Headed for Destruction by James Roland Anthony Buckley found treasure in a dusty Pittsburgh warehouse. His journey spanned two years and three countries as he searched storage areas in New York, London, and Dublin before finally tracking down Wake in Fright, a film that he’d edited forty years before. From a large box labeled “For […]
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Unchained Horror by James Roland Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead met as interns at Ridley Scott’s commercial production company. Soon they were working together on a variety of short films and spec advertisements, and when Justin approached Aaron with a genre-bending horror script called Resolution, they decided to pool their talents and resources to get […]
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The Science of Story by James Roland I had the opportunity to watch Gravity this weekend with Robby Stephenson, Senior Engineer in the Mechanical Engineering Division at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Afterward, we talked about the science on display in the film, what they got right and what seemed off. More importantly, we talked about how […]
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Infernal Combustion Engine by James Roland For the layman, every car runs by magic. Under the hood lies an oil-slick mass of tubes and pipes and fire, bound together by basic science, brought to life with a simple flick of a key, but when it roars to life it becomes something far more than its […]
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It’s an Animal Thing: Why Riddick is a Franchise With Teeth by James Roland Less than a year after The Matrix caused a sci-fi frenzy, Universal dumped its low-budget space flick Pitch Black into the desert of February film releases and left it to die. But like its feral anti-hero, the film survived, earning more […]
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Two Wrights Make a Wrong by James Roland The windows look like frames on a filmstrip as faces whiz left to right in a blur, folks staring out the train windows as it pulls into the station. It slows down enough to distinguish individual people, revealing a man with sunken cheeks, a ghastly scowl, and […]
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“Instead of hipster melancholia he captured a vibrant, head-bopping tone, often using hand claps and a choir of backup singers to create a feeling of community . . . “
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“While it borrows heavily from folk, country, bluegrass, indie, and emo, the final product sounds nothing like any of those style.”
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“A throwback fusion of bluegrass and folk-rock, Old Crow Medicine Show is a lot more than banjo twang and an awesome band name.”
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Finale: Three Mini Movie Reviews by James Roland Saturday Night of the Comet This campy end-of-the-world fest stars Catherine Mary Stewart, the super-hot, unsung starlet of the ’80s (see also The Last Starfighter and Weekend at Bernie’s for proof of this). She’s cute, charming, and is the only living woman who can out-eyebrow Martin Scorsese. […]
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