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10.16.09 by Widge @ 11:21 pm Okay, so normally I don't play you a trailer of the film before I show you the actual film...but if this trailer doesn't make you get excited as hell about watching this insane flick, then I don't know you at all. If the line "We are concerned with the mutilation murders that have occurred over the past six months" and its stylistic delivery doesn't sell you...I mean, seriously. Direct link for the feedreaders. "YOU will DIE a THOUSAND DEATHS..." My God, that is genius. Plus: the brilliance of John Carradine. And now, for our feature presentation. Are you with me? I think you are... Categorized as: 32 Days of Halloween and Movies
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09.15.09 by Widge @ 2:16 am Patrick Swayze gave us a bunch of kickass performances: among them Ghost, Dirty Dancing, Red Dawn, and yes, Michael J. Nelson, we know...Road House. No lie. I dig the hell out of Road House. He returned to television last year, having hopefully smacked down his pancreatic cancer...but alas, it finally got the better of him. Swayze died yesterday at age 57, with his family at his side. I think everybody's going to be using clips of a glowing Swayze from Ghost, so let's just go in the opposite direction: Direct link for the feedreaders. Thanks for everything, Patrick. Categorized as: Headsup and Movies
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08.07.09 by Widge @ 4:30 am Well, it's a dark day for my generation and 80s cinema--the latter certainly shaped the former. And one of the directors who defined movies in the 80s was John Hughes. His filmography has not only the high school love trifecta of Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful (all three of which he scribed--and he directed Candles) but also the high school drama of The Breakfast Club. And there's also the classic Weird Science, one of my favorite John Candy starring roles in Uncle Buck, and the mayhem of Vacation. And of course, the high school character everyone wanted to be... Direct link for the feedreaders. Sadly, John Hughes died yesterday at age 59 of a heart attack. Mr. Hughes: you gave my peers and I a crapload of movies to remember and quote often...and some great memories. Thanks for everything. P.S. Make sure you read this blog post about Hughes. It's amazing. Found via Graham Linehan. Categorized as: Headsup and Movies
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10.03.08 by Widge @ 3:31 am  You kids these days. You have no appreciation for what hardships we, the old bastards among you, had to endure. Why, there was a time when we waited twenty goddamn years for a new Romero zombie flick. Then after the Last Great Zombie Year of 1985, we got Land of the Dead in 2005. And then you got Diary of the Dead just last year. Now there's a sixth Romero zombie flick happening already. As in the thing's written and George is already shooting. That's three Romero zombie flicks in five years, if we take it that the untitled sixth film will hit cinemas next year. So in just five years we've doubled the amount of Romero zombie films. I hope you kids appreciate this. Anyway, the film is zombies vs. people on an island. So Island of the Living Dead is as good a pull-it-out-of-my-ass title as any. The cast announced is Alan Van Sprang (Diary), Kenneth Walsh (Exorcism of Emily Rose), Devon Bostick (Land), Richard Fitzpatrick, Stefano Colacitti and Athena Karkanis. And get offa my lawn!! Categorized as: Movies
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01.15.08 by Widge @ 3:52 pm  I've been meaning to post this for a while: the Horror Drunx. These guys have chapters internationally, and they are dedicated to going and finding sites that are significant to the world of horror movies. Once found, pictures must be taken of the Drunx partaking of a 40 oz. alcoholic beverage in the middle of the day. Whether illegal or immoral or whatever, this is their quest. And damn, but they've got some good pics over at head burrito Mortimer A. London's MySpace. The one we have here is a snippet of Mort and his compatriot Pigpen drinking in front of the Nightmare on Elm Street house. Admittedly, my favorite has the best caption you'll see this week. As Mortimer swigs over Bela Lugosi's resting place: "Mort rocking a 40 over Dracula's grave." Nice. For those without MySpace access, here's where you can find an interview with Mort and the 40-rocking pic in question. Categorized as: Movies
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