Roger Corman's output through the years may not be immediately familiar, but he's been a wide conduit for emerging talent and raw creativity. That's why he's finally been given an Oscar "OK, so, November 14th 2009, Roger Corman receives an Oscar. People … what took you so long?" The words of Jonathan Demme in his speech before handing over the statuette to Corman on that fateful evening....
Presenting the second in a series of probing debates on the least controversial issues of our time. For this installment of Point/Otherpoint, Jason Hinklin-Lauderdale and Scott Lydon come to verbal blows over a beloved Thanksgiving tradition. No, not canned cranberry sauce. That debate was settled long ago: it's gross. Macy's? Why Don't You Just Mace Me? by Scott Lydon Now, let’s be fair, the...
Circa 1954, photos of the making of the Disney version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Via these sites . And a few more links: 1. Martin Scorsese, William Shatner and more share memories of working for Roger Corman. 2. Online Media Legal Network can help connect bloggers/website operators with free legal service. 3. Great graphics in this vintage Czech tourist map . 4. Female Sith Lord (nudity)....
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 is one of those cult TV shows that really doesn’t need a review. Fans love it and will buy volumes without even looking at what is on it. For them, I am happy to say that VOLUME XVI is another very nice set from Shout! Factory. This is a 4 DVD set. It is housed with a collectible Tom Servo figurine, everyone’s favorite robot made from a bubblegum machine. There...
Frankenstenia is celebrating the life and career of one of my favorite actors next week with The Boris Karloff Blogathon taking place Nov. 23-29th. I didn’t sign-up to participate because I couldn’t commit to anything. My current blogging schedule is sporadic and a bit crazy because at the moment most of my attention is focused [...]
Brian Salisbury is back with another movie so bad, it's also good. This time he dips into the catalogue of Roger Corman and unearths a galactically-bound remake of The Seven Samurai.
This is a peripheral Matt Drudge-like posting and I'm sorry, but as soon as I heard the term "dino-chickens" I was hooked. In my entire life I've never heard this term, and I'm speaking as a guy who once wrote a Roger Corman- or George Pal-type script called Killer Chickens. The size of ostriches, out for blood, looking to settle a score with humans...screaming overall-clad victims being...
Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule celebrates it’s fifth birthday today in high style. Like many in the film blogosphere, I owe a lot to the cite’s proprietor and sole contributor, Dennis Cozzalio, for his support and encouragement when pretty much no one was paying attention. And the weird part came when we both figured [...]
Famed genre director and producer Roger Corman has received an honorary Oscar at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2009 Governors Awards.
War-Gods of the Deep is a pretty misleading title, but then, almost everything about this movie is misleading. It has some really awesome parts, but there's also a fair bit of disappointment. For one thing, there are no war-gods. In fact, there's no war. That part of the title is apparently meant to disguise for US audiences that this is a British adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's "The City Under...
Yesterday, Devin Faraci of the movie website C.H.U.D. posted the following to his Twitter, I can't believe Cinematical is running an Oscar story shit-talking Roger Corman! That hurts. So I found the offending article, Hints About 2010 Oscars Emerge: No More Five-Person Presenting by Eric D. Snider, right there at the top. It says, "Corman, who has directed more than 50 films and produced nearly...
In 1939 the Academy gave an honorary Oscar to Edgar Bergen for creating a funny puppet. Some people may have thought that was silly. They also may have found it silly that a strange little "cartoon" called Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs earned itself an honorary Oscar. The legendary Bob Hope was given a fistful of honorary Oscars over the course of his amazing career ... and I don't remember...
In 1939 the Academy gave an honorary Oscar to Edgar Bergen for creating a funny puppet. Some people may have thought that was silly. They also may have found it silly that a strange little "cartoon" called Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs earned itself an honorary Oscar. The legendary Bob Hope was given a fistful of honorary Oscars over the course of his amazing career ... and I don't remember...
[Note: Scott Weinberg has the pro side of this argument -- why Roger Corman does deserve an Oscar -- in an article that will run later today.] In a post yesterday about the honorary Academy Awards given out over the weekend, I said this about one of the recipients, Roger Corman: "Corman, who has directed more than 50 films and produced nearly 400 (!), has never been nominated for an Oscar, probably...
So apparently, this past Saturday, Roger Corman, King of the Bs, got an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Career Achievement. Personally, I think this is awesome. Let's ignore his often-referenced "finds" of actors & directors who'd go on to great careers of their own and let me list off my reasons why I'm happy to hear this. 1. He Tried to Kill "Waterworld": Corman was the first...
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