Sense of Wonder
The voice of Cinefantastique Online. Updates about what is happening on the website, along with opinion and analysis of the state of the horor, fantasy, and science fiction genres.
Sense of Wonder: Bride of Frankenstein goes back to the lab
Hollywood Reporter’s Risky Biz Blog informs us that the long-discussed remake of BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN is back in development. Neil Burger (THE ILLUSIONIST) is slated to direct, from a script he is co-writing with Dirk Wittenborn. Few details about the project’s direction are available except that it will differ significantly from previous script that have been developed.
Sense of Wonder: Free Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction Films & Television at Fancast
Fancast, which describes itself as the “top entertainment site dedicated to celebrating television,” offers free episodes of television shows like THE INCREDIBLE HULK, THE TWLIGHT ZONE, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, STAR TREK, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, and TWIN PEAKS, and such movies as CARNIVAL OF SOULS, DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN, and DRESSED TO KILL.
Sense of Wonder: A Look Back at The Protocols of the Da Vinci Code
Cinefantastique has a long tradition of inclusiveness when it comes to defining the genres it covers. Most recently, we reviewed the mystery-thriller ANGELS & DEMONS because its plot is built around an anti-matter bomb, which technically makes the film science fiction. Having opened the door on the universe of Dan Brown’s novels, and the films adapted from them, I thought I might as well re-post this rant that I composed upon viewing THE Da VINCI CODE in 2006.
Sense of Wonder: How does Pixar keep “Up” the quality?
How does Pixar manage to maintain such a phenomenally high quality? We have long since passed the point where the law of averages should have caught up with them, yet like a gambler on a winning streak they keep defying the odds.
Sense of Wonder: Cinema’s Greatest Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs are among cinema’s biggest stars. The very sight of them - when achieved with technical competence and some style - is more than enough to stir our Sense of Wonder. With that in mind, we offer a rundown of some of their most impressive on screen apperances.
Sense of Wonder: Win Tickets to see Far Out Space Films in Santa Monica
Our sister website, Hollywood Gothique (”Fantasy Films, Mystery Movies, Halloween Horror & Sci-Fi Cinema Events in Los Angeles”) is giving away tickets to see Far Out Space Films: a four-night series of classic and cult science fiction movies that will be screening at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, California.*
Titles include FLASH GORDON, BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS, E.T. [...]
Sense of Wonder: Looking Back on Sam Raimi and Pixar
We usually look forward to Tuesday because it’s the day when new DVDs and Blu-ray discs are released; unfortunately, today is a bad day for cinefantastique on home video. With not much new and exciting happening, we thought we would take refuge in retrospectives, casting a look back on some older items of interest. Since [...]
Sense of Wonder: Happy Birthday, Christopher Lee!
Cinefantastique Online would like to take this opportunity to offer best wishes to Christopher Lee on this, the occasion of his 87th birthday. The actor was born on May 27, 1922. He has played a wide variety of roles, earning steady work as a character actor, but his claim to stardom rest mostly with fantasy, [...]
Sense of Wonder: Summer 2009 Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Movie Release Schedule
Summers seems to start earlier every year. It’s not even June and We are already being bombarded by big-budget blockbusters. There are other genres (comedy, action) on display, but by and large summer is the season when science fiction and fantasy rule the box office (with some horror movies tossed into the mix, in order [...]
Sense of Wonder: Tired of sequels? Hollywood offers prequels, too!
Over at USA Today, Scott Bowles points out that Summer 2009 is loaded with blockbusters that feature origin stories. The motivations for this a fairly clear: Hollywood likes familiar franchises, but audiences are getting tired of sequels rehashing the same old plots. Prequels allow filmmakers to fill in the back story; more than that, an [...]
Sense of Wonder: Win tickets to see classic Universal horror in Hollywood
Our sister website, Hollywood Gothique, which covers fantasy films, mystery movies, Halloween horror and science fiction cinema events in Los Angeles, is giving away tickets to a quartet of classic black-and-white movies from the Golden Age of Horror. To celebrate the Return of Famous Monsters of Filmland - the original monster movie magazine -American Cinematheque [...]
Sense of Wonder: The Undead Metaphor, or Beyond Dracula Part 2
On Wednesay, May 21, I will step beyond the cinematic graveyard for a rare excursion onto the stage. No, I am not making my acting debut in a one-man version of Dracula; rather, I will be moderating a discussion panel after a performance of Courting Vampires, a new play making its debut in Pasadena, California.
On [...]
