I just found this via legendary comic book writer @gerryconway’s twitter this morning, and it was the best waste of 15 minutes I’ve enjoyed in a long time. Thwip Studios went and created a motion comic adaptation of the 1989 Marvel graphic novel Parallel Lives by Gerry Conway & Alex Saviuk. This Amazing Spider-Man feature…
Category: Classick Cinema
Reviews and recaps of old movies
Classick Cinema: My pitch for a proper sequel to “Gremlins”
A few months back, I was a guest on the Nerd Lunch Podcast to talk about comebacks (listen to that show here). As part of the show, each of us named an old 80s property we’d like to see make a comeback and that’s when my wheels started spinning about one of my favorite monster…
Recut movie trailers are soooo good! [Classick Cinema/The League]
I love movie trailers. In fact, other than old cartoons, pro wrestling vids, chiptune remixes and videogame commentaries, movie trailers happen to be my most-watched genre on YouTube. Thanks to the creativity of several users with way more time on their hands than you or I have, I’ve been entertained over and over by recut…
Classick Cinema: Dreamscape (1984-A-Thon)
This 1984-A-Thon review of Dreamscape, starring Dennis Quaid. Two government scientists working on an experiment recruit a gifted psychic to enter the subconscious minds of patients troubled by ominous dreams.
32 Things about Disney’s TRON on it’s 32nd anniversary [Classick Cinema]
I rarely do listicles, in fact I abhor them. So the topic at hand will have to be something worth tapping on that numbered list button for. Disney’s TRON is worth it… Released in theaters on July 9, 1982 (I wasn’t even six then!), TRON was an instant success with critics and raked in $4…
Classick Cinema: Six reasons to go and see G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Editor’s note: This preview/spoiler-free review was intended to drop prior to seeing the film, but having an opportunity to see it early, I took it and will have more thoughts coming on our next podcast (CSP EPISODE 50!). If there are any spoiler elements or plot reveals, I have tried to omit or conceal them,…
Classick Cinema: My Guilty Pleasure (The League)
This week’s challenge for The League of Extraordinary Bloggers… Guilty Pleasures Other than certain aspects of my life, Classick is pretty much an open book online. But what you might not know is that other than action, fantasy, sci-fi, drama and sports documentary, there is a certain genre of movie that I am actually quite…
Classick Cinema: “Rocky V” and how I would fix it…
This post was originally a thread in the eclectik discussion forums. After reading, head over there to continue the discussion!! I am up pretty late/early in the wee hours every night, either due to my habits (video games, netflix, reading comic books, working on the podcast and site stuff) or restless sleep (dreams of running…
Back to School…. Not so great until you press fast forward [The League]
In the latest submission to “The League”, Classick goes back to the 80’s movies to look at the least favorite part of school– the bullies.
Classick Cinema: The Hand (1981)
Long before he shed tears as Bruce Wayne’s butler in The Dark Knight Rises, Sir Michael Caine starred in one of the most “gripping” horror flicks in Clasick’s memory, The Hand!
The CSPN 