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Every day is Hammer time for actor Fred Williamson

Tuesday, July 29, 2008
When you call Fred “The Hammer” Williamson on his cell phone, if you’re lucky, he won’t answer. Because if he doesn’t answer, you’ll get to hear a phone message that is (a) kind of awe-inspiring, and (b) a reality check that reminds you of your status as a person who has not and never will be able to refer to himself, without irony, as “The Hammer.” “Yo, this is The Hammer,” Williamson growls, with an über-cool seismic bass rumble that is part B-movie intimidation, part Barry White seduction. Full story »

New "Mummy" opens Friday, but no wrap yet on old "Mummy"

Monday, July 28, 2008
From a whisper to a scream: The most famous sequence in the 1932 version of “The Mummy” — resurrected in a two-disc “Special Edition” DVD this month, to coincide with Friday’s release of the big-budget adventure epic “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” — begins with almost inaudible mumbling and ends with a shriek of terror.
Barely moving his lips, a young archeologist (Bramwell Fletcher) in a camp in the Egyptian desert reads the words on the Scroll of Thoth that bring life to the 3,700-year-old thing in the sarcophagus behind him. Full story »

3D movies: OH, NO!! They're back!

Wednesday, July 9, 2008
“It Came from the 50s” could be the headline over this article. Another might be “The Thing That Wouldn’t Die.”In other words, 3D cinema — the “stereoscopic” process that become something of a punchline after being associated with such 1950s B-films as “Creature from the Black Lagoon” and “Cat Women of the Moon” — is back in a big way. But according to movie industry professionals, 3D cinema is no longer a joke, gimmick or annoyance (remember those funny red-and-green glasses?). Full story »