5 Reasons to Love Uwe Boll (Instead of Hating Him with a Passion)

Okay, so he’s the maker of bad, bad, really bad movies based on videogames. How one man can love videogames so much (the dude is, like, in his ’40s!) to make so many movies based on videogames is a mystery I don’t think anyone can really answer, and I doubt if the man himself knows....

March 25th, 2008 | Read More

2008 New Years Resolutions for Hollywood

Let’s face it, Hollywood will never make a New Years resolution that they’ll keep for more than a few seconds after delivering their list, but that’s not going to stop us from offering up these resolutions for Hollywood to co-op as their own anyway. It took a couple of days, and a lot...

December 28th, 2007 | Read More

James Mudge’s Top 10 Films of 2007

HALLOWEEN Rob Zombie’s remake of one of the all time classics of horror cinema was always going to have an uphill struggle with fans, and though it performed surprisingly well at the box office, it was largely drubbed and mocked by genre critics. However, for those willing to overlook the fact...

December 22nd, 2007 | Read More

IMDB.com’s Top 10 Movies of All Time

Did you ever wonder what your fellow movie lovers considered the Top 10 movies of all time? One of IMDB.com’s invaluable resources is that it allows everyone from around the world to vote for their favorite movies, which, you’ll agree, results in a much more thorough selection than if it...

November 24th, 2007 | Read More

Halloween Movie Recommendations: 2007 Edition

Draw the curtains, carve the pumpkins and chill the moderately priced booze! October 31st is fast approaching and arguably the best and most fun holiday of the year is here again. Though genre fans for once do at least have a couple of decent big screen efforts to choose between in the form of “Saw...

October 29th, 2007 | Read More

Interview with Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman

The King of schlock and president of Troma, Lloyd Kaufman, was the special guest of the GROSSMANN FILM FESTIVAL in a small Slovenian town Ljutomer. Slovenia is one of the small countries that came about after the breakdown of Yugoslavia, and the GROSSMANN Film and Wine Festival is one of the rare festivals...

August 17th, 2007 | Read More

Comic-Con ‘07: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

(Movie Article by T. Ward Porrill) Last month, an unprecedented 100,000 plus attendees descended upon the San Diego Convention center to get sneak peeks at upcoming installments of their favorite comic books, movies, and TV shows, as well as to meet and greet with their favorite authors, actors, and...

August 14th, 2007 | Read More

Slash and Burn: Horror in the New Millennium

(Movie Article by Aaron Carr) A genre that was once looked upon as a cinematic powerhouse has become nothing more than profit loving garbage. What happened to the horror genre? In its prime, it treated us to a psychological thrill ride driven by its sophisticated understanding of our subconscious fears....

May 5th, 2007 | Read More

Testing Your Strength: How Fractured Are You?

If you look close enough, you’ll find everyone has a weak spot. Sometimes a person’s greatest strength is also his or her greatest weakness. In the upcoming film FRACTURE, Anthony Hopkins stars as Ted Crawford, a perfectionist who discovers everyone’s weakspot, except maybe his own....

April 6th, 2007 | Read More

Disturbia (2007) Movie Review / Shia LaBeouf Takes us on a Trip to Disturbia

(Movie Review by Richard Lewis) Shia LaBeouf is a very confident young actor, and for good reason. At the ripe young age of 20, LaBeouf has already amassed a huge body of work. “Constantine” opposite Keanu Reeves, “Holes” with Sigourney Weaver, and “Charlie’s Angeles:...

April 6th, 2007 | Read More

The Reaping (2007) Movie Review / Hilary Swank is Reaping the Rewards of an Amazing Career

(Movie Review by Richard Lewis) It is not every day you get to visit with a two-time Academy Award winner. By all accounts, Hilary Swank is just as down to Earth and approachable in person as she appears to be in her films. She is the quintessential girl next door (although I must say that if I lived...

March 30th, 2007 | Read More

BeyondHollywood.com’s Most Anticipated Hollywood Films of 2007

You don’t have to love Hollywood movies to appreciate what’s coming your way from Lalaland in 2007. Undead pirates, bald surfers and robots from outer space, a guy who can turn himself into sand, John Travolta in drags, green ogres, yellow people, a boy wizard tries to keep his clothes on,...

February 11th, 2007 | Read More

Gopal’s Top 10 Movies of 2006

After several outstanding films rolled out of 2005, 2006 has been a bit of a downer. With a few notable exceptions, I didn’t come across any films that really stood out as exceptional. There were certainly some good and entertaining movies, but even they were of the deeply flawed variety. Still,...

January 6th, 2007 | Read More

James Mudge’s Top 10 Movies of 2006

In no particular order: The Proposition A hardcore and unflinchingly brutal Australian Western set firmly in the darker recesses of the human soul and featuring one of the scummiest bunches of characters ever committed to celluloid. Despite this, John Hillcoat’s film manages some startling moments...

January 4th, 2007 | Read More

The Top 10 Best Movies of 2006

For a movie critic, it’s amazing how few movies I see in a given year. Still, that won’t stop me from producing a Best Movies of 2006 Top 10 list, as is every wannabe movie critic’s wont. 2006 was not exactly a banner year for movies, as there are very few movies that have stuck in...

December 28th, 2006 | Read More

Casino Royale (2006) Movie Review / “007 and Counting”: The Life and Times of the James Bonds

In Michael Winterbottom’s “24 Hour Party People”, a film about the London music and club scene of the 1970s and 80s, the Tony Wilson character claims that it was the invention of broccoli that funded the James Bond films. Believe it or not, there is supposedly some truth to this: Albert...

November 23rd, 2006 | Read More

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984-1994) Series Review

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984, d. Wes Craven, w. Wes Craven) “Heather Langenkamp stars as Nancy Thompson, the Innocent Teen that has to battle Freddy Krueger. Because Nancy is the Innocent Teen (there is always one in a Slasher film, it’s a Golden Rule or something), she has a boyfriend,...

June 13th, 2006 | Read More

Categorize Me: A History of Hong Kong’s Category III Genre

WHAT HAPPENED TO CATEGORY 1 AND 2? Hong Kong films have been a major part of the spread of Asian cinema in the West, both in terms of imports and through the infusion of talented filmmakers. When Hong Kong cinema is mentioned, viewers generally think of action films such as Ringo Lam’s “City...

November 16th, 2004 | Read More

Misadventures in Hollywood: How Hong Kong’s Stars Lost Their Way in Hollywood

(Article by Erick Kwon) THEY KNOW KUNG FU Remember the first time you saw “The Matrix”? Maybe you giggled a bit when Neo opened his eyes and said, “I know kung fu,” but when Morpheus replied, “Show me,” you knew it was on. Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne were a...

November 4th, 2004 | Read More