Film-making a murderer: Gillian Wallace Horvat in I Blame Society
âIâve been trying to get a feature made since my short film Kiss Kiss Fingerbang won at South by Southwest in 2015,â says Wallace Horvat. âI would say maybe even before that, but not with many realistic expectations. I did think that after that win there was going to be more of a clear path. As in: âOh, she won at South by Southwest; maybe we should look at her stuff the way that we look at stuff from some guy that hasnât done anything yet.â I was surprised when things didnât quite happen that way.â
Ed. Note: In case it is missed within the context of this interview, Bryan had a unique opportunity to “interview” the fictional lead character of Adam Howe’s new novel One Tough Bastard. You can check out Bryan’s review of the book here. Enjoy the interview; I certainly did! –Jeremy
The 411 Interview: Shane Moxie
Shane Moxie, “The Mox,” was at one time one of the biggest action stars in the world. Hailing from the small southern town of Toad Suck, Arkansas and now residing in Hollywood, California, Moxie exploded upon the movie world with 1988’s
One Tough Hombre directed by Rowdy Harrington (yes,
Mank make the cut? Or perhaps the lauded legal drama
The Trial of the Chicago 7? Maybe even
Bridgerton, for bit of fun?
“
Death Wish?” my friend said, incredulously, as he flicked through other choices.
His laughs got harder as his attention turned from the recommended section to the watch again list. Both lists reveal a litany of titles which, at best, can only be described as of dubious quality.
I am talking about vintage action films starring Charles Bronson (the aforementioned
Death Wish and
Kickboxer), as well cheesy comedies featuring Tom Selleck (
Mr Baseball)
.
“This is not even B grade,” the friend said. “I learned to just call these ‘Saeed stuff.’
The 90s VR Movie: The Lawnmower Man had a lot to answer for
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the wave of straight to video Virtual Reality films that followed in the wake of The Lawnmower Man in the mid to late ’90s…
The idea of virtual reality worlds has been something of a sci-fi staple for many decades. Cronenberg toyed with the concept in
Videodrome. Philip K Dick’s classic short story,
We Can Dream it For You Wholesale was adapted to the big screen as
Total Recall. However, during the video game boom of the early 90s, alongside a progressive wave of developing CGI technology, VR became immensely popular, with everything from naff TV game shows, to movie concepts.
Mark Hamill and Eric Roberts Hitch a Ride: A VHS-Era Double Bill
Tom Jolliffe looks back at a couple of video era films about nefarious hitchhikers, The Nature of The Beast and Midnight Ride…
‘My mother told me never to do this.’ Words of wisdom foolishly ignored by Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) in the 1986 Rutger Hauer classic,
The Hitcher. Halsey picked up a hitchhiker and found himself tormented for the rest of the film’s run time.
The Hitcher wouldn’t be the first nor certainly the last film to show the potential drawback to picking up a thumbing hitchhiker. Hell, even the notorious trash classic