Forty years after the release of the sci-fi classic Escape from New York, fans will at last get a look at the making of the movie. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of John Carpenter’s one-of-a-kind story of Kurt Russell’s future criminal Snake Plissken and his attempt to rescue the President from a downed plane […]
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If you’re not a Kurt Russell, please avert your eyes and come back later. A big Kurt Russell project is coming your way this year. Director John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China and his Escape from New York will see a dream mash-up only the way BOOM! Studios could do it. Big Trouble in Little […]
Next to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, there is probably no other actor in the action genre who has had more action figures with his likeness. Snake Plissken himself, Kurt Russell. Once upon a time movies like Escape from New York and Big Trouble in Little China came and went with no toys or collectibles, […]
We’ll have plenty of reasons to see The Hateful Eight next year. Quentin Tarantino has a measured pace releasing his movies and you never know whether the next film will really be his last. He’s filmed this Western in 70 mm Panavision so it should play well on the big screen. He’s hired Ennio Morricone, […]
The President of the United States is forced to jettison from Air Force One when it is under attack. An unlikely hero comes to his rescue. Sound familiar? It’s actually not a remake of Escape from New York, but you couldn’t find a film that pulled a plot so clearly from another. But don’t expect to see star […]
With the dozens of new titles from all the comic book publishers being released Wednesday, we thought we’d hone in on a few with the independent publishers you might miss. The first new Legenderry title featuring Vampirella is out tomorrow from Dynamite, as is a new Jungle Jim series and sci-fi series called Cluster. […]
Forty seconds into “Vortex,” the opening track on John Carpenter’s new album Lost Themes, and you’re already caught up in a 1980s thriller. You don’t know for certain who is doing the chasing and who is being chased, but you get the feeling you are the one running. Are you Roddy Piper in They Live? Stevie […]
It’s time to pull your vintage Kenner Star Wars and Indiana Jones figures and spaceships out of the closet. Remember wanting to pit your vintage Boba Fett action figure against the alien from the movie Alien, but there was no Alien figure out there of the correct scale? Did you ever want to set Han Solo and […]
