by Howard Zimmerman | Apr 28, 2015 | Movies, Science Fiction
In Hollywood, too much of a good thing is clearly never enough. Successful films and franchises must be sequeled unto death . . . and beyond. Especially if they are genre movies and franchises. At a recent viewing of Ex Machina (which I thought was...
by Howard Zimmerman | Feb 28, 2015 | Movies, Science Fiction, Tribute
By 1984, Leonard Nimoy was doing very different and exciting work. Among other projects, he was the host of a Nickelodeon TV series called “Lights, Camera, Action!” The show took viewers behind the scenes on TV and movie productions, and showed the kids how...
by Howard Zimmerman | Feb 27, 2015 | Movies, Pop Culture, Science Fiction, Tribute
R.I. P. Leonard Nimoy Leonard Nimoy passed away today—2/27/15. God rest his gentle soul. I am so sad. My career as a full-time publishing professional—almost 40 years now—is due in no small measure to Leonard Nimoy and his outstanding portrayal of the rational...
by Howard Zimmerman | May 29, 2014 | Movies
I spent time over the Memorial Day weekend catching up on the current genre films. I saw Spider-Man 2 and the latest remake of Godzilla. Here in New York, to see these in a first-run house, it cost $17.50 per seat. Yes, the seats were reserved in...
by Howard Zimmerman | Apr 17, 2014 | Horror, Movies
My list of scary movies concludes with a chiller that is not gothic but rather psychological horror. It pits an innocent, naïve young, female FBI agent-in-training against monumental evil. Directed by Jonathan Demme, for me, The Silence of the Lambs (1991)...
by Howard Zimmerman | Apr 17, 2014 | Horror, Movies
Most of the scary movies on my list so far have been of the gothic horror variety—small groups trapped in small spaces . . . with a monster of some kind knocking them off, one at a time. The next film on my list also of that genre. But it’s even more insidious...
