A wonderful three days off....

Due to a temporary change in my work schedule last week, I ended up having the last three days off in a row! I spent most of my time outdoors (except for last night) and ended up washing and waxing my truck (and cleaning out the inside of it) on Tuesday, Wednesday I tore about the basement and gave it a good all around cleaning, then yesterday I took my truck in for an inspection (it passed with flying colors) and got four new (and larger) tires for it, and changed the oil when I got home! Oh yes, my truck got a LOT of lovin' this week!

Last night I ended up having a movie marathon with my buddy Chris (and later our Star Wars obsessed friend Gary, showed up) and watched "Tranformers: The Movie," "Chapelle's Show: The Lost Episodes," "My Name is Trinity," "Heavy Metal," and finally "Godzilla vs. Gigan." (For the record, my main man Chris used to HATE Godzilla, but lately he's been giving the Big-G a chance and has sort of become a "closeted" Godzilla fan. ;-)

So now that I've had time to get things cleaned up around here, get my finances in order, and just plain ole relax, its back to the grindstone for me. I'm thinking of watching and taking notes on "The Host" tonight after work, and will be working on that review for the remainder of the week. I'm hoping to get it posted in time for the Vault's 7th Anniversary on Wednesday, June 6th! But before I hop into that, I've gotta change things up on the main pages including the Movie of the Month, the top 5 reviews for the month, and other little things like that.

And before I officially get offline for the day here's a little plug for a site called RETRO FLICKS. After hearing good things about them from fellow b-movie scribe Andrew Borntreger, I gave them a shot today and ordered three DVDRs from them, namely: "Supersonic Man," "Monster," and "Mystery on Monster Island." Shipping was cheap, the discs seem to be very professionaly made, and the price on each one is only $11.99. I'll post about the quality of the discs once I've received and watched them. Also, late next week I should be getting my DVDs of "Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster," "Invasion of the Astro-Monster," and "Attack of the Supermonsters" in the mail! I can't wait!

Well that's officially it folks! I'm going to go and find something to do for an hour before I have to get showered up for work! Blog ya later b-movie fans!

OH YEAH! And be sure to check out the June issue of Rogue Cinema! It's the third anniversary issue and once again, I sat this month out. But you know what .... I don't even care. It's nice to write about what I want, when I want, without any deadlines hovering over my head. In any case, head on over and check out the new stuff. These guys work hard to bring you fresh material monthly so please, help support them and the web-mag by visiting and reading all of their awesome articles, interviews, and reviews!

New OLD review for "The Fog" (1980) is now up at the Vault!

My review for John Carpenter's classic horror tale of ghostly revenge is now looking a lot better and is officially uploaded at the Vault! Please take the time to give THE FOG (1980) some lovin'!

And don't be afraid to sign up in the B-Movie Film Vault Forums and give your own thoughts about this awesome supernatural thriller and/or my review for the film!

Expect a new review for "The Host" to pop up at the Vault next week b-movie fans! Blog ya later!

The Fog (1980) review to make triumphant return to the Vault archives tomorrow; Unkown Movies joins in on the B-Movie Beach Party!

I decided to start refurbishing an older review tonight/this morning and chose John Carpenter's "The Fog." The review is nearly (re)done and should be uploaded after I get home from work tomorrow night! I may tackle one more old review before I begin a new review for "The Host."

In roundtable news, The Unknown Movies Page has joined the "B-Movie Beach Party" participant list, bringing us to NINETEEN sites! As more sites continue to join, I'll keep you all posted.

But right now, I'm very tired and need some rest. I have a loo-oong work day ahead of me tomorrow and I'll need my strength.

G'night b-movie fans; keep fighting the good fight!

More Roundtable details!

This thing is getting HUGE! No, not that! I'm talking about the B-Movie Beach Party roundtable! The event is scheduled for July 21st and currently we are at EIGHTEEN sites! The latest reviewers to join our ranks include Kevin P. from wtf-Film, and Scott Hamilton and Chris Holland from Stomp Tokyo! Wow! And even better, the current number of reviews is close to TWO DOZEN, since several of us decided to review multiple films for this event! Stay tuned for more updates concerning this online mega-event!

