Cold Fusion Video Reviews

Immortals (2011)

bmatthews — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:40:39 +0000

Immortals suffers from a lot of the same problems that plagued the recent Clash of the Titans remake, namely the pointless reassignment of roles within the Greek mythology universe and the seemingly random juxtaposition of unrelated myths into the same...

Trash Culture’s Dr. Who Reviews – The Celestial Toymaker (1966)

David DeMoss — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:35:41 +0000

by Chad Denton After the Doctor becomes invisible, the TARDIS materializes in the middle of a vast empty room. Dodo begs that they leave, but the Doctor remarks that he’s also intangible and can’t operate the TARDIS. Elsewhere a man … Continue reading →

Career of Sin by Gordon Semple

PulpoftheDay — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:03:53 +0000

Start your week by snarking the tawdry in the caption contest! (click for the extra-large version)

CONduit schedule.

Nathan Shumate — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:56:24 +0000

I finally got my schedule of participation in CONduit, the Salt Lake City-based SF con. The entire governing committee for CONduit has switched out last year, and they’ve been having a really tough time getting things coordinated; I’m expacting that with a lot of tender loving care, they’ll have grown into the roles by [...]

Sort of an anniversary.

Nathan Shumate — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:29:35 +0000

It was roughly a year ago that I decided to scale back my movie reviewing at Cold Fusion Video Reviews. I had a reputation through the B-movie reviewing community as one who posted new reviews like clockwork (I think it was mostly couched in the phrase, “He may be talentless, but at least he’s [...]

Argosy All-Story Weekly, September 15, 1928

PulpoftheDay — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:34:22 +0000

Here’s a bit of oversized pulp to hold you over the weekend! (click for the EXTRA-SUPER-DUPER-large version)

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)

David DeMoss — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:00:58 +0000

Here it is, then: Vampire Movie Zero. As far as anyone can tell, this is the first cinematic adaption of the Dracula and the film that popularized vampire mythos more than anything since Bram Stoker’s original novel. Studied by film … Continue reading →

Reheated Tweets for 05-11-2012 thru 05-17-2012

Nathan Shumate — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:04:32 +0000

- Reheated Tweets for 05-04-2012 thru 05-10-2012 – http://t.co/OMWfHIlC 2012-05-11 #FF @jackmdann, newly arrived to Twitter! This man's WD articles formed half my writing education. 2012-05-11 I'm finally getting some work done on BLACK TEARS. If only life would stop gang-aft-agleying… #amwriting 2012-05-11 listening to the score to 'Léon' by Eric Serra http://t.co/PdPwkNzk [...]

Ten Things.

Nathan Shumate — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:21:14 +0000

The Good Men Project features a post by Jim Rigby, Presbyterian minister, entitled “Ten Things I Wish the Church Knew About Homosexuality.” I really have gone out of my way not to involve myself in the culture wars around here, but this point-form list of ten declarations — each of which is presented without [...]

Paris Nights, November 1929

PulpoftheDay — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:38:14 +0000

For over eighty years, this cover has been waiting for your snark. Don’t make it wait a day longer! (click for the larger version)