Exploring Ruggero Deodato
Plenty of directors have made extreme cinema. However, only a few have been arrested for murder and owned the title Monsieur Cannibal. Ruggero Deodato started life as a music prodigy, directing an orchestra by the age of seven before quitting once his teacher sent him away for playing by ear. Through his friendship with Renzo […]
The Spirit (1987)
Written as a series pilot by Steven E. de Sousa (Die Hard, Commando, Bad Dreams, The Running Man, The Return of Captain Invincible, Street Fighter) and directed by Michael Schultz (Cooley High, Car Wash, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band, The Last Dragon, Krush Groove, Disorderlies) this was a try at turning the Will Eisner newspaper strip into something viewers could see every week. This […]
Supaidāman (1978)
At the end of the 70s, Marvel and Toei made a three-year licensing agreement. Each could use the other’s properties in any way they wanted. Marvel would use the main robots from two of Toei’s anime, Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace and Chōdenji Robo Combattler V, as part of the Mattel licensed Shogun Warriors comic book […]
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
SPOILER WARNING: I’m going to do my best to be as spoiler-free as possible, but I also want people going to see this movie to be, you know, surprised. It seems like the majority of people posting negatively about this movie hit the Venn Diagram just right of those that enjoy negatively posting on holidays […]
Spider-Man: The Dragon’s Challenge (1981)
Released in Europe as a theatrical film, this 1979 TV movie is really episodes 12 and 13 of the show, “The Chinese Web.” Director Don McDougall had the same experience when episodes of the Planet of the Apes TV series that he directed were re-released as the foreign theatrical films Farewell to the Planet of the Apes […]
Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)
Despite its high ratings, the CBS Amazing Spider-Man series only lasted 13 episodes. There are a lot of reasons why it didn’t last — Marvel Comics publisher and co-creator of the character Stan Lee fought with producer Daniel R. Goodman (even telling Marvel house magazine Pizzazz that the show was “too juvenile”), it was expensive to make, […]
The Amazing Spider-Man (1977)
I can tell you exactly where a five-year-old me was on the night of September 14, 1977. Watching this movie on CBS. I wasn’t alone, as it was the highest performing CBS production for the entire year and played as a theatrical movie in Europe, often in a double bill with Sinbad and the Eye […]
The Crusaders #357: Experiment in Evil! (2008)
Furie! The Ace of Spades! Twilight! Sergeant Liberty! Dave! They’re The Crusaders, a hero human team out to protect the world from evil and their movie looks like a comic’s pages being flipped. I liked the effect, even if it’s distracting at times, and the movie felt like watching a night of the old RPG Champions. […]
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