The Dino Western Double Feature is finally completed and uploaded!

Yup, you read that right, I've finally gotten my review for "The Valley of Gwangi" completed and it must be the longest review that I've ever done. (Plus, I included a fun little drinking game in the "Extras" portion of the review.) With "Gwangi" finished, my "Dino-Western Double Feature" is finally ready to be seen by the world!

Please, read (and enjoy) my reviews for:
The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956) and
The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

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Up next on my review slate is the 2006 South Korean blockbuster, "The Host" which should be showing up on my site at or around June 6th, which happens to be the B-Movie Film Vault's SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY!

In other news.....
The B-Movie Beach Party Roundtable is progressing nicely and currently all sixteen webmasters are deciding on what to review. Once the list is compiled, I'll post it here and in my Forums. (With Andrew Borntreger's permission of course.) My final picks for the roundtable are "Island Claws" and "Space Amoeba." I was going to do "Tintorero," but "Space Amoeba" is more my style and easily fits the Beach Party theme!

That's it for now so have a great night b-movie fans!

Update on "Gwangi" review and upcoming roundtable events!

My review for "The Valley of Gwangi" is nearing completion! All I have left to do is type up the Plot, Film Review, and DVD Review sections and I'm finished! My goal is to have the review 100% completed and proofread by tomorrow night! Then the Vault will see it's first REAL update of 2007! The last time I added anything "new" to the archives was when I uploaded my retooled review of "The Ape" (1940).

In roundtable news:
The Mega-Roundtable is set tentatively for July 21st. We have (currently) 16 sites participating and the theme we voted on was a "B-Movie Beach Party." I've already picked "Island Claws" AND "Tinterero" for this mega-roundtable. (The former contains a giant killer crab at the finale. The latter is an Italian "Jaws" rip-off featuring a killer Tiger Shark that is hunted by two horny shark hunters.) Stay tuned for more updates on this awesome event!

In other news, Andrew Borntreger of Badmovies.Org fame and myself will be teaming up late next month to celebrate the July 4th release of "TRANSFORMERS." We're both going to review the animated "Transformers: The Movie" so stay tuned for our "Reviewers in Disguise" team up on (tentatively) June 25th!

Also, during the voting process for the mega-roundtable, Roger Corman came in second place, so perhaps you'll see a Roger Corman roundtable later this year as well!

Well that about does it, so have a great night b-movie fans! Keep fighting the good fight!

Dino-Western Double Feature on the horizon!

Well my review for "The Beast of Hollow Mountain" has been complete for some time now, and soon it will have some company. Yes folks, I've made some progress and am now a tiny bit closer to posting a completed review for "The Valley of Gwangi!" I watched the movie mere minutes ago to refresh my memory and take a few additional notes, and over the next few days I'll be working on completing my review for the film. I'm very excited about this, and I hope that my review will do the film (and Ray Harryhausen's work) some justice.

Oh, and just to keep ya'll in the loop:
I updated my review for "The Monster Squad" so you can now purchase the new 2-disc special edition from the Amazon and Movies Unlimited links at the top of the page. I also updated the DVD Review section with info about said dvd set!

In regards to the upcoming MEGA ROUNDTABLE in July, we're only waiting on 3 more votes, but it seems like the majority of us have our hearts set on a "B-Movie Beach Party" roundtable. (Though a Roger Corman theme has taken up a strong second place position in the poll.) I'm thinking that the Beach party idea will win out in the long run, so I'm trying to come up with a movie (or two) to review. I've already done "Blood Beach" and "Jack Frost 2" (which takes place on a tropical isle) as well as various films involving underwater terrors. (Including "Octopus," "Shark Attack," and "Jaws: The Revenge.") The theme is pretty broad and almost anything can (and will) be included (apparently "Sleepstalker: The Sandman's Last Rites" is appropriate because the antagonist is made of sand... and sand is found on beaches.... see the connection?!), but I'm stumped as to what I want to review. Hmmm........
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I GOT IT! If we end up doing the "B-Movie Beach Party" theme, then "ISLAND CLAWS" will be my film of choice!

Well, with that settled, I'm going to get some shut-eye.
G'night fellow cult movie-philes! :-D