Richard Matheson

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Real Steel

Dan Persons | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Shawn Levy, Emotion, Frankenstein, Dakota Goyo, Aaron Eckhart, Drama, The Sylvian Experiments, Hugh Jackman, Evangline Lilly, Success, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Real Steel, Richard Matheson, Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios, Love, J-Horror, Kyofu, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

The official Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots movie is still in the planning stages, but until then, we have Real Steel, the family-friendly take on a world in which the squared circle has been commandeered by mechanical pugilists while the humans stay safely in their seats.

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The Twilight Zone: At the Threshold of the Fifth Dimension

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Stephen King, William Shatner, Telly Savalas, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Burgess Meredith, Charles-Beaumont, Cbs, Twilight Zone, Rod Serling, Entertainment News
John W. Whitehead

Even though it was never a top 25 show, The Twilight Zone was an oasis in television wasteland that captured a generation. However, it almost didn't happen.

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Famous Authors Related by Blood or Marriage

Dave Astor | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Daphne Du Maurier, Stephen King, Svengali, John Cheever, Henry James, Mary Shelley, Twilight Zone, Joan Didion, Jane Eyre, George Du Maurier, Famous Authors, Angela's Ashes, Bronte Sisters, Wuthering Heights, Frank Mccourt, Alice Walker, Alexandre Dumas, Richard Matheson, Rod Serling, Books News
Dave Astor

The Bronte sisters weren't alone in blood being as thick as ink.

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Cinefantastique Podcast: 50th Anniversary Special - Psycho; House of Usher and Peeping Tom

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Edgar Allan Poe, Violence, Repression, Psycho, Murder, Horror, Emotion, Karl Bohm, Drama, Suspense, Controversy, Death, House of Usher, Roger Corman, Vincent Price, Anthony Perkins, Alfred Hitchcock, Acting Legend, Off Beat, Peeping Tom, Gritty, Michael Powell, Janet Leigh, Richard Matheson, Moira Shearer, British, Art, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

With no new horror, fantasy, and science fiction films opening nationwide this week, the Cinefantastique Podcast turns its eye on the 50th anniversary...

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What Dreams May Come: An Original Vision of the Afterlife, Poorly Cast But Gorgeously Rendered

Alex Remington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Reviews, Richard Matheson, What Dreams May Come, Afterlife, Vincent Ward, Movies, Hell, Heaven, Entertainment News
Alex Remington

The greatest crime committed by the 1998 film What Dreams May Come is its excessive, nearly humorless earnest, personified by its star, Robin Williams...

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Movie Review: The Box

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Frank Langella, Southland Tales, Richard Kelly, Richard Matheson, Mars, Cameron Diaz, The Box Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Donnie Darko, James Marsden, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Some bad movies you slag off gleefully. Others provoke a certain disappointment at their failure, a mourning at the difference between the film's ambition and its execution. Richard Kelly's The Box is such a film.

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A Grouch's Guide to Un-Christmas Books

Laurence Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dashiell Hammett, Paul Gallico, Christmas Books, Christmas, The Thin Man, Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Scrooge, Un-Christmas Books, Santa, Hell House, Mannheim Steamroller, Richard Matheson, Booksellers, Christmas Tree, Nick and Nora Charles, Books, Christmastime, 007, Casper, Blofeld, James Bond, The Poseidon Adventure, Yule, Spectre, Noël, Christmas Gift, Books News
Laurence Hughes

An un-Christmas book takes place at Christmastime, but its tone, story and subject matter have nothing to do with the season. It provides perfect cover when the Noël nags accuse you of being a holiday poop.

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