Reviews

Zyzzyx Road had a very short and record-breaking theatrical run. It was the lowest box office achieved at the time. This was a deliberate box office flop since in order to fulfil the SAG rules for a low budget film, it had to play theatrically for a week. The producers

During the ’80s, audiences weren’t quite biting for straight martial arts movies set in era of the Shaolin Temple. Instead of period pieces, Jackie Chan began fighting in contemporary settings. But there was such an investment in costumes and sets, the studios couldn’t completely abandon the era. The best move

Back at film school, we’d argue about the making of short films. The instructors insisted each project followed a three-act structure and fully rounded characters. There were some of us who had no use for diagramming and outlining. We wanted the short films to be all about creating a visual

When James Bond continued to be a box office smash with the release of Goldfinger, the third installment, producers around the world took notice. There was a massive audience for spy movies. But not just any espionage thriller. The crowds at least wanted debonair heroes, high tech spy gadgets, a