Michael Madsen is doing his part to get us all through lockdown with a smile. In a family home video, Madsen as Mr. Blonde recreates the famous scene from Reservoir Dogs - quarantine style. Off his recent cameo appearance in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and his retrospective interview in Tara Wood’s wonderfully crafted documentary QT8: The First Eight, this family video is a fun and cheeky revisit to the role that made him the rebel, cinematic icon that he is today.
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Monsignor Martinez Pilot FOUND, King of the Hill spin-off
I’ve been fascinated with lost media for ages, and honestly, I think that is why I still collect VHS tapes and other dead formats. You can really find them anywhere, but Facebook groups seem to be the hotbed as of late. I’ve scored everything from out of print porn to shot on video horror.
Read MoreA Return to the LIVING DEAD Franchise (or Night of the Living Dead… and the Day(s) After)
In August of 2019, an odd piece of horror film ephemera made its way across the internet. It was a Letter of Intent confirming Executive Producer status on a project called Night of the Living Dead and the Day After. The letter is addressed to “Joe” and “John” and signed by the late director George Romero.
Read MoreClint Eastwood: Zombie Auteur?
Clint Eastwood is back in the news again, folks. That’s right, everybody’s Platonic ideal of an irascible, reactionary grandpa is refusing to honor the boycott against filming in Georgia, the state where it’s great to be a budget-conscious filmmaker but awful to be a woman. Now, let’s make one thing clear--I do not approve of Eastwood’s decision, but maybe we’re all addressing this moral problem from the entirely wrong perspective.
Read MoreCheers to You, Dr. Lilith Sternin
Greetings, CineDump! I know I’ve been gone a long time, and here I am, walk of shame ready, shoes in hand, half-empty Lonestar in hip pocket, and nothing to give you but a hard time. I’ll be real with you for a minute: As my oh-so-witty, boozy film reviews last year might have revealed, I had some shit to get in order.
Read MoreAtomic Blonde and Toby Fucking Jones
I just can’t help it--I’m a fool for trailers. Some women squander promising lives on unworthy men, self-destructive behavior, or the ever evolving siren’s song of Lifetime movies. But not me. I'm a shameless trailer mark and the studios see this rube coming from a mile off.
Read MoreWar for the Planet of the Apes: Man vs. Ape
With War for the Planet of the Apes breaking out on cinema screens, we look at exactly how us humans measure up with our closest cousins in the Animal Kingdom. Around six-to-eight million years ago — a mere blink of an eye in evolutionary terms — humans and chimpanzees went their own ways. Previous to that, we were one and the same species, and even now we remain genetically closer than dogs and wolves.
Read MoreAdapting Stephen King
I have never been a “the book is better than the movie” person. Sure, I think that sometimes an adaptation can really miss the mark of the book’s intent, or leave out one of my favorite plot points, but I hate comparing one medium to the other. Movies don’t have to remind us which characters are talking, or go into detail about a room’s furniture, or make it clear when one scene is over and a new one is beginning.
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