film criticism by maryann johanson | celebrating 25 years: 1997–2022
You know who Roger Corman is. He made a slew of cheapo exploitation flicks in the era before inexpensive camcorders and online DVD sales made that somewhat less impossible than it is today. He virtually invented the American independent cinema scene.
You remember Gamera — you saw him once in a while on MST3K. He’s the cheap knockoff Godzilla, a giant nukular mutantized prehistoric turtle who started out, in the early 1960s, as a monster who destroys cities but rapidly morphed into a defender of Japan and a friend to children.
It’s been almost a quarter of a century since this groundbreaking series graced our screens so briefly, but my memories of it have never faded, so great was the impact it had on my nerdy young brain…
Trying something new as a way to at least acknowledge all the DVDs and other screeners I receive, cuz no matter my best intentions, I can never get around to reviewing all of them. These, though, I gotta review: Gamera: The Giant Monster: The Japanese language original, with new English subtitles, in an anamorphic widescreen … more…
I’ve been meaning to write about this for a couple of weeks, since the news broke: Shout! Factory will be releasing Max Headroom on DVD. Finally! Don’t go looking to preorder the set, though: it’ll be a while before we see anything. From the Shout! Factory press release: Production has begun to develop a wide … more…
