Favorite Movie Poll – Vote Now!
Ever wonder who those mysterious voters are who get to decide which movies are best? We do too. At AMC we believe no one knows better than movie people, so we’ve compiled a list of 25 of the most popular,…
Read MoreMeg: The Scary Movie That Won’t Happen?
Over at Cinematical, there’s a fascinating account regarding the ups and downs of Steve Alten’s Meg, a scary shark book that was to become a scary shark movie. Yeh, I know that most books optioned by Hollywood have similar…
Read MoreTechnology’s Inspirational Debt To Sci-Fi
One of science fiction’s unique powers, when compared to other genres of fiction, is its ability to facilitate and inspire technological change. What may be considered a speculative pipe dream, by some, inspires others to actually fulfill science fiction’s…
Read MoreGeorge Romero’s Vampire Suburbs
Which is scarier, the city or the country? A good argument could be made for either, but to my mind there’s no question that if one is seeking not only fear but depression as well, then the city and…
Read MoreBox Office Numbers of the Beast: Summer Heat
The little movie with the high-numbered name (hint: It’s title is also the year Henry, Prince of Wales (later Henry V of England) retakes Aberystwyth from Owain Glyndŵr) is still doing pretty pretty well and is once again the only…
Read MoreStar Wars in Paris
Star Wars’ famous opener — "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…" — is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it excludes the Star Wars universe from infringing upon our own: we’ll never…
Read MoreThe Horror Department: Captivity and Paris Hilton
In Episode 5 of AMC’s Horror Department, our host Todd interviews Captivity screenplay writer Larry Cohen about the movie’s connection to Paris Hilton, his own childhood influences, and the making of the movie Q. Want to watch more Horror…
Read MoreClassic Public Domain Sci-Fi: The Last Man on Earth
Tonight’s public domain sci-fi viewing is The Last Man on Earth, the cheapo 1964 Vincent Price vehicle that has the honor of pretty much being the first modern zombie film ever. That’s a contentious statement, of course, mostly because…
Read MoreFrank Miller: Shootout Video
WEB EXCLUSIVE! Frank Miller insists the upcoming film The Spirit is "not an homage" to his friend and mentor Will Eisner. Click here for information on past and future guests. Click here for more Shootout video….
Read MoreGalaxiki: Collaborative Fictional SciFi Universe
It’s Wikipedia gone galactic: Galaxiki is a community-based site in which a fictional online galaxy is populated with stars, solar systems, planets and other solar bodies in online collaboration. That’s not terribly impressive in and of itself. Short of would-be…
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