for what I hope [...]